Selfridge Cadet Squadron News

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Cadet Chief Master Sgt. Kayleigh Fountain and a young friend make an Advent chain.

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Cadets and children at work making holiday cards.
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Cadet Senior Airman Lindsey Fountain and a friend take a break from working on an ornament.
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Selfridge cadets with the guest of honor.

Photos by 1st Lt. Lisa Fountain

1st Lt. Lisa Fountain
Assistant Public Affairs Officer
Selfridge Cadet Squadron
Michigan Wing

MICHIGAN — Members of the Selfridge Cadet Squadron joined with members of Charles A. Hammond American Legion Post 8 on a chilly winter day in Port Huron to help make sure veterans’ families found warmth during the holiday season.

Children were treated to crafts, including handmade holiday cards, colorful advent chains and whimsically decorated ornaments. All received stockings to personalize with their names to hold their crafts. They took great delight in decorating their own sugar cookie with a multitude of confectionary delights.

Soon it was time for a visit from a very special guest. The children gleefully welcomed Santa Claus and ran to get a chance to sit on his lap and tell him their wishes for Christmas. After their visit, they were each given a gift from the Legion post.

The Selfridge cadets assisted at each of the craft stations, on occasion finding a child sitting on their knee during work on the Christmastime creations.

Cadet Capt. Dannie Fountain and Cadet 2nd Lt. Mary Yaple pose with Canadian Girl Guides

MICHIGAN – Members of the Selfridge Cadet Squadron pitched in on an overcast early autumn day in Marine City as Girl Scouts from Michigan, Ohio and Indiana and their Canadian counterparts, the Girl Guides, converged on both sides of the St. Clair River for the annual International River Crossing. Civil Air Patrol was asked to help with the event for the first time. For 42 years, thousands of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides have joined together for a day of international friendship and swapping of small crafts they have made. Until last year the activities were held primarily in a park on the Sarnia, Canada, side of the border, but changes in immigration laws allowed organizers to change this year’s locations. Of the 10 Selfridge members who assisted, seven were or had been Girl Scouts. They helped guide participants to the activities on the waterfront, worked the car parking area and marshaled buses that brought the Scouts to the park. The cadets also worked with the Scouts and Guides in carrying out various environmental activities. The organizers were very pleased with the cadets’ assistance and look forward to CAP’s participation next year.
>> 1st Lt. Lisa Fountain