mwr enews 24 dec 2014
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Weekly enews from MWR, US Army Garrison-MiamiTRANSCRIPT
TICKETS AT LEISURE TRAVEL SERVICES
FOR ALL TICKET QUESTIONS – CALL 305.437.1595
Leisure Travel Services
LION KING 1/18
ARIANA GRANDE 3/28
WICKED 3/29
PREMIER GOLF CARDS
MIAMI DOLPHINS, MIAMI HURRICANES, FLORIDA PANTHERS, MIAMI HEAT, MIAMI MARLINS
K1 SPEED TICKETS
BLUE MAN GROUP at Universal Studios
DISNEY WORLD and UNIVERSAL MILITARY SPECIALS
LIKE MWR on
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
2014 BUGLE BOY
During the recent Spouse Symposium, attendees asked about the INTERSTATE COMPACT AGREEMENT. This link provides insight on the
Agreement established on behalf of our military children as they transition to multiple schools during the school year. If you have additional
questions, please contact the School Liaison Office at 305.437.0148.
If you are interested in having your child attend a Charter or Magnet School in Miami-Dade County, the next school year, 2015-2016, application
submission goes through 15 January 2015 for the lottery. Active Duty Military Service Members' children are placed on a military priority list for
Magnet Schools and most Charter Schools. Remember, the sooner you register, the better your chance of being selected. Further information
about the process can be found on School Choice http://yourchoicemiami.org/#. POC: School Liaison Officer, 305.437.0148.
Dec. 24, 2014 http://miami.armymwr.com [email protected] No endorsement implied
Sports & Fitness
Fitness Center Class Schedule http://miami.armymwr.com/us/miami/programs/fitness-center/
Monday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1215-1315 Yoga
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Tuesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling with Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
1700-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Wednesday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor cycling with Monica
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self- Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1645-1745 Functional Fitness with Frank - Free
Thursday
0600-0700 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
0600-0700 Indoor Cycling - Lisa
1130-1230 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Lucy
1230-1330 Functional Fitness with Frank – Free
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday: 0500 – 2100, Friday: 0500 - 2000
Saturday and Sunday: 1000 – 1700, Closed on holidays
Open to Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Military & their Dependents
305.437.0123/0124
All SOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI employees may use the Miami Dade Public Safety Training Institute Aquatic Center
9601 NW 58th Street, Miami, FL 33178. M-F, 0600-1800. Call for details: 305.715.5000. No guests allowed.
Schedule is Subject to Change
$3 per Class or $25 for 10 Classes
Pay with cash, check or credit card
Please arrive on time for class
First Come – First Served
USSOUTHCOM/USAG-MIAMI - RELATED FACEBOOK PAGES
U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - https://www.facebook.com/southcom?fref=ts
USAG - MIAMI Family Support Center - https://www.facebook.com/USAGMiamiFamilySupportCenter
USAG-MIAMI FMWR - https://www.facebook.com/miamifmwr
SOUTHERN COMMAND SPOUSES - https://www.facebook.com/groups/131929440155922/?fref=ts
USSOUTHCOM PARENT SUPPORT GROUP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/121356728011135/
MILITARY SPOUSE RECIPE SWAP - https://www.facebook.com/groups/102922893243498/
Southern Command On-line Yard Sales - https://www.facebook.com/groups/567364979982480/
Miami-Dade Zip Code Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MiamiDadeZCG/?fref=ts
Homestead Zip Code Group - www.facebook.com/groups/HomesteadMilitaryWives
SOCSOUTH SPOUSES GROUP - www.facebook.com/groups/socsouthredfam
Conference Center of the Americas (CCA) - https://www.facebook.com/USSOUTHCOMCCA
Army Substance Abuse Program USAG-Miami - https://www.facebook.com/ArmySubstanceAbuseProgramMiami
J9's Public Private Cooperation division - https://www.facebook.com/southcomppc
US SOUTHCOM Health Clinic: https://www.facebook.com/ArmyHealthClinicSouthcom
Friday
1130-1230 Indoor Cycling with Monica
1130-1300 Self-Defense Fundamentals with Jason - Free
1215-1315 Yoga
MASSAGE THERAPY - The Fitness Center offers massage therapy services. To schedule your appointment with Francine, please
contact the fitness center front desk, 305.437.0123. Massages offered: Prenatal, Reflexology, Back, Neck and Shoulders, Swedish,
Deep Tissue, Hot Stone, Shiatsu, Chair. Click here for details and watch the portal or Facebook for massage specials!
