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United States Air Force Academy

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

MONTHLY UPDATE


FEBRUARY 2021 ISSUE
CPC UPDATES AND
UPCOMING EVENTS

  • 16 and 18 March - Colorado Night meals. Because we are not able to have our traditional Colorado Night celebration, we will be providing a BBQ meal made by the Falcon Club for each Colorado cadet. Meals will be available for pick up in Arnold Hall by C1Cs and C2Cs on March 16 and by C3Cs and C4Cs on March 18.

  • 18 April 2021 - Senior Gift pick up. We have been informed that Col. Hartless extended the Public Health Emergency orders at the Academy until May 5th. Under these restrictions, social events are only allowed for up to 10 people. As a result, the End of Year Celebration scheduled for April 4 has been cancelled. We will still be giving the Seniors of CPC Members their special gift and will be providing a gift card for a meal.

  • 18 April 2021 - Spring General Membership Meeting/Elections Additional information will be coming soon.

  • 7-8 May 2021 - Spring Finals' Goodie Bag Assembly and Delivery

  • 26 May 2021 - Graduation

  • 12 June 2021 - New Appointee Luncheon

  • 24 June 2021 - In-Processing Day
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE
USAFA PARENT LIAISON
  • Senior Leader call with the Commandant, Maj. Gen. Edmondson, on March 10 at 5pm MST. Register here.

  • If you missed the call with the Dean, Brig. Gen. Letendre, on February 25, you can watch it here.



SISTER CLUB NEWS and INFORMATION
  • USAFA Florida Gulf Coast Parents Club is selling Class of 2021 Crest Flags. * 2' x 3’ single side finished with heading and grommets. $45.00 plus $9.00 Fed Ex shipping *18" x 12” Garden flag - single-sided with heading $25.00 plus $9.00 Fed Ex shipping. Order here no later than March 15th to ensure fulfillment before graduation. 
Don't forget to change your clocks on March 14, 2021!
From the Co-Presidents
Hello CPC families!

Thank you to all of our volunteers for yet another very successful Valentine's Goodie Bag Campaign. 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.

Speaking of spring, our Spring General Membership meeting is coming up on April 18. We will be electing the new CPC Board for the 2021-2022 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:

  • 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. Contact our Fundraising Chair for more details.

  • Event Coordinator - 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.  

  • Vice President/Public Relations The Vice President(s) oversee the Webmaster, Tailgate Chair, and Photographer/Videographer, as well as the club's public relations including the Facebook page and newsletters.

Other Positions to be filled:

  • 2021 Colorado All Service Academy Ball Committee - the Air Force will be hosting CASAB on 29 December 2021! Come be part of this multi-service academy committee for planning the event and securing funding from various community sponsors.

  • I-Day Chair. We are hoping we can host 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.

  • 2021 Tailgate Committee Chair - Our CPC tailgates have become legendary, and we are hopeful that we can get back to having them next year. Next year's Tailgate Chair will be provided with an instruction manual containing easy to follow steps for putting on the best tailgates ever! This includes instructions for pre-season, in-season, and post-season duties.

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

We look forward to seeing everyone at one of our upcoming events soon!

- Paul and Kathy Puseman,
Co-Presidents
100's Night and Firstie Room Decorating
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. Cadets are also given liberty for the weekend so that the Doolies can decorate their rooms. This year, the Seniors were still able to have the traditional 100's Night dinner and spend Saturday and Sunday nights at Sponsor family homes so their rooms could be decorated.
Harley Morgan and the Second Group Staff
Ryan Clancy and Spence Rohlwing
Jeff Ditlevson and fellow C1C
A ski lift recreated
Orbies!
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A certain country song comes to mind ...
Colorado 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, even in the midst of Covid restrictions, to our co-presidents.
Not all of the Seniors were able to enjoy 100's weekend at USAFA -- some of our cadet athletes were out on the road competing.
On 100's weekend, this Colorado Firstie, Scott Johnson, was in Iowa representing the Air Force Track & Field team at an indoor track meet. Scott finished the 3K race in 2nd place with a record-breaking time of 8:06.
C1C Brooke Bruder is proud to be a part of the USAFA Women’s Gymnastics team for 4 years. She served as Co-Captain this year with her teammate Jess Kirkpatrick. Her specialty events are floor and vault. Brooke started gymnastics when she was 6 years old and has been competing for 15 years. The Lady Falcons have 6 gymnastics meets remaining. Brooke is sad to see her gymnastics career come to an end but is ready to give her body a break.
Meet the Board
Each month we are highlighting an Executive Board or Committee Chair member/s so you can get to know our behind the scenes team that is committed to lending their time and talents to supporting the Colorado Parents’ Club and our Colorado Cadets.

This month we are introducing our CPC Photographers, Tom Nieman and Russ Bone.
Tom and Joann Nieman live in Colorado Springs and are the proud parents of C3C John Nieman and his older sister, Lillian. Lillian is pursuing her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering at Wichita State University in Kansas. John is majoring in Political Science with a minor in Nuclear Weapon Policy and another in Space Warfare.
John is on the varsity Cheer Team, although they have had very little opportunity to perform this year.
John also enjoys bringing his dog, Shade, to campus on occasion. This gives Shade an opportunity to meet some new friends and give the students a little dog therapy. Tom spent 21.5 years active-duty Air Force, most of those years in nuclear command and control. He is currently a substitute teacher for District 11 in Colorado Springs. Tom has been a member of the CPC for two years, but this is the first year on the board. Joann spent 20.5 years active-duty Air Force in communications. She currently works in the IT division of American Medical Response (AMR). As a family, they enjoy camping with the motorhome and taking the dirt bikes, four-wheeler, and Jeep out for some backcountry sightseeing.
Russ and Gail Bone are the parents of C3C Nathaniel Bone, USAFA Class of '23. Russ is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker working at a local High School and a local Graduate School of Social Work. Gail is a math teacher at the Classical Academy. Russ says "I've been hooked on photography since I bought a Minolta SRT-201 when I was 19.
I'm excited for the opportunities I get to do some photography for the USAFA CPC!"
COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB 
2020-21 EXECUTIVE BOARD

CO-PRESIDENTS | Paul and Kathy Puseman ('22)
CO-VICE-PRESIDENTS |Steve and Joy Johnson ('21 and '23)
CO-SECRETARIES| Mark and Christina Coffey ('23)
CO-TREASURERS | Derek and Lisa de Bastos ('22)
EVENT COORDINATOR | Claudia Lawrence ('21)
FUNDRAISING CHAIR | Jane Morgan ('21)
WEBMASTER | Donna Bajek ('21
USAFA Colorado Parents' Club| usafacpc.org