Commissary Awareness Month event

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Tech. Sgt. Eliseo Dumlao, First Term Airmen Center NCOIC, winds up to pitch a grapefruit during a commissary-style bowling competition in which the Airmen had to bowl down rolls of paper towels with the fruit. This was one of the competitive events held during the Commissary Awareness Month challenge May 10. (Photo by Twila Bedwell)

Commissary Awareness Month event

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Eric Quantock, store director, welcomes a group of first term Airmen to the commissary for the commissary awareness month event held May 10. Split into teams, the Airmen competed against each other in three events for the grand prize of a $25 commissary shopping spree. (Photo by Twila Bedwell)

Commissary Awareness Month event

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Airman 1st Class Carl Dewberry, Senior Airman Joel Schaarschmidt and Airman George Wirth, all with the 92nd Maintenance Squadron, wait for their score from one of the commissary competitions while Eric Quantock, store director, tallies the points. (Photo by Twila Bedwell)

First term Airmen partake in commissary competition

Published May 14, 2007
By Airman 1st Class Kali L. Gradishar
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- A cluster of first term Airmen arrived at the base commissary May 10 to test their grocery shopping knowledge at an event geared toward raising awareness of what the commissary has to offer.

The event was held in recognition of Commissary Awareness Month.

"This event was held to promote smart shopping and healthy eating," said Eric Quantock, store director. "We wanted to focus on the first term Airmen because they are new and many of them don't know the benefits of shopping at the commissary."

Upon arriving at the commissary the 11 Airmen, along with Tech. Sgt. Eliseo Dumlao, First Term Airmen Center NCOIC, were split into teams of three. Each team competed against the other to gain the ultimate prize: a $25 shopping spree at the commissary.

The events consisted of trivia on nutritious foods, bulk-item shopping, a search for types of meat and bowling down paper towel rolls with grapefruit.

The shopping sprees were awarded to the team that accrued the most points from the events. The winning team included Airman 1st Class Jocelyn Ford, 92nd Communications Squadron still photographer, Airman 1st Class Cristy Lagazo, 92nd Aeromedical Dental Squadron public health technician, and Sergeant Dumlao.

It didn't matter who won the shopping spree. Everyone had a smile on their face, and they were learning about the commissary, said Sergeant Dumlao.

Throughout the event, Mr. Quantock provided bits of information about the commissary to the first term Airmen to provide them with a greater understanding of the advantages to grocery shopping on base.

"I just wanted to make sure the Airmen had a good time and learned a little more about the commissary," said Mr. Quantock.

At the end of the event, the Airmen were served breakfast and received a bag of goodies from the commissary for their participation.