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION - Volunteer Management Information System (VMIS)
1. Using Internet Explorer, go to www.myarmyonesource.com. If you are not already registered on this site, click on Register at the top right. Click on the Join Now button in the middle of that page on the right. Complete the registration form and select USAG-Miami in the Military Community Affiliation drop-box under HQ IMCOM.
2. Once registered, you can log in. Click on the Volunteer Tools tab located in the upper right hand corner of the webpage.
3. Click on Volunteer Profile. Complete all requested information in the volunteer profile. Be sure to enter the last four digits only of your social security number and save the page. This will ensure you are a registered volunteer.
4. You can use the Volunteer Opportunities tab to locate volunteer opportunities on the installation. If you want to volunteer off the installation, click on the Army Community Service link provides a generic volunteer position description – Special Projects Volunteer – for all off-post volunteer opportunities.
5. Once you locate a volunteer opportunity, click on the position of interest. This will supply you with a detailed outline of the position including the organization contact person. If you want to apply for the position, click on the Apply button on the top right of the position description.
6. If you have questions or concerns about this process, contact Mary Ortiz, Volunteer Coordinator at 305.437.2665 or 305.437.2667 [email protected].
VOLUNTEER AT CHAPMAN PARTNERSHIP - Volunteers are the backbone of the work done at Chapman. Make a real difference in the lives of people who have fallen on hard times. Whether you've decided to volunteer just as an individual, with a group, or for a community service requirement, you will be gratified by the affect your help is having. Volunteers are needed for: Meal Services Program, Breakfast (5:30-7:30am,) Lunch (11am-1pm,) Dinner (5-7pm.) After School Programming in our Family Resource Center (M-F 2-5:30pm and 6:30-7:30pm; Saturday 9-11:30am.) Warehouse and Maintenance Operations (M-F, 8am-5pm.) Holiday Assistance, Special Events. All volunteers must complete the volunteer registration paperwork along with a color picture ID. Chapman Partnership has two locations: one in Downtown Miami and one in Homestead. POC: Grace Ugalde-Wolpert, Community Outreach Manager, Chapman Partnership. 1550 North Miami Avenue, Miami, 33136, 305.329.3081, [email protected]. For more information, visit www.chapmanpartnership.org.
VOLUNTEER AT KRISTI HOUSE Volunteers needed at the Kristi House clinic: You must be over age 18 and a high school graduate for this program. Monday- Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm: Waiting Room Ambassadors (you can color with the children, read books, make bracelets etc.) Peak hours are afterschool 2-5:30pm. The clinic needs people to play with the children while they are waiting for therapy and/or when their parent is being interviewed by a State Attorney. The need is during the day and on weekdays Other volunteer activities include: public speaking, fundraising, special events and in-kind donation drives. Thank you for your support of these sexually abused children and their families. POC: Kristi House Volunteer Coordinator Abegail De La Fuente at o. 305.547.6823 c. 786.203.6758 f. 305.250.9161. [email protected].
VOLUNTEER AT THE MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE in Miami International Airport (MIA.) Applicants select shifts but must work at least twice per month. Most volunteers work once a week. Shifts are from 9am-1pm, 1-5pm, and 5-9pm. Volunteers will receive passes for employee parking
at MIA. Must have some computer knowledge and work well with traveling military and their families with IDs. Sign up online at www.militaryloungemiami.com/?page_id=8 or call 305.587.0046.
DIVERS, VOLUNTEER with Veterans Ocean Adventures and share the undersea world with the disabled community and disabled veterans. Once certified as a Buddy Diver by the Handicapped SCUBA Association, join us as we give back to the community supporting adaptive diving. Volunteers receive free air and free passage on scheduled boat dives. For more information, email [email protected].
CHARLEE OF DADE COUNTY, INC. provides for the needs of abused, abandoned, neglected, and at-risk children in Miami-Dade County. To volunteer, call 305.779.9706.
