Tag: military brats
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Home loans tougher to get with bad credit
Be A Better Dad Today: Ten Tools Every Father Needs The Fellowship of Fathers Foundation officially launches its Help Our Military – Every Dad (HOME) program today, offering a book to any active duty military man requesting one through their military Chaplain. Feature title of this offer is, Be a Better Dad Today,…
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Our View – Saturday
Free toys, face painting, bounce houses, art, games, music, and food; it’s every kid and parents’ dream.The Toy Industry Foundation, a nonprofit that focuses on bringing normalcy to distressed childrens’ lives through toys and play, teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Sams club to bring toys to 1,800 kids from Schriever and Peterson…
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Eating disorders brought into focus
Everything you thought you knew about car seats is wrong. Okay, not everything, but things have changed and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced new guidelines today. And it’s big news! The recommendation is that children rear face longer and they also changed the details…
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Dining critic chosen from adept applicants
If you need children’s clothes and missed the recent Just Between Friends and Mini Mania sales, you’re in luck — Colorado Spring’s peace. love. swap. children’s clothing exchange is set for Sunday, April 15. Run by local Air Force wife and mother of four Sheri Devan, peace. love. swap. gives local parents the chance to…
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Letters – Wednesday
Community Partnership for Child Development has hosted classes on Fort Carson for the past 10 years, but Thursday marked the first time the nonprofit had its own facility. “This building is definitely special,” said Col. Robert F. McLaughlin, the Garrison Commander on post, motioning to the structure behind him. “We’re always trying to make the…
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Humble Sakic Avs’ bright spot
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2012 – As Americans were preparing last week to celebrate America’s 236th birthday, hundreds of teenagers from military families were treated to three days of fun and learning here in the nation’s capital. About 600 teenagers who participate in Boys & Girls Clubs of America in or around military installations flew in…
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Wolski’s star power is fading quickly
Congratulations to Stephanie Rieg of Colorado Springs and Carlos Rincon of the US Air Force Academy for winning $1,500 scholarships courtesy of the Fisher House Foundation and Scholarships for Military Children. Over 5,000 students applied for the scholarships at commisaries all over the world. With steep requirements such as maintaining a 3.0 GPA, participate in…
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Walker works out deal with Denver
The Food and Drug Administration sent out an e-mail last week with this subject line: “Should You Put Sunscreen on Infants? Not Usually.” That surprised me. I thought we were supposed to slather sunscreen on every inch of everyone’s skin, no matter how old or young. But it turns out that the FDA advises caregivers to…
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George wins spot for worlds
Harmone’e Elam appeared fine the day before she died, prosecutors say. The first sign that the infant might be sick came two hours after dinner on Dec. 14, 2011 — a moment when her father was alone with the girl, prosecutors say. “Harmone’e threw up something crazy,” Roderick Elam Jr. later told his wife, prosecutors…
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Competitors unhappy with judges’ scores
A baby shower isn’t in the cards for many pregnant service members and spouses stationed far away from family and friends. But 21 local military mothers-to-be were dealt a lucky hand Dec. 13 when the Southern Colorado March of Dimes hosted its annual Mission: Healthy Baby Shower at Fort Carson. “With you moving here and…