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What a great holiday season we had! What a huge contribution the LOSC made to Luke and the surrounding community in order to make this past December a very merry one! Our members decorated Club 56, supported the Airmen Cookie Drive, provided a fantastic holiday luncheon at the VA Hospital and pulled off another highly successful Tree and Wreath Raffle Fundraiser! I was so proud of all of our members and it warms my heart to be part of such a giving and talented organization! BRA-VO, LOSC members!

I can’t believe we are already half way through the LOSC year! Where does the time go? We have so many wonderful socials and events yet to come! I hope to see more of all of you at each one! The next social will be a Let’s Make A Deal-themed Bunco event at Club 56 on Janu-ary 20th! So come on down and have some fun!

I hope each of you were able to enjoy the holidays with your fami-lies. Perhaps you even made a resolution or two? I hope you accom-plish all you set out to do in 2015 and I wish you a year of happiness, health and fun!

Susie Dunn

LOSC President

Social Calendar for 2014-201520 January, 11am - “Let’s Make a Deal” Bunco

17 February, 11 am - The Bachelor, a Valentine’s Day Special

17 March, Time TBD - Joint ESC Event, The Amazing Race Scavenger Hunt

21 April, 11am - “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Bingo

May - Date and Time TBD, Scholarship Reception

JANUARY 2015

Jennifer Pleus Honorary President

Lisa Sloane Honorary Vice President

Susie Dunn President

Monica Browning 1st Vice President

Alana WhitenerSecond Vice President

Lee Dismuke Secretary

Meg Raymond Admin Treasurer

Erica Lowe Welfare Treasurer

Christine Draper Membership

VacantChildcare

Cindy Jones Reservations

Gail Mondul &Stephanie Tellefsen

Special Activities Angela Hauck

ParliamentarianBarb Meyer

Retired Spouses Rep. Pudge Hoskins

Thrift Shop Emily Saylor

Publicity, Newsletter & Website

Tamara SmithScholarships

Nicole Ladd &Ashley Herndon

Hospitality Amber McKibban

Charitable

Inside this Issue1 President’s Pen and Social Calendar

2 Inside this Issue, Thrift Shop News

3 Upcoming Social

4 Social Photos and Thank You’s

5 Charitable Opportunities

6 Special Activities

7 Membership Application

Thrift Shop News The Thrift Shop will reopen Wednesday, January 7th at 10 am af-ter being closed for the holidays. We are always looking for volun-teers! Give me a call & I will answer all your questions about con-signing or volunteering. ~Pudge (623) 878-7712.

Let’s Make A (Bunco) Deal!!January 20 - Club 56 - 11 AM

Roll on down for some January Bunco fun! Perhaps you will win at Bunco…or perhaps you will trade your winnings for a prize behind Door #1, Door #2 or Door #3? Or perhaps you

will walk away with a ZONK! In any case, we know you will walk away having had a great time with your fellow LOSC members! Hope to see you all there!

Crazy costumes appreciated/encouraged but not required!

2014 Holiday Wreath & Tree RaffleA Big Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who participated in December’s Tree & Wreath Raffle! The luncheon fund-raiser was a huge success. Many thanks to those who donated time and money to create wreaths & trees for auction. Thank you also to those who supported the event by purchasing raffle tickets!

A huge thank you to our wonderful pianist, Jade Lemery who was so talented!! Thank you for cre-ating such a beautiful ambience at Club 56 for our supporters. Your music put us in the Christmas spirit. What a wonderful treat!

The event could not have taken place without the wonderful leadership of the Committee Chair, Barb Meyers. The Luke OSC would like to extend its gratitude to Barb, for bringing together cur-rent and retiree members to make this event an elegant and successful fundraiser. Thank you also to our advisors, Jen Pleus, Lisa Sloane, Theresa Ainsworth & Theresa Kossler, for your assistance and support throughout the planning process.

A special thanks to Tamara and Lisa for their help in decoration set-up! Thanks also to Pudge and her daughter for selling tickets, and to Barb Meyer, Angela Hauck, and Jess Raper for running the raffle smoothly and efficiently.

