February 2022 Newsletter

United States Air Force Academy

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

MONTHLY UPDATE

FEBRUARY 2022 ISSUE

UPCOMING EVENTS

All Parents Call: Recognition Explained. 3 March, 2022 6pm. Submit questions to Cadets Harrington and Ingram on the registration page.
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Senior Parents - Graduation Announcements Orders can be placed here:
www.cbgrad.balfour.com
800-433-0296

Recognition 2022 March 10-12 for fourth-class cadets. More information may be found here.

Colorado State Night - Tuesday, 15 March, 2022, 6:00 - 8:30 PM at Air City 360. All Colorado Cadets are invited. Your cadet received an email invite from Ken Rivera with a link to RSVP. Please be sure to tell your cadets to RSVP so we know how many burritos to provide!

Spring Break Shuttle - First Set Flight Arrangements, then call 719-333-4602. Leave a message with contact info and specifics. Cadet Outdoor Recreation will return your call as soon as they can. See Flyers:
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23 April 2022 - Spring General Membership Meeting/Elections. We will be electing members to the Executive Board and other positions needing to be filled. More information will be forthcoming.

24 April 2022 - Senior gift distribution at Arnold Hall. Once again, our CPC End of Year Celebration will have to be cancelled due to Covid restrictions at the Academy and prohibitive costs at other venues. Seniors will be given their gifts on Sunday, April 24 at Arnold Hall. Exact time for distribution will be determined. CPC Senior Parents, please click here to verify how you want your cadet's name engraved on their box.

1 May 2022 - Spring Finals Goodie Bag Assembly and Delivery. More details and a Sign-up to volunteer will be coming out soon.

25 May 2022 - Graduation. Each cadet will get 20 tickets for Graduation - no more and no swapping. Click to see the updated Schedule of Events.

11 June 2022 - New Appointee Event. This will be located at Top Golf in Colorado Springs. More details will be forthcoming.

23 June 2022 - In-processing Day for the class of 2026. We are hoping we can host our traditional I-Day Picnic.

Spring 2022 Calendar
Academic Year 2022-2023 Calendar

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SISTER PARENT CLUB

NEWS and FUNDRAISERS

Louisiana Parents Club - Caps and Polos may be purchased at this website.

Eastern Massachusetts Parent Club - The ordering dates have passed for 2022 yet this is a great place to order Commencement & Recognition Keepsakes for 2023. Check out their site!

Parents Association of Nebraska - Show your Support with a class patch, pin, charm or earrings. You may order here.

From the Co-Presidents

Hello CPC families!

Thank you to all of our volunteers for yet another successful Valentine's Goodie Bag Campaign (see photos below). We assembled and delivered over 1600 Goodie Bags! A huge Thank You is due to Stacy Prater and Nico Mason and their Goodie Bag team... once again you exceeded all expectations! We are looking forward to the Spring Goodie Bag campaign. GOODIE BAG REMINDER: As a CPC member, your cadet will automatically receive a Spring Finals Goodie bag as a membership benefit.

Congratulations to our Firsties who celebrated 100's Weekend and learned where they will be going for their first duty assignments. The class of 2025 did a great job decorating the Seniors' rooms - check out some of the photos below.

We are pleased to be able to offer Colorado Night this year to all Colorado cadets and a guest. It will be at Air City 360 where the Colorado cadets will have the full facility to themselves for jumping, a dual lane zipline, the largest inflatable in Colorado with 12 challenging obstacle courses, and other air active zones. This should be a great way for our Colorado cadets to celebrate making it through Recognition as well as the upcoming Spring Break.

Speaking of spring, our Spring General Membership meeting is coming up on April 23. We will be electing the new CPC Board for the 2022-2023 year. Thank you to those who have already volunteered for various positions and events. There are still plenty of opportunities to support CPC in the upcoming year. The new CPC board year begins on Graduation day. Here are a few areas to consider:

Elected Board Positions to be filled:

Vice President(s) - The Vice President(s) oversee CPC Public Relations, including the Webmaster, Tailgate Chair, and Photographer/ Videographer. You can reach out to our current Vice Presidents for more information.

