schedule

  • All classes are held at the Family Resilience Center, Bldg. 250 Club Road.
  • Childcare is available for day classes. Please contact the Child Development Center to make arrangements.
  • To sign up for classes, call 569-5500.

 

Class Descriptions

FRG Leader Certification Course Training

The Family Readiness Group (FRG) Course is provided by the Army Community Service, Mobilization and Deployment Program.  The training is available for all FRG members and is offered once a month. the following classes are required to receive a FRG Leader Certificate: 

 

  • •  Creating and Maintaining a FRG

  • •  Leadership for FRGs

  • •  Building Your FRG Volunteers

  • •  Making Contact ~ Phone tree Point of Contact

  • •  Newsletter for FRGs

  • •  Money Matters

  • •  Building Your FRG – Getting Started

  • •  Bringing it all Together

Homecoming/Reunion Training

The Homecoming/Reunion classes are designed to help soldiers and their family transition from deployment to reunion by maximizing the positive aspects of reunion. Preparation is the key to a smooth transition into reintegration of soldier and family.

OBJECTIVES
  • Changes in Relationships
  • Expectations
  • Intimacy
  • Readjustment
  • Coping with Stress
  • Resources for Assistance

Participants are required to call and sign up for the class; classes fill up at 100. Unit FRG registrations are welcome. Arrangements can be made for child care through CYS; the family member must make arrangements for the day/time they will be attending the class.

All classes are held at the Family Resilience Center, Bldg. 250 Club Road. For more information, call 569-5500.

ACS instructor, briefer and facilitator training

Become an ACS instructor! Army Community Service offers instructor training courses, briefer training courses and facilitator training courses throughout the year.

These courses are mandatory for all ACS staff and any volunteers who will be teaching or briefing. For example, every Army Family Team Building volunteer is mandated to take instructor training and briefer training before they can teach AFTB classes.

Training is open to all ACS employees and volunteers, and to anyone who would like to gain skills in teaching and briefing.

Instructor training courses are offered as a two-day session, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day. Upcoming courses include May 21-22 and August 20-21.

Briefer training courses are offered as a one-day class from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Upcoming courses include July 24 and September 19.

Facilitator training courses are offered as a two-day session, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day. The next facilitator training course is set for October 8-9.

All classes are held at the Family Resilience Center, Bldg. 250 Club Road on Fort Bliss. Pre-registration is required. Register online at blissmwr.com/mtc. For more information, call (915) 569-5500.

Kids' fishing tournament at Ascarate Lake

Fort Bliss Child, Youth and School Services and the Ascarate Fishing Club will conduct a free fishing tournament for youth ages 3-16 Saturday, May 25 at Ascarate Lake.

The tournament will begin at 7:30 a.m. on the east pavilion of the lake and conclude at noon. On-site registration will run from 7:30-10:30 a.m. at the Fort Bliss CYSS tent, and will include a free T-shirt while supplies last. All registered youth will be treated to free hot dogs, chips and drinks following the tournament. Prizes will be awarded in three age categories.

The lake will be stocked with 2,400 native fish prior to the event. Bait and 350 rods and reels will be on hand to borrow from the club with a photo ID card as collateral. The tournament will be open to the entire El Paso youth community. Because this is an educational venture with the Ascarate Fishing Club, a "catch and release" policy will be enforced with tournament participants.

An adult may assist a child with bringing in a fish, but may not fish for the child. Adults age 17 and older must have a Texas fishing license to fish in the lake. Texas fishing licenses may be purchased at several local sporting goods stores, including Academy, Big 5 and others.

The tournament is sponsored by the County of El Paso, Price's Dairy, Kohl's Academy Sports and Outdoors, and Texas Parks and Wildlife.

While the tournament is free, all guests must pay the $1 per car Ascarate Park admission fee to enter the park. Only cash is accepted. Ascarate Park is located at 6900 Delta Drive in El Paso.

For more information, call (915) 755-0983 or (915) 751-3891.

Open Basketball League

Get your team together and sign up for the Team Bliss Sports, Fitness and Aquatics Open Basketball League. Play begins Saturday, June 8. All games will be played Saturdays at Soto Physical Fitness Center.

The league is open to active-duty military, family members 18 and older, and DoD/DA civilains. Team rosters are limited to 12 players. Registration costs $260per team. All teams are guaranteed seven games: six regular-season games and one playoff game.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 29 at the Soldier Activity Center, 20732 Constitution Ave. on East Fort Bliss

Soto PFC is located at 20751 Constitution Ave. on East Fort Bliss. The league memorandum of instruction (MOI) can be found at www.blissmwr.com/intramurals. For more information, call (915) 744-5794.

Open Volleyball League

Bump. Set. Spike! Grab a team and sign up for the 2013 Fort Bliss Open Volleyball League. The league will begin play Saturday, June 8. All games will be played Saturdays at Stout Physical Fitness Center, 2930 Cassidy Road on West Fort Bliss

The league is open to active-duty military, family members 18 and older, and DoD/DA civilians. Registration costs $260 per team. All teams are guaranteed sevengames: sixregular-season games and one playoff game.

A mandatory coaches meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 28 at Soto PFC, 20751 Constitution Ave. on East Fort Bliss.

The league memorandum of instruction (MOI) can be found at www.blissmwr.com/intramurals. For more information, call (915) 744-5794.

Baby Bubble Hour

Baby Bubble Hour offers children ages 4 and under a chance to enjoy the water in a peaceful setting. No older children, including older siblings, are allowed in the water during this time. An open swim hour for toddlers, Baby Bubble Hour is held every Saturday from 8:30-10 a.m. at Replica Aquatic Center, Bldg. 5035 Dickman Road on Fort Bliss. For more information, call 568-7431.

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