A very big thanks to our LOSC President, Suz Dunn, for working with Club 56 on the menu pricing, and to Cindy Jones for handling the large number or reservations - they have big jobs and they make it look easy! Thanks to all the Board Members who helped pull the event details together. And last, but not least, thank you to the Club 56 staff, for providing the venue and deli-cious meals/drinks for our event. It is so nice to have a comfortable and central place at Luke AFB where we can continue to host our functions.

The Holiday Wreath & Tree Raffle featured a record-breaking number of trees and wreaths do-nated this year. The funds from the purchased raffle opportunities will go towards the Luke OSC Welfare fund, which assists the Luke OSC in supporting community charities.

LOSC ladies, thank you for helping us raise funds so we can continue to give back to our Luke AFB community!

Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s raffle a success. If you didn’t win the wreath you had your eye on this year, remember, there’s always next year! Cheers! :)

Charitable Opportunities

VA Holiday Lunch Thank you!Thank you to our LOSC volunteers and Airmen volunteers who helped with the Holiday Lunch at the VA Hospital. It was a great event, enjoyed by all!

Oasis Meals

On the second Saturday of each month, the LOSC pro-vides a meal for 30-40 air-men who live in the dorms. I am so pleased to report that all of our dates for this season have already been filled through the won-derful volunteerism of our Luke community!

We would like to thank the 309th Fighter Squadron for providing an amazing meal for our airmen in No-vember. It was a great suc-cess!

The December meal was hosted by the 56th Den-tal Squadron/56th Med Group. Thanks to all our

volunteers!

Ronald McDonald House

Each year, the LOSC pre-pares dinner for the Ron-ald McDonald House (Cam-bridge House). The RMH is a “home away from home” for families who must trav-el to recieve treatment at Phoenix Children’s Hospi-tal.

We are working to identify more dates that the LOSC can provide meals for these families. If you would like to be involved please contact Amber McKibban.

Airmen Cookie Drive Thank You!‘Twas the month of December, at Luke Air Force Base,With Thunderbolts at work, the volunteers did bake.

The cookies were made with holiday flair,In hopes that the Airmen knew that they cared.

With nearly 500 boxes of cookies created,The Airmen dorm rooms would soon be invaded.

The smiles on their faces, as First Sergeants arrived,

Is what keeps the holiday spirit alive!

To see a video clip of the Cookie Drive Poem in action, go to https://www.face-book.com/video.php?v=856195617736738

Thanks to all the “elves” who helped bake, collect and package more than 12,000 cookies. There were lots of oohs and aahs over the gorgeous homemade treats! Despite all the rain that morning, it was truly a magical day for all!

Lisa Sloane 2014 Airmen Cookie Drive Chairman

Special ActivitiesBowling

After 13 weeks of bowling Team #5 (Dolls with Balls) are still in first place with 36 wins and 16 loses. Members of Team #5 are Susie Dunn, Nichole Ebner & Jennifer Pleus.

Team #7 (Here For Lunch) are in second place with 32 wins and 20 loses. Members of Team #7 are Ingrid Wright, Brenda Young & Pudge Hoskins.

High Average is Jennifer Pleus with a 149. Robbin Swartz has High Game Scratch with a 223 & Jennifer Pleus has High Scratch Series with a 549.

We have taken two weeks off for the Holidays and will resume bowling Thursday January 8 at Uptown Alley 9:30 a.m.

Bunco

Come join us and invite your friends the first Thursday of every month at 6:00 pm at Club 56. If you would like to play, please contact Robbin Swartz at (623) 693-8751 or [email protected].

Mahjong

Mahjong will continute to meet at 9:30 am every Friday at Club 56. Contact Brenda Young at (623) 581-9052 for more information.

Day Adventure Club

The Adventure Club will start off the new year by visiting the Musical Instrument Museum on Friday, January 23rd. Please contact [email protected] to get on the evite list for details on our upcoming adventures. We will make plans to visit the Wildlife World Zoo, the Phoe-nix Art Museum, and the Phoenix Children’s Museum in the coming months. Little ones are welcome to tag along (with supervision) on our adventures!

