DATE: April 20, 2024 10:03:09 AM CDT

Fort Leonard Wood Report for the week of April 22

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (April 18, 2024) – The following Fort Leonard Wood announcements are for the week of April 22 through April 26.

April 22

Can you ride 1,000 km (621 miles) over 4 months? Join the 2024 Army Outdoor Recreation Cycling Challenge to find out. Ride outdoors on roads and trails. Track your progress from May 1 through August 31. Reach the goal to win a cycling jersey. Open to all authorized patrons. Cost of registration is $50. Register through April 30 at the Outdoor Adventure Center. For more details, contact 573.596.4223.

April 23

Join us at 10:30 a.m. April 23 at the Bruce C. Clarke library for Story Time. We’ll read a couple of books, do some music and movement and have a small craft afterwards. Stay awhile later and play with STEM kits. The event is free. Call 573.563.4113 for more information.

April 24

A Child Youth Services Hiring Fair is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 24 at School Age Center, Building 616. Apply to become a Child and Youth Program Assistant. Walk-ins need to bring their resume, proof of education and their social security card. Apply online at leonardwood.armymwr.com to expedite the process. For more information, call 573.596.0239.

Join us at 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. April 24 at the Bruce C. Clarke library for Story Time. We’ll read a couple of books, do some music and movement and have a small craft afterwards. Stay awhile later and play with STEM kits. The event is free. Call 573.563.4113 for more information.

Join us at 5 p.m. April 24 at Piney Valley Golf Course for the 9-hole Wednesday Evening Scramble. Build your own team or let us pair you up. Scramble is open to ages 18 and up. Cost is $20 for members or $25 for non-members. Cost includes golf, cart and prizes. Register early at PVGC, as spots fill up quickly.

April 27

Fort Leonard Wood’s Religious Support Office is hosting an event from 5 to 7 p.m. April 27 at the Main Post Chapel called Military Kids Thrive, intended to provide resiliency tips for military children. A family dinner is included. Register no later than April 22 by calling Martha Strong at 573.596.0089.

April 28

2024 Youth Sports & Fitness Summer Season will run from May 28 through July 20. This summer’s sport is Co-ed Volleyball. Volunteer coaches needed for all age groups. If interested, call us at 573.596.0185. Cost to register is $50. Register at Parent Outreach Services through May 3. For more information, call 573.596.0238.

April 29

Kids bowl free from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. from now all the way through September at Daugherty Bowling Center. Offer available to registered youth Wednesday through Saturday. There are two free games per child per day. Shoe rental is at regular rate. Register at leonardwood.armymwr.com. For more information call 573.596.1498.

Youth Sports and Fitness will be offering Mini Sports for ages three to four. Kids will spend two weeks learning the skills of each sport: Basketball, Soccer, and T-Ball. Season runs from June 8 through July 13. Sessions are 45 minutes long at 9, 10, or 11 a.m. on Saturday mornings. Current year’s sports physicals required for all participants. Cost is $30 per child, t-shirt included. Register from April 29 through May 31 at Parent Central Services or by calling 573.596.0238.

Ongoing

Fort Leonard Wood community members needing a dress for a formal function can contact the Operation Deploy Your Dress location at the Armed Forces YMCA on post, located at 13900 Replacement Ave. Donations are also accepted.

2024 Youth Sports & Fitness Summer Season will run from 28 May – 20 July. This summer’s sport is Co-ed Volleyball. Volunteer coaches needed for all age groups! If interested, call us at 573.596.0185. Cost to register is $50. Register at Parent Outreach Services through May 3. For more information, call 573.596.0238.

Fort Leonard Wood’s photo studio has head and shoulder photo appointments — for command teams and instructors — available from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Department of the Army photo appointments — when a current official photo needs to be maintained in the DA Photograph Management Information System — available from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. Call 573.596.0233 for details and visit the vios.army.mil to make an appointment.

Don’t miss Daughtry Bowling Center’s Friday Special 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each and every Friday! Adult games are $2 each, children’s games are $1 each and shoe rental is at regular rate. Call 573.596.1498 for more details.

The Religious Support Office is offering its spring Faith Skills religious education classes on Wednesday evenings through May 1. The classes include a dinner at 5:30 p.m. and run until 7:30 p.m. Call 573.596.0089, or email martha.a.strong.civ@army.mil for details. A Faith Skills Facebook group is also available here.

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About Fort Leonard Wood

Fort Leonard Wood is a thriving and prosperous installation that has evolved from a small basic training post 80 years ago to a premier Army Center of Excellence that trains nearly 80,000 military and civilians each year.

Fort Leonard Wood is home to the U.S Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence and three U.S. Army schools: the U.S. Army Engineer School; U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School; and the U.S. Army Military Police School. In addition to training engineer, CBRN and military police specialties for the Army, Fort Leonard Wood also provides gender-integrated in-processing and Basic Combat Training for new Soldiers.

Fort Leonard Wood also hosts and trains with the largest Marine Corps Detachment and Air Force Squadron on any Army installation as well as a large Navy construction detachment.