COMDTINST 1750.6B
APR 12 1996
provide a support system; offer community service; and create fellowship. All clubs seek
to improve their members' and their communities' quality of life.
b.
As family members, spouses are entitled to many benefits and can lend their expertise and
experience to improve others' awareness of and access to reliable and useful information,
resources, and services that support and enrich Coast Guard families' and all service
members' lives. For example, spouses: assist newly assigned families to reduce the stress
involved in relocation; support the unit's ombudsman; assist sponsor programs; sponsor
community service projects; review relocation packages; and provide community support
in crises. Spouses' clubs often assist Work-Life Staffs to sponsor workshops or seminars
on health and service benefits by donating refreshments or providing child care during the
session. Spouses' clubs can be a contingency resource for Work-Life Staff events for
which morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) funds may be lacking and appropriated
resources are not authorized. Similarly the creative energy spouses' clubs represent can
extend selected Work-Life initiatives. Spouses' clubs provide important community
outreach for newcomers and may assist with orientation programs. Military spouses
clearly have a vested interest in these and other aspects of military life.
5.
POLICY.
a.
Coast Guard spouses' clubs are vitally important organizations that can significantly
contribute to improving awareness of resources and services available to all our families.
When appropriate, commands are encouraged to include spouses' clubs in command-
sponsored functions. When possible, they may post spouses' club functions or meetings in
the plan of week. Spouses' clubs should be encouraged to establish and maintain a point
of contact with their unit. A local Work-Life staff point of contact may also be
appropriate. Spouses' clubs cannot realize their potential unless commands actively seek
out, encourage, assist, and support their local Coast Guard spouses' clubs in developing
initiatives which enhance family awareness and their quality of life.
b.
Individual spouses' clubs' participation in family awareness programs is entirely voluntary,
and specific activities may be subject to command guidance and approval according to
reference (a). However, command interest and advocacy of this policy is important to
mutually benefit the entire Coast Guard family and all service missions.
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