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Airman & Family Readiness

The Airman and Family Readiness Center offers the following classes:

How to Start Your Own Business: March 21, 1-3 p.m. The Small Business Administration presents a class that focuses on the personal characteristics of successful entrepreneurs, goal setting and strategies for goal attainment plus how to assess your capacity for executing your strategies.

Thrift Savings Plan: March 22, 1-3 p.m.

Single Support Link: March 23, 3-4 p.m. Meet in the Orbiter Lounge.

10 Steps to a Federal Job: March 27, 8 a.m.-noon

For more information on these and other programs, call (310) 653-5428.

Easter Eggstravaganza

The 2012 Easter Eggstravaganza is 11 a.m.-2 p.m., April 7 at the Fort MacArthur Quadrangle. Activities include visits with the Easter Bunny, a petting zoo, face painting, egg hunt, bounce houses, food court and more.

For more information, call (310) 653-8225.

Lenten services

Catholic Lenten soup suppers and Stations of the Cross are 6:15 p.m., every Friday during Lent in Bldg. 425 at Fort MacArthur. Stations of the Cross follows supper and is in the Chapel.

Lenten soup lunches and Bible study is 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., every Wednesday during Lent in the 61st ABG conference room (Bldg. 425, fourth floor).

For more information on these and other Chapel services, call (310) 653-5080.

St. Patrick’s Day celebration

Join your friends at the Harborview Lounge for an Irish themed celebration complete with food, music and dancing. There will even be a karaoke contest

The fun starts at 4 p.m. and ends at 11 p.m.

For more information, call (310) 653-8225.

 




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