The Yokosan - Yokota Officers` Spouses` Club

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The Yokosan
May 2015
Yokota
Officers’ spouses’ club
Dear Membership,
We’re into May already, and we have really enjoyed some beautiful weather lately. This is a wonderful time of year in
Japan, before the June rains and July heat! I hope everyone
is enjoying the spring weather, and is able to take some time
to relax outdoors. May also marks the end of our YOSC social
year, which means it’s time to start planning the next one!
President’s Letter
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Editor’s Note
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Nominees
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Thrift shop
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Functions
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Volunteer
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Opportunities
Board Roster
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We had an amazing month in April! We kicked off last month
with the glamorous Thrift Shop Fashion Show held with our
sister organization, the YESC. Much to our surprise, the
attendees of a Far East Journalism Conference used the opportunity to interview and film of a few of the members. It
was a great show, and some bonus experience for those journalism students! Thank you to Andi Adams and her staff for
all their hard work making the fashion show a success, and
also to all of the models who participated!
Our other major April function was our Annual Scholarship
Dinner and award presentations. All our members should be
proud of their volunteer work throughout the year, as it
culminated in awarding $19,000 in scholarships to both high
school seniors and to spouses completing degrees! Those
funds were made possible by members volunteering at the
Thrift Shop, helping organize and run the Asian Bazaars, and
donating time and resources. The YOSC could not have done
this without your support, so thanks to everyone for your
kindness!
Speaking of the Asian Bazaar, our spring bazaar was just
last weekend on May 2 and 3. There were 52 awesome vendors and
lots of shoppers! Thank you to all of you that volunteered, donated food, or came out and browsed. We had a great weekend
overall, and as soon as the numbers are finalized we will be able
to announce the results.
The Yokosan i s a prod uct of the YOSC, a pri vate org ani zati on at Yokota AB, Japa n. The YOSC i s not a part of the Departme nt of Defense or any of i ts components an d h as no go vernmental stat us.
The Yokosan is a product
of the YOSC, a private
organization at Yokota AB,
Japan. The YOSC is not a
part of the Department of
Defense or any of its
components and has no
governmental status.
Since the beginning of the YOSC fiscal year budget on October 1,
2014, we have been able to give almost $48,000 back to the Yokota
community! That is an outstanding number, and we’re not done
yet! The Governing Board approved two welfare requests in
April. The first request was for the Music and Movement Program
at the Library. We were able to give $500 to help with supplies
for the program, which benefits Yokota’s young children...
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...The second request was for the Eighth Grade Dance to help offset the cost of their
DJ. We provided $150 towards their end of year dance, their last class social function before they head off to high school.
For our May event we are having a Fiesta night on May 14! There will be salsa dancing
lessons, delicious foods, and of course the great company of our membership. The
election for the Executive Board members for the 2015-2016 year will also take place
at this event, so please come out and participate!
Since this is the May Yokosan, this will be my final letter of the year and I would
just like to say what an honor and humbling experience it has been to serve as the
YOSC President these last few months. I would like to thank Jessica Bull for all her
hard work and dedication--Jessica, we wish you all the best! I would also like to
thank the entire YOSC Governing Board for all the time, energy and sacrifices they
have made for the organization. Most of all, I’d like to thank all members for making
our YOSC programs possible and uplifting our Yokota community. I truly appreciate all
of you and your selfless support in improving the lives of others. You are what makes
the YOSC great! God bless.
Warm regards,
Katie Hodgkins
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EDITOR’S NOTE
SUBMISSIONS
Please be sure to look at the
Nominating Committee’s list of nominees
for next year’s board on the next few
pages. Also, if you’d like to nominate
yourself to take over the position of
Yokosan Editor, please shoot me an email!
Please send to
yoscyokosan@gmail.com
Know of a local festival,
community event, or cause
that membership should
know about? Do you have a
creative work, photo,
helpful news item or
anecdote about Yokota? We
would love to hear from
you.
- Brooke Abrames
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received with the
registration paperwork to activate
your membership.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD NOMINEES
From the Nominating Committee, for the 2015-2016 YOSC Board
President:
1. Marisa Martin
My name is Marisa Martin. I have been an Air Force spouse for 12 years, 6 of those living at
Yokota Air Base. Before having my three wonderful children, Haley, William, and Rose, I taught
2nd and 3rd grade in Texas and South Carolina. I have been an active spouse in 5th AF, and
maintained leadership roles in the 374th OSS, and the 459th AS. My hobbies include, entertaining, decorating, and exploring new places in Tokyo for unique, affordable antiques.
2. Katie Hodgkins
Katie Hodgkins was elected as the YOSC First Vice-President for the 2014-2015 year and has been
serving as the President since January. Katie has been volunteering with the YOSC for nearly
three years since she arrived at Yokota in the summer of 2012. Katie was part of the Spring
2013 Bazaar Committee and has served on every Bazaar Committee since then in different capacities. Katie has also been part of the YOSC Board as the Scholarship Chair and helped support
all YOSC functions and events as the First Vice-President. Katie was also the YOSC Chair of
the Spouses’ Night Out Committee, a first-ever event for all Yokota spouses. In 2014 alone,
Katie donated over 500 hours to support the YOSC and YOSC-sponsored activities.
