Base families to enjoy Pre-Deployment Fair

Published Jan. 8, 2009

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- More than 300 base Airmen and their families have been invited to a Pre-Deployment Fair to be held at Chapel 3 here Saturday, Jan. 10 from noon to 2 p.m.

The Airman and Family Readiness Center teams with other base helping agencies and community sponsors to host the event, designed to be a fun and informative activity to help families prepare for and relieve the stress of upcoming deployments.

This event is for families of base Airmen who recently deployed or are about to deploy and is not open to the general public.

Activities for children including Build-A-Bear creations, clowns, face painting and craft projects are planned. Veterans of Foreign Wars Ohio District 3 will serve lunch and refreshments to those families who attend.

Personnel from Wright-Patterson's Integrated Delivery System, a collection of support agencies ranging from the American Red Cross to the Health & Wellness Center, will man information booths and provide literature. A number of donated gifts and door prizes will also be presented.