1. USAACE Weekly
Family Update
20 January 2012
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
1 Family Child Care
Providers Needed
2 Did You Know? New
website for military
kids – Military Kids
Connect
3 Scale Back Alabama
Be always at war with your
vices, at peace with your
neighbors, and let each
New Year find you a better
man.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Family Readiness Training
6 February 2012 from 0800 – 1230
Bldg 5700, Rm 284 – Call (334) 255-9578 to register

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Upcoming
Did you Know?
Training/Workshops The Defense Department has launched a new website for children
experiencing the challenge of military deployments. The interactive
• 23 January – CYSS Parent website helps children cope with the stress of a deployed parent,
Advisory Council Meeting from changing responsibilities. Military Kids Connect has features to help
1200 – 1300 at the Youth Center.
children, parents and educators navigate the emotional challenges
For more info, call (334) 255-
2958 military families live with throughout the deployment cycle. Visit
Military Kids Connect at www.militarykidsconnect.org.
• 24 & 26 January – Home Buying
& Selling Workshop at Bldg.
8950, 7th Ave. from 1830 – 2000.
To register call (334) 255-9639.
• 26 January – Get R.E.A.L from
0830 – 1430 at The Commons
(Bldg. 8950). To register call
(334) 255-2382
• 31 January – Stress Management
Workshop at Early Childhood
Activity Center (Bldg. 3705) on
Dean St. from 9-11. To register
call (334) 255-3898.
No warrior or military family is alone! If you are concerned
that a service member or veteran in your family is
considering harming or killing himself/herself, free
resources are immediately available to aid your family in
its time of crisis. Visit www.realwarriors.net for more
information or call one of the resources below.
The Joanne Holbrook Patton Military Spouse Scholarship application is available.
www.militaryfamily.org – deadline 31 January 2012

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www.ementorprogram.org
• Picerne Military Housing – Visit
www.ourfamilyforfamiliesfirst.org to get the
application. Deadline is 16 February 2012 for
High School students, and 17 May 2012 for
spouses.
• AER Scholarship – Visit www.aerhq.org to
get the application. Deadline is 1 April 2012.
• Commissary Scholarship – Visit
www.militaryscholar.org for application.
Deadline is 24 February 2012.
• United States Army Warrant Officer
Association (USAWOA) Scholarship – Visit
www.usawoa.org for application. *Requires
membership
• Fort Rucker Community Spouse Club
(FRCSC) Scholarship – Visit ftruckercsc.com
for application.
• Thrift Shop Scholarship – Visit
http://www.cacfinfo.org/sacf/scholarships.html
to get application.
• Quad-A Scholarship – Visit www.quad-a.org
to get application. *Requires membership
The 2012 Military Pay chart is available online at
www.militaryauthority.com/benefits/military-
pay/pay-charts/