“I really love this organization, all the good work it does for the base community, and our
amazing spouses who put it all together year after year. It’s really special to see our members working together to run the Thrift Shop and put on huge events like the Asian Bazaars, all
of which raise funds for our wonderful scholarship and welfare programs. It’s very humbling to
be a part of. If elected as President for the 2015-2016 YOSC year, I would like to continue
building our membership, develop more team-building and fun events, further strengthen ties
with our sister organization the YESC, and conduct more community assistance and outreach efforts. Our members have a ton of great ideas in all these areas, and I look forward to working
with our dedicated and talented spouses to make things happen!”
Katie lived in many states as a child but claims Herndon, Virginia as her home. Katie received
her bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine from Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania and her master’s
degree in Sports Administration from Fort Hays State University, Kansas. Katie met her husband
Andy while working at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas; Andy is a full-time civil
service employee and an officer in the Air Force Reserve. Katie and Andy have a three-year old
son, Nolan, who only moves at one speed (full-on sprint) and already knows more Japanese words
then they do.
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First Vice President: Ann Farrara
I was born and raised in Central Illinois then attended a University in Edwardsville, near St. Louis. I absolutely love all St. Louis sports teams. My husband and I have been stationed at Laughlin
AFB, Texas and Beale AFB, California leading to our assignment to Yokota AB, Japan. My Bachelor's
degree is in Nursing, however, my full time job at the moment is being a mother and volunteering. I
love philanthropy, sports, music, and socializing. Through college I volunteered over 2,000 hours
while working full time and being a full time student. I went on a mission trip to Africa volunteering as a nurse which opened my eyes to an entirely new side of health care needs and true poverty. Through organizations and employment I have a vast amount of experience in varying roles of
leadership, management, and support. I look forward to becoming more active in YOSC.
My husband, Mike, and I have been married four years. We have a two year old girl, Adriana, and a
five year old Australian Shepherd, Joker. Mike and I met in college through ROTC at SIUE. Adriana
is my perfect little spitfire who keeps my life entertaining. Our dream is to adopt a second child
and provide a family to someone who may not have had one otherwise or sponsor a college student in
the future.
Leadership Experience:
• Key Spouse for a squadron of over 300 members with high deployment ratios and remaining active in
at Yokota for the 459th.
• Nursing management while being a school nurse overseeing a district of 12,000 students with multiple nurses working under my guidance and direction.
• Express Retail Assistant Manager, Ruby Tuesday Assistant Manager
• Alpha Phi: Events Coordinator, Recruitment Coordinator, Red Dress Gala point of contact (A philanthropy event for Women's and Children's Cardiovascular Care.)
• Arnold Air Society: Director of Operations, Public Affairs Officer
• ROTC: Recruitment team, Professional Development Program to Kirtland AFB working with Flight Medicine
• Up Til Dawn Board of Director's member 3 years raising over $50,000 for the hospital each year.
• Officer Spouse Club Experience: Beale AFB OSC Historian
Second Vice President: Jane DelGiorno
Originally from New York, Jane spent several years working in public relations and marketing in
Boston. She moved to Ohio when her husband joined the Air Force in 2010. Their second duty station
was Incirlik AB, Turkey for two years. Jane has been at Yokota since July 2014, and is enjoying the
Japanese culture and traveling around the country.
Secretary: Lindsay Clinton
Lindsay Clinton joins the YOSC Executive Board for a third year as the Secretary. She gained previous OSC experience as the Publicity Chair and Corresponding Secretary while stationed at Little
Rock Air Force Base. Lindsay has been at Yokota AB for 2.5 years and has enjoyed volunteering as a
Key Spouse for her squadron, at the Thrift Shop, and on the Spouses' Night Out committee. Lindsay
has been an Air Force wife for almost 9 years and is the proud mom of 2 boys. She enjoys running
her own home based business, participating in PWOC bible study, outings with her YOSC culture club
group, and exploring all that Japan has to offer.
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Operations Treasurer:
This position remains empty.
this position.
Once a president has been installed, she may nominate a member to fill
Welfare Treasurer: Amanda Zane
I am Amanda Zane. My husband and I moved to Yokota last September, and I became the YOSC membership
chair in January. I work full-time remotely for a global mobility company, headquartered out of Denver, Colorado. I enjoy working in business and finance, and I'm excited for the opportunity to bring
that into the YOSC organization!
Data Manager: Tiffany Alexander
I have more than 15 years working on websites, database programming, project management, and event
planning. Currently, I have started teaching children and adults English, as well as starting up
home businesses in fitness and painting various types of canvas projects. I have been married four
years and have two children, one and three years old.