Hiking Club

Want to have fun getting in shape while exploring Arizona? Join the LOSC Hiking Club! Our next hike will take place on Wednesday, January 14th at the Verrado trails. Please email Gail at [email protected] to get on the Hiking Club evite list for more detailed meeting infor-mation. Happy Trails!

Golf Club

Want to improve your golf game in 2015? If you are in-terested in joining the Golf Club, please email Special Ac-tivities so we can pass your name onto our POC, Lindsey Andreotta.

BOOK CLUB

We will be meeting on Tues-day, January 27th to discuss the Happiness Project.

If you would like to join us please contact Stephanie Tellefsen at [email protected].

Book selections for the re-mainder of the year:

January 27 - The Happiness Project - by Gretchen Rubin

February (date TBD) - The Paris Wife - by Paula McLain

March (date TBD) - Orphan Train - by Christina Baker Kline

April (date TBD) - A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

May (date TBD) - Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Ma-ria Semple

LOSC

Special Activities Chairs:

Gail and Steph can be contacted at:

[email protected]

Luke Officers‘ Spouses‘ ClubLuke AFB, Arizona

Membership ApplicationEmail: [email protected]

Please print only the information you would like to be listed in the LOSC Directory! First Name: __________________________ ___ Last Name: ________________________________________Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________

Home Phone: ___________________________ Cell Phone: ________________________________________Email: ______________________________________________ Birthday: ______________________________

Spouse’s Rank and Name: ________________________________________________________________________Branch of Service: ___________________________ Spouse’s Unit: ______________________________

Previous Base: _________________________________________ Date Arrived: ________________________I am: ____ a New LOSC Member ____ a Returning LOSC Member

I am: ____ an active member (spouses of active duty or reserve officers of any branch) ____ an associate member (spouses of retired or deceased officer, of military student in training, of international officer, or of DoD employee in the grade of GS-7 or above)

_____ Initial here if you DO NOT authorize the LOSC, its assigns and transferees to copyright, use and publish your photographs in print and/or electronically_____ I would like to be contacted about serving on the Board of Governors Previously held positions in any OSC: ____________________________________________________________ I would like to utilize on-site childcare during LOSC functions (for rates and other information, please contact [email protected])_____ I agree to receive the LOSC newsletter in digital format (via Email)

Annual membership dues are $ 48 with digital newsletter and $ 60 with printed newsletter. If you are a spouse of a military student, the dues are $ 24 (not to exceed 6 months). Dues will be prorated for those members joining after

October (please contact the LOSC Membership Chair for further information).

Please bring this to any LOSC social with cash or check payable to LOSC or mail to: LOSC

c/o Membership Chair14000 West Eagle Street

Building 161Glendale, AZ 85309

Reservations Policy for Functions:You must cancel through Evite or contact the reservations chair by the date specified in the Evite or you will be charged the cost of the function. To remain in good standing, your account must be paid in full.

Liability Declaration:In the event the LOSC assets (including the Thrift Shop) should be insufficient to discharge its liabilities, LOSC members are jointly and severally liable for obligations of the entire organization.

As a member of the LOSC, I agree to abide by its rules and regulations as set forth in the Constitution and By-Laws.

Signature: _________________________________________________ Date: _______________________

For Office Use Only:________ Date Application Recʼd" ___ Dues Recʼd" _______ Cash/Check #" _______ Amount "___ Directory ___ Evite List " ___ Name Tag" ___ Newsletter Send" ___ Newsletter Announced"" ___ Welcome Gift

Thursday, January 15, 2015

9:30am – 2:30 pm

Airman & Family Readiness Center

For more information or to register for this event, please call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at

623-856-6550.

Includes a tour of the Luke AFB

A complimentary lunch at the Dining Facility

An opportunity to meet other spouses.

Fun games and prizes!

Each spouse will be presented with an official Heart Link coin and other goodies upon completion of the program

Spouse Orientation

Heart Link is a FREE orientation program for spouses to familiarize them with the Air Force way of life. During this orientation, spouses learn about military courtesies, customs, language, acronyms, agency roles, where to

go for assistance, resources and more.