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  • Take the first step toward good health at the HAWC

    Hanscom's Health and Wellness Center offers many classes, health assessments and fitness equipment and wants to make sure the base community knows what is available to them for free. For example, the HAWC provides services to help personnel quit using tobacco, lower cholesterol, avoid injury or

  • Youth Employment Skills program

    A new program allows high school-aged dependents of active duty Air Force members, or others qualified under Title 10, to earn money for future education while learning valuable work skills and serving their base communities.The Youth Employment Skills (YES) Program is an on-base youth volunteer

  • Youth teen council expands

    The Hanscom Teen Council is a group of high school students who meet each Monday afternoon at the Youth Center to discuss a variety of topics that impact base teens not only today, but as they prepare for life after high school.Next school year, the teen council will expand to include eighth grade

  • AFMC to promote Employee Physical Fitness Month in May

    May is National Employee Physical Fitness Month, a time for everyone to focus on developing and maintaining a fit and healthy workforce. Air Force Materiel Command will promote its Be Active: Physical Fitness and Activity Initiative throughout the month. According to the Centers of Disease Control,

  • Managing change through EAP

    Change is inevitable. Whether it's change one chooses to make on their own or change that just happens, everyone experiences it at some point.In today's complex world, people typically expect change, however, it would be nice to have some advance warning."Often being aware of the affects that change

  • CHPS offers health education programs

    Hanscom's Civilian Health Promotion Services (CHPS) offers base employees several opportunities to achieve a healthier lifestyle by attending their many classes and screenings.In April, during National Stress Awareness Month, CHPS will offer a six week stress management series focused on developing

  • Stick with New Year’s resolutions at the fitness center

    A packed gym locker room, more joggers on the roads and an increase of commercials on TV advertising health food and weight loss programs. Yes, the New Year has started. Last year's resolutions about weight loss, change of eating habits and other health and behavior-related changes have long been

  • Library, A&FRC add ‘exceptional’ resources to collection

    New resources to assist those associated with the Exceptional Family Member Program (EFMP) are now available at the base library and Airman and Family Readiness Center. Resources include books and videos targeted to special needs children, their family members and professionals on disability-related

  • Scholarships, experience available for teen council members

    Opportunity, experience and scholarships are just a few of the things that may result from participating in Hanscom's Teen Council, a program designed to increase and improve communication between senior leaders and teens, cultivate civic leadership and improve the quality of life for youth.

  • Common misconceptions clarified about child care at Hanscom

    This article is part of an ongoing series on Hanscom's Caring for People (CfP) Forum issues. This week Child Development Center Director Colleen Davis provides clarification of facts and Air Force policy regarding child care issues and recommendations from Hanscom's CfP forum in May. During the