Issue: #16 August 2009

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Next Member Meeting Brain Power! Aug. 18 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Member Meeting at Southern NH University Meet the colleges & universities at Pease Convenient location & times for classes! Refreshments served ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Warm Welcome to TAP's New Members A Bite to Eat, Appledore Engineering , CrystalVision and Port City Air recently joined TAP. 59 Pease companies are now members of the Tenants Association at Pease. If you have not joined TAP yet ... what are you waiting for? Join the fun! Help us reach our goal of 5 new members for the month of August! Please download the membership application from our website and feel free to send us a note telling us what you'd like to see us put together for a fun event! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

TAP Field Day at REDHOOK BREWERY RedHook and TAP are planning an end of summer field day for Pease employees. There will be an event for everyone to compete in from relay races and strength competitions to puzzles and brain teasers. The event will take place at Redhook on Thursday evening, September 17th with a rain date of September 24th. More details will be available soon but for now save the date! If you are interested in serving on the organizing committee, please contact Anne Lynch [annetlynch@gmail.com]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Save the Date-2nd Annual TAP Health Fair The 2nd annual TAP Health Fair will take place on Thursday, September 17th at Southern New Hampshire University from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.. Portsmouth Regional Hospital , Abilities Rehabilitation Center, United Way of the Greater Seacoast , Appledore Medical Practice, Portsmouth Dental Studios, Martin's Point, and Cardea Chiropractic have already signed up for booths. If your company would like to have a table at the health fair please contact Cindy Clark [:cindy.clark@hcahealthcare.com]. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Play Ball........TAP Softball Hot! Hot! Hot! The TAP softball league players gave it their all in the heat last week. Playoffs begin this week ... come by and cheer the teams on!! Don't miss the final season game & BBQ on Thursday, August 13th at 5:00! All welcome! For the playoff schedule, visit here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

St. Charles Children's Home 5k on PEASE: Run with the kids & the sisters! Labor Day, September 7, 2009 Run with the sisters and the children of St. Charles Childrens Home on September 7th at 9:00 a.m. To sign up for the 5k, click here. Pierce Atwood, Martin's Point, Willis, Lonza, Bottomline Technologies and the PDA are among the sponsors of this race. If your company is interested in sponsorship, please click here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Celebrate PINK Bowl-a-thon Saturday, August 29, 2009 Gather a team of four and head to the Portsmouth Bowl-o-Rama on Saturday, August 29th to raise money for BreastCancerStories.org and breast cancer support programs. PixelMEDIA and Martin's Point are among the sponsors of the event. For more information or to register, click here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Don't Forget the Pease Greeters Collecting Items to Send to the Troops - Until they are all home again we can't forget our men & women serving our country; they need us! Check out the Pease Greeters web site to see what items they need and information on how to donate. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Do we have any pool sharks on PEASE? FALL POOL LEAGUE: Once softball season is over we want to start a TAP pool playing league and are looking to gauge the level of interest from Pease employees. If anyone is familiar enough with the rules of pool we are in need of a "Pool Commissioner" to head the league. Please email cindy.clark@hcahealthcare.com to let us know if your company would like put together a team or if you would help us with the Commissioner spot!

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Water Country - HAVE A SPLASH BLAST! Because you are a valued member of TAP, your discounted tickets to fun in the sun at Water Country are only a click away! Enjoy the fun of saving when you pay only $28.00 for an All Day Over 48" ticket with your company discount! Just click here and enter VCT191 to begin your DAYCATION or pick up your $28 tickets from Cindy Clark at Occupational Health Services, 26 Manchester Square on Pease. To see what other discounts TAP offers to its members, click here. If your company would like to participate in the program, please contact Cindy Clark [cindy.clark@hcahealthcare.com].