Member at Large:
Anna Boyd
I am Anna Boyd, and I've been a Air Force spouse for 10 years. My husband and I along with our two
kids moved to Yokota last July. I substitute teach at Mendel and volunteer as much as I can. I
served as Silent Auction Chair at a previous base, and I'm very excited to be nominated for the Member at Large position here at Yokota!
BASE NEWS
FROM YOUR MEMBER-AT-LARGE
AMERICAN RED CROSS NEEDS YOUR HELP
The American Red Cross is hiring a Field Office Coordinator at the Yokota Air Base Station. To view a position description, qualification criteria, and application, please
go to www.redcross.org/careers and search for Requisition Number NHQ48700.
VOLUNTEER AT THE LEGAL OFFICE
SSgt Gilchrist and Capt Sloane are the legal office tax representatives for Yokota
AB. Every year the Yokota Legal Office stands up a tax office for our local military
community. In 2014, we filed 779 returns, saving our community over $198,000 in preparation fees and bringing over $1.4 million back to our people in refunds. In order to
make the 2015 Tax Season successful, we need volunteers to help with the returns.
For
those who are interested, please feel free to contact james.gilchrist.1@us.af.mil, or
Capt Sloane at matthew.sloane.2@us.af.mil, or you may call at DSN 225-8069.
LIBRARY
The library is always accepting donations of appropriate material.
While they are unable to request financial donations, they remain in need of any financial support that can be given. Donations received allowed them to have a successful
summer reading program this year and they would like to continue offering such programs
to the community.
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YOSC THRIFT SHOP
Yokota Thrift Shop.
We announce sales,
specials, hot items
and volunteer periods
on our Facebook page.
Store Hours
Shop Departments
Monday & Friday 9 am -1 pm
225-8296
Children's, Men's, Women's and Maternity clothing, Shoes, Housewares,
Home Decor, Sports Equipment, Linens,
Electronics, Books, CD's, DVD's,
Toys, Games, Baby items, Furniture
and so much more.
yoscthriftshop1@gmail.com
Donations
Location
Accepted 24 hours a day in the donation bin next to the Thrift Shop.
Wednesday 4 - 7 pm
Contact
Side of the Taiyo Community Center, on
the West Side, Yokota AB. The Thrift
Shop has a separate entrance.
Donations
Accepted 24 hours a day in the donation bin next to the Thrift Shop.
Volunteer
Volunteers are always welcome, during
shop hours and/or designated volunteer
days. SEE CALENDAR
Profits
Profits benefit the Yokota Community.
The Yokota Officers' Spouses' Club
and the Yokota Enlisted Spouses' Club
are profit sharing partners!
Yokota Officers' Spouses' Club is a private Organization. It is not part of the
Department of Defense or any of its components, and it has no governmental status.
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YOSC EXECUTIVE BOARD
Honorary President
Mrs. Marci Angelella
angelmarci@aol.com
Honorary VP
Mrs. Lisa Krumm
thekrumms@mac.com
Advisor
Tricia Delamater
tiateaches@aol.com
President
Jessica Bull
yoscpresident@gmail.com
1st Vice President
Katie Hodgkins
yosc1vp@gmail.com
2nd Vice President
Kelly Michelson
yosc2vp@gmail.com
Operations Treasurer
Holly Deskin
yoscopstreasurer@gmail.com
Welfare Treasurer
Kathryn Ferrer
ferrer.kathryn@gmail.com
Secretary
Lindsey Clinton
yoscsecretary@gmail.com
Member-At-Large
Edra Bush
yosccommunity@gmail.com
Parliamentarian
Hannah Marsdale
yoscparliamentarian@gmail.com
Data Manager
Jordan Trigler
yoscdata@gmail.com
Special Activities
Lori Popielski
yoscspecialactivities@gmailcom
Cultural Activities
Debbie Graham
yoscculture@gmail.com
Website & Publicity
Jess Bell
askyosc@gmail.com
Photographer
John White
yoscphotographer@gmail.com
Travel Log Editor
Michele Nexon
yokotatravel@gmail.com
Yokosan Editor
Brooke Abrames
yoscyokosan@gmail.com
Membership
Amanda Zane
membership.yosc@gmail.com
Hospitality
Jody Horton
mrs_horton_teaches_kids@msn.com
Monthly Functions
Michaela Nelson-Kelly
yoscfunctions@gmail.com
Reservations
Kathy Wiegert
yoscreservations@gmail.com
Scholastic Awards
Jane DelGiorno
yoscscholarship@gmail.com
Thrift Shop Liaison
Andi Adams
yoscthriftshop1@gmail.com
Ways and Means
Claire Hayes
yosc.wm@gmail.com
Welfare Requests
Rebecca Robertson
yoscwelfare@gmail.com
Bazaar Chair
Crystal Gibbs
yoscbazaarchairman@gmail.com
YOSC GOVERNING BOARD
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