VOLUNTEER IN BROWARD: http://www.handsonbroward.org/
VOLUNTEER IN MIAMI-DADE: http://www.handsonbroward.org/HOC__Special_Event_Details_Page?id=a0MA000000GeuSgMAJ
Volunteer
Army Community Service
http://miami.armymwr.com
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume’, January 12, 9am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Financial Survival, (First Term Finance,) January 15, 8am-12pm, POC: [email protected]
Newcomer Orientation, January 27, 8am-12pm, January 28 9am-3:30pm, POC: [email protected]
Interview Techniques Workshop, January 29, 9am-12pm, POC; [email protected]
Miami Tour, Jan 30, 9am-4pm, POC: [email protected]
Marketing Yourself for a Second Career, February 4, 8am-11:30am, POC: [email protected]
How to Create an Effective Civilian Resume’, February 11, 1-4pm, POC: [email protected]
Military Saves Week, February 22 – March 1, POC: [email protected]
Budgeting 101, February 23, 11am-1pm, POC: [email protected]
MIAMI-DADE DEFENSE ALLIANCE COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE AND DISCOUNT DIRECTORY - http://miami.beaconcouncil.com/mdda/mdda_resource_guide.html
MILITARY DISCOUNTS - http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/military-discounts
MIAMI OPEN CITY TOUR - free hop on - hop off transportation to active duty and veterans as well as $19 (50% discount) to spouse and children (I.D. required). Journey
begins at Bayside from 9am with the last departure at 4:30pm. Buses are equipped with: Retractable roof (for all weather), Wi-Fi, 7 language audio presentation, Air
conditioning on lower deck, Handicap essentials. www.miamiopencitytour.com/en/
DIVING MUSEUM All active duty military are free. Museum dedicated to collecting, preserving, displaying and interpreting artifacts, antiques, books, documents,
photographs and oral history relative to the History of Diving and celebrates the special role that South Florida and the Florida Keys played in this untold story. Mile
Marker 83 on US-1 in Islamorada on the Bay Side. www.divingmuseum.org/
PEREZ ART MUSEUM MIAMI 1103 Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33132, Active U.S. Military free with ID, http://www.pamm.org/
BIGSTAR MOVIES offers active and veteran service men and women a discounted rate - a one year membership, all access pass, for five dollars. $5 membership ($34.99
regular rate) for an entire year provides access to worldwide cinema. No matter where you are deployed, you can have access as long as you have an internet
connection. BIGSTAR Movies- go to the secure link HTTPS://www.bigstar.tv/?promo=usaf and fill in the information.
MILLER'S DORAL ALE HOUSE - Service members in uniform receive 25% discount on meals, 3271 NW 87 Ave, Doral, FL 33172. www.millersalehouse.com/location/doral-
ale-house.
FAIRCHILD TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN offers active duty military personnel with ID free admission. Admission for spouses is $20 and children
$10 (with ID). www.fairchildgarden.org/
RUNNER’S CO, 10365 NW 41 Street, Doral, FL 33178 305.599.9972, www.runnersco.com, offers all USSOUTHCOM employees a 10% discount with ID. Running shoes,
apparel, accessories, nutrition, gait analysis, 2D foot scan.
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM offers free entry for all service members with ID. 4400 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149.
BUBBA GUMP SHRIMP COMPANY offers a 10% discount with military ID for up to 8 people. www.bubbagump.com/locations/miami/
MCDONALD REALTY - Home Purchases, Sales, Rentals and Property Management for Miami Dade and Broward Counties. 15% off standard commission rates for homes
sales and 15% commission rebate for all purchases for all Military Personnel, Government Civilians and their families. Veteran-owned business, Certified Florida Military
Specialist. Colonel David R. McDonald, Jr., USA retired, Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS), Florida Military Specialist (FMS) Broker/Owner, McDonald
Realty, 954.443.6705 (office) 954.632.9105 (Cell)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM - free admission for all active duty military with valid ID. www.miamisci.org/
PARK ‘N FLY - Military Discount - 30% off posted rates for all Military. Show your Military ID Card and Save. The rates for Military in Miami is $7 outside and $9 inside
both valet parking included. View Quick Presentation - 15 seconds - https://www.dropbox.com/s/mho5g3xwey0iuin/Miami%20ParkNFly%20Preso.pdf.
http://www.pnf.com/
AIRPORT FAST PARK - If you are a federal employee, military or civilian, send an email to [email protected] for discount
information. This discount is only for federal employees.
