Help the School Age Program Feed Hungry Kansas Kids

The School Age Program at McConnell supports Food 4 Kids, a statewide program of the Kansas Food Bank, and they need your help. For many children, the hot meals they receive during the school day may be the best or only meals they eat on a week day. But what happens over the weekend when the school meal program isn’t available to them? Many of them will go hungry until Monday morning.

Food 4 Kids was established to help children who are not getting enough to eat outside of school on a regular basis. The program provides 5,000 of the state’s hungriest children with packs of food in their backpack on Friday afternoon to get them through to Monday.

A donation box is located in the Base Commissary. Items needs are:
• Peanut Butter (12oz jars)
• Crackers (Packaged in sleeves within the box, such as Saltines)
• Beans and Franks/Chili (In a pop-top can)
• Cereal (1oz boxes or bowls)
• Fruit Cups
• Applesauce Cups
• Raisins (snack-size boxes)
• Pudding Cups
• Juice Boxes
• Milk (aseptic pack boxes that do not require refrigeration)
• Cereal Bars or Granola Bars

For more information, contact the School Age Program at 759-6859. You can also visit www.ksfoodbank.org to learn more about the programs of the Kansas Food Bank and the issue of hunger in the state of Kansas.

Youth Center Now Accepting Applications for Summer Aviation and Space Camps

Teen Aviation Camp 2010: The 2010 AF Services Teen Aviation Camp will be held the week of 5-10 Jun 10 at the USAFA in Colorado Springs, CO. Lodging, meals, and program cost will be centrally funded at no cost to the participant. The camp is for high school students entering their sophomore or junior year in the fall of 2010 who are interested in aviation, leadership, or USAFA. Applications are due by March 31. Contact or come by the Youth Center for more information.

Air Force Space Camp 2010: Air Force (AF) and Services Child and Youth Programs are sponsoring the AF Space Camp Program at the US Space and Rocket Center, in Huntsville AL for 2010. Forty-eight scholarships are available for youth, ages 12-18, to participate in the AF Space Camp Program. The camp is divided into two age divisions: 32 youth, ages 12-14, will be selected to participate in the Space Academy and 16 teens, ages 15-18, for the Advanced Space Academy. The camp is 25-30 Jul 10. The program is open to family members of Active Duty Military assigned to or living on an AF installation, AF retired Military, AF Civilian Employees, or activated Air National Guard or AF Reserve. Applications are due April 30. Contact the Youth Center for more information or stop by for application.