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United States Air Force Academy

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

MONTHLY UPDATE


MARCH 2020 ISSUE
UPCOMING EVENTS - please read closely for cancellations and modifications.

  • 5 April 2020 - CPC End of Year Celebration - CANCELED. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this family event will no longer be held. Your CPC board, WILL, however, celebrate the Class of 2020 in a modified event. Details are still being worked out with USAFA senior leadership. Due to base access restrictions and social distancing requirements, families will not be invited to attend. We will be refunding money to all who have RSVPd and sent in payment. Please give us some time to work through this, but if you don't receive reimbursement by 1 April, reach out to our Treasurers, Lisa and Derek de Bastos.

  • 26 April 2020, 2 - 4 pm - Spring General Membership Meeting/Elections Zoom Meeting. Due to social distancing requirements and lack of base access or the availability to reserve a meeting room off-base, our Spring General Membership Meeting will still take place, but over Zoom from the comfort of your own home. We will be sending out a meeting RSVP next month. All who RSVP will be sent a Zoom Meeting Link and will be able to participate online from a personal computer, laptop, or phone.

  • 3 May 2020 - Spring Finals' Goodie Bag Assembly Day - CANCELED. Look for an email in the upcoming days highlighting our plan for Spring Goodie Bags.

  • 28 May 2020 - Graduation

  • 13 June 2020 - New Appointee Luncheon @ WhirlyBall

  • 25 June 2020 - I-day Picnic

  • 4-6 Sep 2020 - Parents' Weekend Festivities

  • 5 Sep 2020 - Tailgate #1

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE
USAFA PARENT LIAISON
NEW ADDRESS?

Have you moved since you joined CPC? Please update your address with our secretaries so you can continue to receive CPC communication!

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR CLASS OF 2020 FAMILIES
Consider getting involved in the Colorado Parents' Club! Our new Board year begins on Graduation, and we'd love for you to share your time and talents.

Elections take place at our Spring Membership Meeting on 26 April.
From the Co-Presidents
Hello CPC families!

We hope this update finds all of you healthy and safe during this time of uncertainty. Our home WiFi will be greatly tested these next several weeks as we all strive to complete our jobs and classes from afar.

The recent restrictions greatly impact all of us, and as a result we've had to modify some of our spring Colorado Parents' Club activities. Please be sure to catch the details in the "Upcoming Events" side bar, but also be sure to read future updates as our plans will likely continue to evolve as this pandemic continues. We appreciate your patience and flexibility and welcome your ideas and suggestions as we continue to seek ways to best support our cadets.

We know these unprecedented changes affect all of us in some way or another. Our 2023 cadets barely started Recognition activities when things were halted...and this is a disappointment to not only the 2023ers, but also to the 2020ers who eagerly anticipated one final march to the rock. Our 2020ers (and their families) wonder how graduation activities will be affected. These are uncharted waters and likely many more changes lie ahead. Every class will be impacted, but don't lose sight of the final goal...to commission and graduate the class of 2020 and to keep all of our cadets healthy and safe. Your positive attitude and approach will greatly temper the disappointment and frustration your cadet may be facing. We'll get through this together!

As of now, I-day activities for the Class of 2024 are unchanged, and planning for our I-day picnic is underway. We are still looking for an organized and motivated individual to take the lead for this event. Please think about how you can best get involved. Our Spring General Membership Meeting WILL still occur regardless of future changes/restrictions. Your CPC Board is pressing forward with hosting a "virtual meeting" in April, and we're excited about the opportunity to have record attendance as you can each join us from home. We NEED YOU to be involved and think about the best ways you can share your time and talents. These are a few of the areas we could definitely use help:

  • I-day Picnic Chair - We need an organized individual (or team) to lead our signature event. This committee chair will work closely with the AOG and USAFA senior leadership on this joint effort. Planning will begin soon, so we'd like to bring on our new team ASAP to work closely with our Executive Board to ensure a smooth transition. You will be leading a team of CPC volunteers to cover everything from food prep and serving, to volunteer coordinating, to the letter writing campaign, etc. Please reach out to our Vice Presidents if this is something you'd like to learn more about.

  • Fundraising Chair - this is an elected board position (elections will occur at our Spring General Membership Meeting on 26 April). In this capacity, you'll be responsible for overseeing the Goodie Bag Chair 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.

  • 2020 Event Coordinator - this is an elected board position (elections will occur at our Spring General Membership Meeting on 26 April). The Event Coordinator oversees all CPC sponsored events. You'll serve as the link between the event committee chair and the CPC Board, ensuring for seamless continuity and communication. CPC events include the New Appointee Luncheon, I-day Picnic, A-day luncheon, Colorado Night, and End of Year Celebration.

  • 2020 Vice President(s) - this is an elected board position (elections will occur at our Spring General Membership Meeting on 26 April) and can be shared. 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.

  • 2020 Colorado All Service Academy Ball USAFA Rep - The joint service academy committee (led by the US Merchant Marine Academy and US Coast Guard this year) will begin meeting soon to start planning the event to be held in December 2020. USAFA CPC will be leading this effort for the 2021 CASAB, so if event planning is your passion, we need you! Get involved this year to see what's involved behind the scenes. Reach out for more info.

  • 2021 Colorado Night Chair - Interested in leading this effort next year? With 2 Colorado Nights under our belt, this is a tradition that we'd love to continue next year!

We will miss seeing many of you "in person" this Spring, but we look forward to seeing you virtually or at events once restrictions are lifted.

Keeping everyone in our prayers.

-Steve and Carrie Clancy, Co-Presidents
Colorado Cadets in Action
This is the place to see the great things our Colorado Cadets are doing!
We'd 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 our co-presidents. Send us pictures of your cadets doing their on-line courses and keeping up with their USAFA commitments remotely!
COLORADO NIGHT FUN!
Thank you to our volunteers, community partners, and all who donated funds or prizes to this amazing event!
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Catching up with our USAFA grads
We're excited to introduce a new section of our newsletter where we catch up with some of our USAFA Colorado grads. Sustaining members...this is where we'd like to hear from you! Please reach out with photos of your USAFA grad and let us know what they're doing!

This month we're featuring 2015 grad, Capt Hillary Redmond!

After graduation, Hillary attended grad school at the University of Florida and received a master's in organic chemistry in August of 2016. She left Florida and went to UPT in Columbus, MS, where she received her wings in December 2017. Capt Redmond is a C17 pilot stationed in Charleston, SC (photo below shows her doing a mid-air refueling). She was deployed last year to Qatar (Al Udeid ), and one of her missions was to Mongolia. While in Mongolia, the crew visited the statue and museum of Genghis Khan (see photo below).
COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB 
2019-20 EXECUTIVE BOARD

CO-PRESIDENTS | Steve and Carrie Clancy ('21)
CO-VICE-PRESIDENTS |Paul and Kathy Puseman ('22)
CO-SECRETARIES| Mark and Christina Coffey ('23)
CO-TREASURERS | Derek and Lisa de Bastos ('22)
CO-EVENT COORDINATORS | Jim and Nathalie Flannery ('21)
FUNDRAISING CHAIR | VACANT
USAFA Colorado Parents' Club| [website]