Local Applebee’s® Hosts Memorial Day Special Party
Donations Benefit the USO of Hampton Roads

Celebrate Memorial Day at Your Applebee’s® Neighborhood Grill & Bar on Norfolk Naval Station.

You and three guests are invited to a special private party featuring a variety of items from a select menu.

All food and non-alcoholic beverages will be on Applebee’s® and drink tickets for Alcoholic beverages will be able to be purchased for $5 each.

Date: May 26th, 2008
Location: 9226 Mall Drive, Norfolk, VA, 23511

Please RSVP between 2pm-4pm by calling: (757) 489-0422.

Seating times are every 15 minutes between: 10:30am-2:30pm

Reservations are required and may fill up quickly, so please respond before 5/19! Exact seating times are not guaranteed upon arrival.

Party hosted by: Mike Ray -General Manager
Laura Fox -Area Director

A $5 per person donation will be accepted at the door to benefit the USO of Hampton Roads. We look forward to seeing you at our Naval Base location!

USO of Hampton Roads Board Chairman Thanks Volunteers

24 April 2008

Dear USO of Hampton Roads Volunteer,

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for your volunteer work with the USO of Hampton Roads. As a volunteer, you know better than most the sacrifices our men and women in uniform make every day to protect our way of life. You also understand the burden and stress that military families endure while a loved one is away from home. You should take pride in the fact that you are helping those who serve and their families.

The USO of Hampton Roads operates nine centers in Southeastern Virginia and our paid staff works incredibly hard in our mission of providing a "touch of home" to those who serve. However, we could never fulfill our mission without the enormous support of volunteers like YOU. On behalf of me, the Board of Directors and the staff,THANK YOU again for making our USO one of the best in the nation.

In addition to our centers that are always in need of volunteers, we also sponsor several special events for our military and families that need your support. These include:

Patriotic Festival at the Virginia Beach Ocean Front (30 May-2 June 2008). This is a Virginia Beach/USO salute to the military. It is a weekend of military displays and great beach concerts.

U.S. Navy Seal Family Day (14 June 2008) at Naval Station Dam Neck. USO of Hampton Roads is sponsoring this event to say thank you to the Navy's Special Forces and their families.

Virginia National Guard Family Day (9 August 2008) at Camp Pendleton. 450 VA Guardsmen will return from deployment and the USO wants to give them a family day celebration they deserve.

Military Appreciation Day at the Norfolk Zoo (5 October 2005). We host a free day at the zoo for military and dependants. There is entertainment and activities for children in addition to all the great exhibits at the zoo.

USO Holiday Party at Naval Base Little Creek (6 December 2008). This is our signature event for the holidays. Free food, Santa, music and USO sponsors have lots of give-a-ways. We expect over 9,000 people will attend.

We could always use more volunteers, so if you have friends interested in helping please bring them along. If you or your friends would like to sign up for an event, please visit our website at USOHR.ORG or call Ruth at (757) 788-4983.

Again, thank you for your volunteerism. You are the lifeblood of the USO.

Warm regards,

Hank Giffin
Chairman, Board of Directors
USO of Hampton Roads Vice Admiral, USN, Retired

Special Day for Special Kids!

The USO of Hampton Roads and Kings Dominion will host the annual “USO-Kings Dominion Day” for special needs children on June 20, 2008.

Each year families from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Navy, and Marines with children who have severe medical conditions (terminally ill, chronically ill, life threatening, or wheel chair bound) are provided free park admission, a group picnic, and special medical services at the park.

The program is designed to provide a respite for the families who due to cost, time, and mostly medical reasons are unable to visit recreation and theme parks. USOHR, Kings Dominion, and the Joint Services EFMP Committee make it possible for them to enjoy a family day together.

This event began over 14 years ago. Each year 20 to 25 families from each branch of the service bring their special needs child for a day they will always remember.

To see if you qualify for this wonderful event call your EFMP Coordinator.

