Cape
Fear Valley Family Readiness Group
Cape Fear Valley Health
System's Family Readiness Group (FRG)
provides assistance to fellow employees whose family member
is scheduled to be deployed or is already deployed for
military service, or if a family member is away on a
business trip for an extended period of time.The FRG provides referral assistance to help you
locate childcare or resolve pay issues, or just be available
to have a cup of coffee and listen. This active group meets
regularly.A few recent activities of the FRG include:
- "Show
Your Support." A project where 20 banners were
created with messages, poems and words of inspiration.
- Cape
Fear Valley Health System employees volunteered their
time at the 5thAnnual
Military Spouse Day Conference and also Senior Spouses
Conference.
- Over
150 Packages and cards have been sent to family members
of our employees deployed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Korea,
etc.
- Operation
“Santa Clothes” collected over a half ton of
clothing, sneakers and flip-flops for injured and
wounded troops arriving at Landstuhl Regional Medical
Center, Germany.
- Provide
Monthly Morale, Welfare and Recreation Newsletter and
FLO Notes, the newsletter from the Army Well-Being
Liaison Office.
- Provide
coloring books and booklets on how to talk to your
children about separation and deployments.
Fort Bragg MWR Official Site
News of Note
- A live performance of the "Living Last Supper,"
featuring the Heritage Restoration Chorale of Fayetteville,
will be held March 19 and 20 at the JFK Memorial Chapel on
base. Click here
for more information.
Downloads Section
Important TRICARE Updates
- New
Website Allows TRICARE Beneficiaries To Manage Health Care
Information From Home
Falls Church, Va. - TRICARE Prime and Prime Remote
beneficiaries in the United States, including Hawaii and
Alaska can enroll with new Beneficiary Web Enrollment (BWE).
To view the full release, please visit: http://www.tricare.mil/pressroom/news.aspx?fid=344
- New
Program Helps Severely Wounded Warriors Navigate Health Care
Falls Church, Va. - The new Warrior Care Support Program
in TRICARE's
North Region provides wounded Service members with one point
of contact;
taking stress out of military health care for beneficiaries
and their
families.
For more information, please visit: http://www.tricare.mil/pressroom/news.aspx?fid=316
- Service
Members Urged to Set Up Family Member Accounts Before
Deployment
Falls Church, Va. - Deployable and TRICARE Remote service
members should consider setting set up
Family Member Accounts enabling their family to access
medical, pay and human resource Web sites in their absence.
For more information, please visit: http://www.tricare.mil/pressroom/news.aspx?fid=315
- Official
U.S. Military Health Site
Click here to go to
the U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System webpage.
On-Base Housing Information
- Immediate
vacancies for on-post housing (3- and 4-bedrooms) available
for Jr. Enlisted soldiers.
Click
here for more information
Anheuser-Busch Extends Free Park
Visits Through 2008
- This
program offers free tickets to
Busch
Gardens
and Sea World to troops and their families. The
program, called "Here's to the Heroes," has become
so popular that Anheuser-Busch extended the free visits
another year. "Here's to the Heroes" is open
to active duty service members, active members of the
Reserve or National Guard, and up to three direct dependents
for one free admission per year. For more information
and to fill out a form for free admission, visit: http://www.herosalute.org
Military Support Links
FRG Agency Briefs
- Download
If you would like further
information about the Cape Fear Valley Family Readiness
Group, please contact our FRG coordinator, Terry Stefanski,
at tfstefanski@capefearvalley.com
or (910) 609-6003
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