United States Air Force Academy

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB

Newsletter

February 2024

From the Co-Presidents

Dear CPC families,


We hope this message finds you well. As we approach the end of the academic year, we wanted to share some important updates and upcoming events with you.


First, congratulations to the Firsties who recently celebrated 100s Weekend! We hope your Cadets enjoyed the weekend and came back to some creative room decorations.


We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our wonderful volunteers for the successful Valentine's Day Goodie Bag Assembly. We couldn't have done it without you! A special shout-out goes to our dedicated Goodie Bag team who exceeded all expectations once again. We truly appreciate all the hard work and time that each of our volunteers put in to make this program a success.


Also, we would like to give a shout-out to Kim Cheri who has stepped up to fill the vacant Vice-President role. We are very appreciative!  


As many of you know, our End of Year Celebration is coming up on April 20th. This is a great opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate the achievements of our cadets. We hope to see you there!


We are also having our Spring General Membership Meeting on April 20th, immediately following the End of Year Celebration.


This is an important event where we will be electing the new CPC Board for the 2024-2025 year. Please join us to get involved in the club's activities for the upcoming year.


Thank you for your continued support of the CPC and our cadets. We hope to see you soon at our upcoming events!


There are many roles still open and we need your help in filling them to keep the club running smoothly!


Elected Board Positions to be filled starting 6/1/24:


  • Co-Secretary – We have split this position into two roles. The role we are looking to fill is the Corporate side of managing our club.


  • Treasurer - you will maintain the corporate funds and report to the corporation on the status of the corporation finances at our monthly meetings. We utilize QuickBooks Online for our accounting and training will be provided.


  • 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, Taste of Home, etc.) and track donations received throughout the year.


Other Positions to be filled:


  • I-Day Chair(s) - We are looking forward to again hosting our traditional picnic this year for In-Processing Day for the class 0f 2028. We will need an organized individual (or team) to lead this signature event. This committee chair will work closely with 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. We have many of the smaller committees already filled with the chair for that specific committee. This is a great opportunity to shadow this year to learn the role.


  • Parents’ Weekend Chair – we host a table at the Arnold Hall Information Fair and we need someone to manage the volunteers to get families excited for our goodie bags for purchase.  


We are also interested in forming a Goodie Bag Committee under our Goodie Bag Chair, Lauralee Hitzler to accomplish the large task of getting the goodie bags and assembled three times each year:


  • Logistics Chair - ordering items, product delivery confirmation and receipt of those items, inventory and storage coordination
  • Marketing Chair - this would include implementing our marketing plan for sending out our advertising to purchase the goodie orders.
  • Please reach out to goodieorders@usafacpc.org with any questions on how you can assist the Goodie Bag Team.

Please contact the President’s for more information or to volunteer for any of these positions.


We look forward to working with you to help enrich the Academy experience of our cadets!


Danny & Kathy Cometto,

USAFA CPC Co-Presidents

UPCOMING EVENTS

February 29, 2024

Leadership Achievement Award Deadline

Nominate a USAFA Grad today!


March 14-16, 2024

Recognition


March 22-31, 2024

Spring Break


April 20, 2024, 12pm

End of Year Celebration


April 20, 2024, 2pm

General Membership Meeting

Please join the Board and Chairs of the CPC to get involved and updated on the CPC


May 28 - 31, 2024

Graduation Week


May 30, 2024

Graduation


June 8, 2024

New Appointee and Prep Event, Noon to 3pm

Top Golf/Colorado Springs


June 26, 2024

In-Processing Day for Class of 2028 and I-Day Picnic





Schedule of Athletics


USAFA PARENT INFORMATION


  • 2024 Graduation Parent All Call - March 20th. Register HERE.




  • Cadet Spring Break Shuttle Bus Schedule from Outdoor Recreation. Please see this information for Cadet (Deadline March 3rd) and Prep (Deadline March 1st)







Meet and Greet with the Dean

Thank you Dean Letendre!!


We had a wonderful turnout to meet the Dean. This evening was such a treat. We all learned so much that night, and appreciate the time from Dean Letendre.

100s Night and Weekend

C1C Jenna Breeden (Middle)

100s Night

C1C Jenna Breeden

Base Assignment for Cyberspace Operations Tech Training @ Keesler AFB

C1C Bryan Hartigan and C1C Grant Ferry

100s Night

C4C Catherine Pederson (right)

Decorating

C4C Gavin Ehrich

Decorating

C4C Gavin Ehrich

Mission Accomplished

C4C Jackson Houtz (right)

Decorating

C4C Jackson Houtz

Flight suits across Quad

OUR COLORADO CADETS


C4C Ray Rosenmerkel and C3C James Baumert

Ski Weekend in Glenwood Springs

C2C Micah Stark

21st Birthday Celebration



C1C Grant Ferry

Drum and Bugle Corps, Mardi Gras

C1C Grant Ferry

Drum and Bugle Corps, Mardi Gras

C2C Hannah Johnson

Ring Shopping

C2C Ella Duncan

Ring Shopping

C1C Jenna Breeden

Holding Missy Franklin's medals


Sister Clubs Fundraising


Parent Club Fundraising Efforts

NEW ADDRESS?


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


Contact the CPC Co-Secretaries

COLORADO PARENTS' CLUB 

2023-2024 EXECUTIVE BOARD

 

CO-PRESIDENTS | Danny and Kathy Cometto ('25)

VICE-PRESIDENT | Kim Cheri ('27)

CO-SECRETARY| Jackie Breeden ('24)

MEMBERSHIP| April McClung ('26)

TREASURER | Jason Breeden ('24)

EVENT COORDINATOR | Sherri Newell ('26)

FUNDRAISING CHAIR | Position to be filled


2023-2024 COMMITTEE CHAIRS


WEBMASTER | Jessica Anderson ('25)

PHOTOGRAPHERS | April McClung ('26) and David Bishop ('23 & '27)

TAILGATE CHAIR| Tim Thompson ('23)

GOODIE BAG CHAIR | Lauralee Hitzler ('26)

NEW APPOINTEE CHAIR | Helly Duncan ('25)

I-DAY CHAIR | Position to be filled

END OF YEAR CELEBRATION | Ann Pederson ('23 & '27)

TASTE OF HOME CHAIR | Sherri Newell ('26)

IT Support |Bobby Culp ('19)

Social Media | Rachel Ade Stearns ('23)

CASAB (CO All Services Academies Ball) Chair |Jeff Flachman ('25)

USAFA Colorado Parents' Club|

Website: USAFA CPC

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