Air Force Family

The Airman and Family Readiness Center is looking for nominations for this year's Volunteer Excellence Award. Nomination packages will be accepted for federal civilians, family members and retirees who performed outstanding volunteer work of a sustained and direct nature. Nominations are due by March 31.

The award will be presented at the Volunteer Recognition Breakfast held on April 19 at 8:30 a.m. at Club Hill. The breakfast is free for volunteers, their spouses and supervisors, leadership and co-workers, space permitting.

Flames lit up the excitement in children's eyes as members of the Military 4-H Outdoor Recreation Club, a part of the Youth Programs on base, learned how to create fire using flint and tinder Feb. 27.

The club's first activity was held at Wetland Discovery Point in Kaysville as children learned basic survival skills for the outdoors and played a game where they pretended to be stranded on an island.

"We talked about what the human body needs to survive.

Cancer prevention comes in many forms: a healthy lifestyle, vaccines and routine screenings. All involve your ability to make healthy choices, but TriCare makes those choices even easier by covering a vaccine that protects against cervical cancer, as well as routine screenings for early detection.

According to the American Cancer Society, more than 99 percent of cervical cancers are related to the human papilloma virus, or HPV.

Team Hill is holding an Air Expeditionary Force Retreat for those families with a member soon to deploy or recently returned. The event to be held April 9-11, features free lodging and meals but requires a $50 reservation fee per family.

The Hill Officers' Spouses' Club, a nonprofit private organization, raises funds throughout the year to sponsor welfare projects at Hill Air Force Base and surrounding communities. The Hill OSC will stage its largest fundraiser of the year, Two Deuces Casino Night, on March 19, to fund scholarships for local military and Department of Defense dependents.

HOSC scholarships range from $500 to $2,000 and assist high school seniors, continuing students and degree-pursuant military spouses.

Nominations close February 25 for the 2010 Military Child Award, administered by program officials in San Antonio, Texas. The award recognizes the service and sacrifices of the nation's youngest heroes. Anyone can nominate a deserving child for the award, but the nominee must be enrolled in the Defense Eligibility Enrollment Reporting System and be between the ages of 8 and 18.

The finer points of being a great baby sitter were reviewed after answering an introduction question about why a group of young students had chosen to attend an all-day Feb. 20 class at the Youth Center. Susan Smith-Parry, Northern Utah Red Cross safety and health instructor, introduced herself to the nine students prepared to be informed about safety and other such things as what foods are appropriate for what age ranges in children you baby-sit.

Smith-Parry was quick to point out that both boys and girls make great baby sitters as two boys arrived first for the class.