YOUNG AT ART MUSEUM - All men and women currently are serving in the military, veterans and their families will be offered an $11 per person admission price to the
museum. The discounted entry fee of $11 will be honored at the Young At Art admissions desk. Please present a military ID to receive the discount. 751 SW 121 Ave.
Davie. Hours: Monday through Thursday, 10am to 5pm; Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm and Sunday 11am to 6pm. Admission - $14 per person; $12 for Broward County
residents, seniors and children over age 1 and $11 for military members and their immediate families. 954.424.0085 or www.YoungAtArtMuseum.org.
SAFARI EDVENTURE - Hands-on nature and wildlife presentations. 23700 SW 142 Ave, Miami, Fl. 33170, (About 3 miles south of Cutler Ridge – or – 7 miles north of
Homestead.) Active U.S. military families, (Active personnel, spouse, & their children entering with them): $2 off each. http://safariedventure.com/
Discounts
The cadets and cadre of the following Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) high schools are seeking volunteer judges for their annual color guard and drill
team meet competitions. The reporting time is 0645 at the respective school's JROTC office. Drill meets normally end by 1430. 17 Jan 15, Monarch
HS Drill Meet; 24 Jan 15, Coral Park SHS Drill Meet; 31 Jan 15, South Plantation HS Drill and Marksmanship Meet; 14 Feb 15, Broward State Qualifier at
Dillard HS; 21 Feb 15, Northwestern SHS Drill Meet; 14 Mar 15, Miami-Dade State Qualifier at North Miami Beach SHS. More than 500 cadets from
around 20 Miami-Dade and Broward Counties' JROTC schools compete in these drill meets. Uniform is the ACU/BDU equivalent IAW each service
regulation. Parking is available within school grounds. Volunteers are provided lunch at no cost. You may bring your family. Please volunteer via
email to Mercedes Miranda at [email protected] with your full rank and name (as you would like it printed on your certificate of
appreciation), cell phone number, and meet(s) for which you're volunteering. Volunteers will receive more instructions during the week before
each drill meet and judge orientation at the school the morning of the event.
NAS KEY WEST MWR - To be placed on the e-mail distribution list: [email protected] – please provide your name & command. LIKE their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAS-Key-West-MWR/127937197261693. Web page:
www.cnic.navy.mil/regions/cnrse/installations/nas_key_west/ffr/things-to-do.html
MILITARY HOSPITALITY LOUNGE at Miami International Airport for traveling military personnel and their families. Appropriate military identification and airline tickets or
boarding passes are required. Concourse E (in the Central Terminal,) level 2 (Departures and Gates.) Enter hallway to the right of and outside the
Security Check-in point. Look for signage directing you to restrooms and the Military Hospitality Lounge. For additional guidance on access to the
lounge please check with the nearest Airport Information Counter.
BOOKS & BOOKS EVENTS: Books and Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, Florida 33134. For more details on these and many other author events -
www.booksandbooks.com/event/selector. Sign up for emails from Books & Books, www.booksandbooks.com/. Many of their events are live
streamed. Check the website for further information.
TIGERTAIL’S WORDSPEAK BOOK LAUNCH & READING, Dec 26 2014 8:00 pm. Seven incredible teens read poems that will rivet you to your seat! TIGERTAIL’s
WordSpeak Book Launch & Reading featuring Al Alexandre, Christell Roach, Celestelle Webster, Maylin Enamorado, Momo Manalang, Steffon Dixon
& Wesly Oviedo. Tigertail's award-winning 2014 WordSpeak teen team brings you the leading edge of new work in spoken word. These seven
incredible teens will read poems they presented at the annual Brave New Voices international youth spoken word festival, which was held this
past July in Philadelphia. They are sure to rivet you to your seat. Book cover is designed by Chris Meesey. Maylin Enamorado is this year's teen
book editor.
