“Welcome to Summer” Open House BY Liz Zendner Special Events & Fundraising Chair, American Red Cross- Sigonella NAS SIGONELLA, Sicily - On Thursday, June 5, the organizations from buildings 318 and 319 on NAS 1 held an open house event. The American Red Cross spearheaded the event, opting to utilize the courtyard between the two buildings, rather than a traditional open house, because of the beautiful weather outdoors. The two buildings hold many essential organizations for the Sigonella community, and most of them were in attendance. The Navy College office was present at the event, as well as the three on-base colleges: University of Maryland University College (UMUC), Central Texas College (CTC), and Embry-Riddle. UMUC offered information about upcoming classes, CTC informed people about their new Automotive program, and Embry-Riddle revealed that it offers more than just aeronautical degrees. The MWR Library was on-hand, promoting its summer reading program, and giving out free books. Sharing the library’s table was Community Bank, informing newcomers to Sigonella about services offered, and how to open new accounts. Fleet & Family offers a wide range of classes and services, from providing a fax machine to use free of charge to self-enrichment classes, and the staff was willing and able to answer questions about any and all of these services. The American Red Cross offered information to the community on volunteer opportunities and health & safety classes, and also sponsored the most popular table at the event: the refreshment table. From indulgent root beer floats to healthy veggies and even date truffles, the free treats were quite popular, and AFN broadcasted live taste tests in between providing tunes that gave the event a great upbeat energy. After a successful event, another open house may be in the works this fall. For more information about the services and programs mentioned above: American Red Cross: 624-4900 Central Texas College: 624-4306 Community Bank: 624-0701 Embry-Riddle: 624-4550 Fleet & Family: 624-4291 Library: 624-3875 Navy College: 624-4514 UMUC: 624-4492 THE ABOVE NON-FEDERAL ENTITIES ARE NOT A PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OR ANY OF ITS COMPONENTS AND HAVE NO GOVERMENTAL STATUS.
Posted on: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:20:00 +0000
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