Here are a few things we’d like you to know.

Anew year means a new opportunity to focus on fitness for the whole family. More and more, forward thinking parents are adopting a holistic approach to family care by choosing smart dietary practices and sustainable fitness goals. Fun fitness is sustainable fitness, and choosing activities that are fun and healthy leads to life-long healthy habits. They say an ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure, and we think a trip to the gym beats a trip to the doctor any day!

At MWR, it is our mission to offer you a wide range of opportunities and options for the health and welfare of your family. Spend a few minutes on our website at benning.armymwr.com, and you’ll find a great variety of healthy food options, activities for all ages, and educational opportunities for the whole family.

• Child & Youth Services offer classes, individual and team and sports, camps, and child care options that give the children the chance to make memories – and friends! – that will last a lifetime. CYS Sports is registering now for Spring Sports, including baseball, softball, soccer and kickball. The newly developed Youth Instructional Program will offer martial arts, tumbling, Zumba and more. For information about any of these opportunities, call 706- 545-2079.

• For adults, we have a number of fitness centers to help you keep your New Year’s resolutions. At benning.armymwr.com, you’ll find information on our five free fitness centers, including Smith Fitness Center Audie Murphy Athletic Performance Center, Whittington High Performance Fitness Center on Harmony Church and Santiago on Sand Hill. The Breezeway Fitness Center, part of the Breezeway Recreation and Fitness Complex, is our only fitness center open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s also our only facility that requires membership, which starts at $18 per month for an individual with unlimited access.

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We offer a variety of fitness classes. The cost is $3 per class or $25 per month for unlimited classes. We’ll be happy to send you a calendar of classes each month. To request a class schedule, email benningmwr@gmail.com.

• To help you in your efforts to develop a healthy, active lifestyle for the whole family, we have a number of parks, trails and tracks all across post. Make this the year you teach the kids to enjoy the great outdoors. At Russ Park on Main Post, they’ll run and climb and swing and fish. You might try your hand here at Disc Golf. Russ Park is the location of the free Family Fishing Night event, held in the spring and fall when the weather cooperates. We partner with the folks from the Conservation Branch to foster a healthy harvest of fish at Russ Pond. One good catch, and the kids will be hooked! Across post, at Twilight Pond, we host the free Family fun, and your family will enjoy free opportunities to kayak, camp, and more. Check out all the parks, ponds, trails and tracks at benning.armymwr.com.

• Our family fun 5K fun Run Series is perfect for your to run, by yourself, with the family or even with your foul legged friend. All the course are stroller friendly and are not chipped. You should be training now for the annual Chesty Puller Trail Run March 14. We offer 1- and 2-mile options for the kids. Check out the calendar on our website for more information about the Chesty Puller, the Sprint Triathlon, the Oktoberfest 10K and more.

• Though we occasionally host competitive sports for all MWR adult patrons, the Commander’s Cup Intramural Sports program, All Army Sports, and post teams are reserved for active duty service members, who enjoy softball, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, rugby, golf and more. You will find details and schedules under the Sports & Fitness tab at benning.armymwr.com.

• All our dining facilities offer healthy options. The Java Café serves incredible fresh wraps and salads, and the Benning Club’s Lexington Room menu includes a delicious seared salmon salad, grilled chicken, smoked turkey and more. You’ll find information about all our restaurants and dining facilities on our website.

There you have it, an abbreviated list of ways we can help you start your new year on a healthy note. You’ll find much more information on our website, where you’ll find a helpful events calendar, and on our Facebook page at BenningFMWRfans. Join us there, and let’s explore new opportunities together!

BENNING CLUB

CATERING SPECIAL!

During January and February enjoy 50% off a room rental during the week (Monday through Thursday). Wondering if you are able to book at the Benning Club? If you’re a member of the Fort. Benning community, you’re a member of the Benning Club! We host many events every year, including weddings, dress rehearsals holiday brunches, mother-and-son and father-and-daughter formal balls, concerts, receptions and so much more. We have meeting space suitable for groups of 6 to 600. Rent a room or rent the whole club! Let our Catering and Event Planning staff help you design a great event. You’ll find more photos of the Benning Club at benningmwr.smugmug.com. Below are the rooms we offer and the configuration of the table set up for each space.

TRIVIA NIGHT Starting in February, every Thursday at 6pm, join us for Trivia Night in the Fiddler’s Green. Form a group to sign up. Winner will receive a free appetizer for the group.

AUTO SKILLS CENTER CAR WASH

ABANDONED VEHICLE AUCTION Deals on wheels! We will auction a variety of used and abandoned vehicles at 10am February 25 at the impound lot on Main Post at the intersection of Kilgore and Marchant. You may preview the merchandise from 1-3pm February 21 and 24. Bidders who do not attend a preview day are encouraged to arrive early on auction day to obtain a bidder’s card. We accept cash, VISA, Mastercard, American Express, or Discover. Vehicles must be picked up by close of business February 28. Must show paid receipt to remove vehicle.

The Fort Benning Auto Skills Center is one of the Army’s largest auto repair centers with 42 bays and employs certified mechanics and training instructors who stand ready to help you repair or customize your car. You-do-it customers have on-site access to a free computer program that provides easy-to-read, step-by-step instructions on every kind of repair imaginable. It will also tell you what parts you may need to purchase and what you should expect to pay for them. You’ll likely find them in stock at the Auto Skills Center, priced less than you’ll find off post, and tax free!

For those without the time or inclination to make repairs themselves, the Center offers the same mechanical services one might find off post, such as tune-ups, around the clock towing, brake inspections and repairs, tire services, air conditioning checks and charges and so much more, at prices less than you would pay elsewhere.

The staff at the Center makes themselves available by appointment for classes and demonstrations for Scout groups, SFRGs and more. To schedule a class, a free vehicle safety inspection or a pre-purchase inspection, call 706-545-2337.

Take 10 years off your vehicle. Fort Benning’s Auto Skills Center offers a service to remove the ‘cataracts’ from your headlights and restore their luster for only $40. Replacing your headlights costs more than $300. Why spend that much money if they work perfectly fine? Unlike those spray applications folks offer at your local shoppette or gas station, restoration removes the damage, it doesn’t cover it up. Your like-new headlights will last for years. Call 706-545- 2337 for more information.

The $9 option at the MWR car washes on Fort Benning includes treatments for the undercarriage, windshield and sidewalls and a hot wax. MWR car washes are located on Main Post beside the Auto Skills Center on Marchant Avenue, “under” the water tower in Harmony Church and next to the Commissary on Marne Road.

Building 2502, 7308 Anderson Street 706-689-9777 Monday - Closed • Tuesday - Thursday - 5 - 9pm Friday - 10am - 6pm • Weekends - Closed