Event Coordinator(s) - The Event Coordinator oversees volunteers and ensures that each of our CPC events has a Committee Chair. This position provides guidance for booking facilities, speakers, and planning menus. Overall, the Event Coordinator helps to make sure that each event runs smoothly.

Fundraising Chair - In this capacity you'll be responsible for overseeing the Goodie Bag Chair(s) and any other club fundraising efforts. In addition, you'll be reaching out to our community partners to seek funds for some of our activities (Tailgates, Colorado Night, etc.) and track donations received throughout the year.

Other Positions to be filled:

Colorado Parents' Club POC for "Taste of Home" - a new, annual, parent-led morale event to begin in March 2023. This event provides cadets the opportunity to experience activities, entertainment, and food from six geographic regions of the United States.

New Appointee Chair(s): We would like a 2024 or 2025 family to work with Colleen and Gary Foster to coordinate details for the for the 2022 New Appointee Event on 11 June at Top Golf in Colorado Springs. Please reach out to Colleen Foster for more information.

I-Day Chair(s). We looking forward to again hosting our traditional picnic this year. We will need an organized individual (or team) to lead this signature event. This committee chair will work closely with the AOG and USAFA senior leadership on this joint effort. The I-Day chair leads the team of CPC volunteers to cover everything from food prep and serving, to volunteer coordinating, to the letter writing campaign, etc.

Goodie Bag Committee - The Goodie Bag Committee assists the Goodie Bag Chairs with all they do to organize this amazing event. Goodie Bags are our club's only fundraiser, and it is how we are able to fund the annual I-Day picnic and events such as Tailgates and Colorado Night.

Please contact the Presidents to volunteer for any of these positions.

- Paul and Kathy Puseman,

Co-Presidents

Cadets in Action

This is the place to see the great things our Colorado Cadets are doing!

We love to share the adventures and successes of our Colorado cadets with our members. Please send photos and details of your cadets living their best lives at USAFA to [email protected].

C1C Michele Mason enjoying Jump class

Nailed that landing!

C1C Ricky de Bastos and Squadmates celebrate 100's Night dinner with General Clark

The Academy’s 100s Night tradition marks the Friday closest to 100 calendar days from graduation. The night includes a formal dinner where the First Class cadets (aka Firsties) wear Mess Dress and celebrate the approximately 100 days until graduation and their commissioning as Second Lieutenants in the United States Air Force and Space Force. The Class of 2022 Spirit Committee gave each cadet a wooden coin rack engraved with their name. Cadets are also given liberty for the weekend so that the Doolies can decorate their rooms. Text Link

Decorated Firstie Rooms

The Class of 2025 did a fantastic job with these CPC Cadets' rooms!

Room of C1C Zane Kam - how did that cart fit through the doorway?!

Room of C1C Rita Nelson

Room of C1C Garhett Shaw

Hay-filled room of

C1C Cameron Zobrist

Space/Alien-themed room of C1C Abby Hermann ...

...complete with alien ship beaming up their cow.

C1C Andrew Puseman and his roommate had to first use the hammer so kindly provided by the Doolies...

... to reveal the party inside!

A-10 Room of

C1C Ricky de Bastos

The Space Force-themed room of C1C Amy Padilla had a Mission Impossible maze to negotiate to reach the prize - Sour Patch candy!

Room of C1C James Pennington

The room of C1C Kade Leonard was filled with balloons that looked very familiar to him.

Room of C1C Alena Wroe

Room of C1C Brooke Sveska

Wings of Blue-themed room of C1C Parker Garrison

Valentine's Goodie Bag Assembly & Delivery

Thank you to all of our volunteers who helped with the Valentine's Day Goodie Bag assembly and delivery on February 13, especially the Vista Ridge JROTC group!