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Award Examples
Director's Excellence Award for Community Relations
Award Cat: Community Relations
Winner: Command
AFI 35-101,
Chapter 13
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Overall Effectiveness of Program
- "Bringing communities into our world" is driving theme of the 377
ABW's Good Neighbor Goals for
community relation initiatives that incorporate all TEAM {BASE}
organizations
- More than 30 base-wide tours educated groups of students, local business and
civic leaders
-- 34 civilian honorary commanders matched with base commanders for
intense orientation and
educational visitation program showcasing all major
base organizations and various missions
- Senior leadership of the 377 ABW gave 28 speeches (20 by 377 ABW/CC) to
community
organizations in 2002 using speeches written by PA office that were
tailored to educate and inform
- PA Director actively involved as advisor to newly built New Mexico Veterans
Memorial
-- Coordinated military support for largest Veterans Day, Memorial Day,
and POW/MIA
ceremonies in the state of New Mexico
- Established {BASE} AFB volunteer clearing house by hiring a full-time
executive director
-- 377 ABW doubled its mentors from 41 to 83 helping the
Albuqerque Public School Systems
-- Expanded mentors to Big Brothers Big Sisters and Wise Men Wise Women
Organizations
- 377 ABW hosted five Community Outreach meetings since June 2001 to bring
together minority
organizations and women from local communities as partners to improve
employment opportunities
- {BASE} AFB and City of Albuquerque sponsored July 4th celebration on the base
realizing more
than 100,000 attendees from communities and more than 35 venders who
participated
- Investigated and closed 42 noise complaint cases and four Congressional
Inquiries
-- Obtained relief from low-flying aircraft for three small business
owners in rural parts of New
Mexico where livelihoods depended on entertaining
tourists safely while sponsoring horseback rides
-- Same quality of student training were realized when aircraft missions
were negotiated elsewhere
- Two Career Days showcased job opportunities to 1,000+ high school students
from 17 schools
Research Planning
- "Being a Good Neighbor" incorporated as major goal in Wing Strategic
Plan
-- Specific objectives established to expand military/civilian
recruitment, increase volunteerism,
improve community relations - Wing/CC and PA
cochaired committee
- Formed ad hoc team and overhauled the base's Honorary Commanders program
-- Formulated program process to include from five to 13 major units on
base to sponsor tours
advancing breadth of base organizations' missions to
civic and business leaders in local communities
-- Developed and executed detailed survey to all honorary commanders at
year's end to adjust
honorary commanders program process - minimal
adjustments to overall program were required
Program Execution and Evaluation
- Solved a five-month case involving 80 residences in a class-action
complaint against {BASE} AFB
regarding C-130 aircrew training in their subdivision - Tierra Grande
Subdivision
-- Developed strategy to interact directly with board of directors of
subdivision through formal and
intimate meetings avoiding town hall meetings and
gained their support for continued AF training
- Complete overhaul of the {BASE} AFB public website and established employment,
small business,
and cultural heritage web sites meeting "Good Neighbor" objectives per
the Wing Strategic Plan
Innovativeness of Program
- "Join-A-School partnership program between {BASE} AFB and
Albuqerque Public Schools placed
24 "at-risk" students in work sites enhancing students' abilities and
knowledge and emphasized
life-skills enforcing the importance of completing their education -
parents of students participated
- The 377th ABW's Fire Department with Albuquerque Fire Department sponsored
Feed the Needy
program - collected and distributed toys, provided hot holiday meals to
500+ homeless people
- Hosted Marsville science program sponsored for 62 schools incorporating 124
teachers and 2,160
students taking part in this all-day, hands-on, science event educating
students on space exploration
General Comments:
Interesting... Misspelled Albuquerque twice and the award is for a
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