For more information on this program call Eva Granville at 757-788-3878 / 757-289-5917 or email: eva.granville@us.army.mil

Please click here for fax / email registration form.

To fill out application online click here.

Buy a NavyRackPack™and Support the Military through USO of Hampton Roads

Tired of standard issue curtains that lets light bleed into your rack?

Want more storage space?

Then personalize your rack with a NavyRackPack™.

A NavyRackPack can darken a berthing, reduce gear adrift, triple personal storage and can be designed to fit most ships and submarines. NavyRackPacks are also flame retardant.

All regular NavyRackPacks feature heavy duty black canvas, two large clear plastic picture pockets, webbing loops for hanging, a large pocket the length of the body, as well as a second pocket in the front. NavyRackPacks work well with existing curtains.

Order online and get free embroidery! With each order you get top notch customer service to ensure your NavyRackPack order meets your needs!

NavyRackPacks can also be adapted to other military service branches.

Order through the USO webpage and a portion of the sale will be used to support the programs and services provided by USOHR to military personnel and their families living in southeast Virginia.

Click here to view more information, pricing and options.

Be sure to use the above link when ordering  for USOHR to get a portion of the proceeds!

USO of Hampton Roads Center Goes High Tech High

With the generous support of Cox Communications, USOHR is proud to offer high speed internet access, cable television, and digital phone/fax service to military personnel and their families in our newest location at the Naval Mobilization Processing Site (NMPS) on Norfolk Naval Base.

"Thanks to Cox, we are now able to offer military members at the NMPS Center an opportunity to check email, review orders, surf the web, fax documents, or just relax and watch television" said USOHR IT Director Mike Granville.

In addition, Cox also provides these popular services to the USO/Armed Forces YMCA Lounge at Norfolk International Airport as well as our Newport News Airport, Huntington Hall and NAB Little Creek Centers.

The USO of Hampton Roads would like to thank Cox Communications for their continued support of the armed services and the USO of Hampton Roads.

Anheuser-Busch Continues Free Theme Park Admission For Military Members

Anheuser-Busch announced that it's "Here's to the Heroes" program has been extended through the 2008 year.

This program provides a single day's free admission to any one of the SeaWorld or Busch Gardens parks, Sesame Place, Adventure Island or Water Country USA for active duty, active reserve, Ready Reserve servicemembers, National Guardsmen, and up to three of their direct dependents.

Family members may take advantage of the offer without their service member, though an adult must accompany minors. and dependents over the age of ten must present a valid dependent id card.

Servicemembers can register online at http://www.herosalute.com or at the entrance plaza of a participating park, and show a Defense Department photo ID. Inactive, standby and retired reserve members, and military retirees are ineligible for the program.

Note: Not a USOHR sponsored program, for informational purposes only.

Postal Service Announces New Shipping Initiatives
Bigger Flat-Rate Box with First-Time Military Discount

The U.S. Postal Service is rolling out a new, larger flat-rate box that will feature - for the first time in Postal Service history - a military discount for those mailing to APO and FPO addresses.

Regardless of how much they weigh, the boxes will cost $12.95 to mail for the general public, and $10.95 if mailed to an APO or FPO address, postal officials said. The boxes themselves are free.

Customers can begin using the new flat-rate box at the new mailing rates March 3. The boxes will be available online by Feb. 20. For more information visit http://www.usps.com.

Macys Offers Discounts for Military

The first Tuesday of every month, Macy's invites active or retired military personnel, military dependents and shoppers age 55 or over to come in and enjoy Rewards Day. take an extra 15% off* regular, sale and clearance purchases made with
your Macy's credit card.* 10% off when you use cash, check or another credit card.*

Just show your ID and let the savings begin!

*Excludes certain items, check Macy's Stores for details.

USO of Hampton Roads
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Hampton , Virginia 23666
Phone: (757) 788-4984
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