KEVIN BIRMINGHAM - THE MOST DANGEROUS BOOK, Dec 29 2014 8:00 pm. For more than a decade, the book that literary critics now consider the most important
novel in the English language was illegal to own, sell, advertise or purchase in most of the English-speaking world. James Joyce’s big blue book,
Ulysses, ushered in the modernist era and changed the novel for all time. But the genius of Ulysses was also its danger: it omitted absolutely
nothing. All of the minutiae of Leopold Bloom’s day, including its unspeakable details, unfold with careful precision in its pages. The New York
Society for the Suppression of Vice immediately banned the novel as “obscene, lewd, and lascivious.” Joyce, along with some of the most
important publishers and writers of his era, had to fight for years to win the freedom to publish it. The Most Dangerous Book tells the remarkable
story surrounding Ulysses, from the first stirrings of Joyce’s inspiration in 1904 to its landmark federal obscenity trial in 1933. Literary historian
Kevin Birmingham follows Joyce’s years as a young writer, his feverish work on his literary masterpiece, and his ardent love affair with Nora
Barnacle, the model for Molly Bloom. Joyce and Nora socialized with literary greats like Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway, T. S. Eliot and Sylvia
Beach. Their support helped Joyce fight an array of anti-vice crusaders while his book was disguised and smuggled, pirated and burned in the
United States and Britain. The long struggle for publication added to the growing pressures of Joyce’s deteriorating eyesight, finances and home
life. Salvation finally came from the partnership of Bennett Cerf, the cofounder of Random House, and Morris Ernst, a dogged civil liberties
lawyer. With their stewardship, the case ultimately rested on the literary merit of Joyce’s master work. The sixty-year-old judicial practices
governing obscenity in the United States were overturned because a federal judge could get inside Molly Bloom’s head. Birmingham’s archival
work brings to light new information about both Joyce and the story surrounding Ulysses. Written for ardent Joyceans as well as novices who
want to get to the heart of the greatest novel of the twentieth century, The Most Dangerous Book is a gripping examination of how the world
came to say yes to Ulysses. About the Author: Kevin Birmingham received his Ph.D. in English from Harvard, where he was a lecturer in History &
Literature. He is currently an instructor in the university’s Writing Program. His research focuses on fiction, literary history, literary obscenity, the
avant-garde and biography. He was a bartender in a Dublin pub featured in Ulysses for one day before he was unceremoniously fired. The Most
Dangerous Book is his first book, and it was a New York Times bestseller. He is currently working on a second book forthcoming with Penguin
Press.
In the Community
THINGS TO DO
SOUNDSCAPE CINEMA SERIES: DAWN OF PLANET OF THE APES Dec 24 - Film. City of Miami Beach Arts in the Parks under the stars at SoundScape
(500 17th Street.) Showtime is at 8 p.m. http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/soundscape-cinema-series-dawn-of-planet-of-the-apes/21650
FREE FRIDAYS AT THE WOLFSONIAN Dec 26 - Free gallery admission on Fridays from 6 to 9 p.m. http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/free-
fridays-at-the-wolfsonian/19699
VIERNES CULTURALES/LITTLE HAVANA ART WALK Dec 26 - arts & culture street festival/gallery stroll in Little Havana. Enjoy fine art galleries, local
restaurants and live music in Domino Plaza (SW 8th Street and 15th Avenue). 6:30 to 11 p.m. http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/viernes-
culturales-little-havana-art-walk/20253
LITTLE HAVANA ARTS & CULTURE WALK Dec 27 - See Little Havana like a native! Join our HistoryMiami guide on a fascinating tour of the
world’s largest and best known Cuban neighborhood outside of Cuba. Sample cafe cubano as you mingle with the locals, visit a botanica and a
cigar shop. Along the way, view mural art, visit galleries and the Walkway of the Stars, paying homage to Latin American artist and musicians.
Tour includes a stop at the Cuba Ocho Art and Research Center, where visitors will admire rare Cuban art from early 19th and 20th century. Tour
ticket includes admission to the museum. (HistoryMiami) HistoryMiami Members: $20 Non-Members: $30, Register online or call 305-375-5792
(Mon. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.) or email: [email protected] http://www.miamiandbeaches.com/event/little-havana-arts-and-culture-
walk/22288.
KING MANGO STRUT PARADE Dec 28 - What started as a rejected group from the King Orange Bowl Parade has grown over 33 years, into the
wackiest event in South Florida. The King Mango Strut is the most fun event Miami has to offer, full of irreverent, creative, wacky people making
fun of everything and anything. The parade begins at 2:00 p.m., at Commodore Plaza and Main Highway, in Coconut Grove, turns left onto Main
Highway, left onto Grand Ave, and back onto Commodore Plaza. The After Party immediately follows, with four live bands on Commodore Plaza. If
you want to be in it, check the web site for an entry form, or call the hotline 305/582-0955. http://www.kingmangostrut.org/
AT BOOKS & BOOKS
In the Community