Facebooking, MOAA and Funding Your Kid’s College
Mar 09 2012
Today, I have advice on how to use Facebook for a good purpose. When you’re done lurking on other people’s personal sites (“their kid is still living at home!?” – isn’t this what we all do on Facebook, come on be honest), check out the pages for MOAA and MOAA Spouse. These pages make for great reading.
At the MOAA page, there are updates on legislation effecting military members, ways for you to get your voice out to legislators, and interesting discussion forums (interesting as long as commenters are agreeing with me that is). One recent post was calling for a “few good leaders” to apply to be MOAA board members. I got really excited – I love MOAA and the work they do – but then I saw they wanted officers and not officers’ spouses. Darn – wouldn’t a spouse bring a little diversity? I guess I’ll have to pass this along to my wife. Anyway, you readers who want to get involved should do so: go to the MOAA Facebook page and download the application.
Next it was on to the MOAA page where I fit – MOAA Spouse: another well-run page worth the time to visit. From worthwhile links, to info on spouse licensure issues, there’s a ton of good stuff there – well worth your perusal.
And, speaking of perusal, that word happened to be one of my son’s study words for his freshman high school English class. And, speaking of high school, the MOAA Spouse Facebook page has a link to the MOAA Scholarship application for the 2012-13 college school year. (How’s that for a segue?)
As the parent of a high schooler, this assistance from MOAA is a great service that I have bookmarked for 3 years from now. Luckily, my son’s high school, St. Mary’s of Colorado Springs, does a good job of getting college funds for their students - last year, 93 graduates obtained approximately $9,000,000 in college funding (the school starts working with the kids in freshman year on what is needed during high school in terms of grades and activities, and what universities will be requiring in these areas). However, college costs are rising faster than inflation, so I’m trying to be ready with as many resources as possible to help fund college – and I’m letting MOAA know now that they are on my list.
The point of all this is that there are two Facebook pages that are very worthwhile to military members: Military Officer and MOAA Spouse. So, stop lurking, and use your Facebook time wisely – go check out their pages.
