We want to provide more healthy fun for teens and to make available volunteers as role models, counselors and friends. An initial meeting of some 60 Kadena adults and teenagers produced about 32 ideas, projects and programs. The team established subcommittees to deal with these categories. Since then, more than 100 people have signed on as volunteers with the team. One initiative aimed at giving teens more to do this summer is to develop a variety of recreational activities and to institute programs such as keeping one of the base gymnasiums open until midnight.
Employees work in areas from the flightline to the legal assistance office.
Tiger Team officials are coordinating with Pacific Air Forces and Air Force Aid Society Headquarters to enroll Kadena in this program that offers active-duty family members the chance to earn a grant through community service. Dependents Schools teens who are in danger of failing various subjects or not graduating. Wanting to give teens an outlet for creativity and to help them stay informed of activities and opportunities, the team also set up a magazine published for and by teen-agers. Since neither of the DoDDS high schools in Okinawa has a newspaper, this is just another way for them to communicate. The premier issue hit the streets June 12.