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 John Thomas Winskas Attended Event: Thursday, Aug 30th, 2025 10:00am-12:00pm Eastern Time- ESAR- Project Lifesaver- Autism Pensacola ***Post under construction***

 John Thomas Winskas Attended Event: Tuesday, Aug 19, 2025 08:30-11:00 AM Eastern Time NWFL Chapter Weekly Volunteer Meeting, 9111, Pensacola Office, 9111 Sturdevant Street, Pensacola FL 32514 Took bus to ARC PNS Chapter building jogged to bus stop took bus/buses to copter rd. Jogged to ARC PNS Chapter building Arrived at the ARC PNS Chapter building around 8:15am and Signed in. Put some popcorn in a tray along with the peanutbutter 1/2 balls to share with other volunteers. Met Duke & Edwin in the conference room Talked to Duke about the Shelter Simulation Friday ( he instructed me not to attend). He mentioned they might move it to WFRM. Talked to Edwin about the possibility of finishing up my onboarding DAT calls/ riding along on DAT calls. Attended meeting. Met with ARC business OPS volunteer and learned about a few of the business ops roles that where hours might be available for an hour or so. Met with D from volunteer services and asked a question about being put back on s...

John Thomas Winskas attended event: Monday, Aug 18, 2025 7:00am-3:00 PM Eastern Time  PNS Logistics Workday & Meeting, Pensacola Office, 9111 Sturdevant Street, Pensacola FL 32514 Took bus to ARC PNS chapter building Jogged to bus stop forgot bus money at home had a $3.50 bus card in my bag from a previous bus ride bus fare machine took & charged the $1.50 for the bus ride but the card got stuck in the machine with $1.50 on it so the bus driver couldn't give me a x-fer card and had to call in to the route 43 bus to let them know I paid my fare before riding on the bus. Took bus/busses to Copter rd. Jogged to ARC Put no bake peanutbutter cinnamon oats avocado oil & monkfruit w/ allulose (no sugar added/ thought they were sugar free as I didn't add any sugar- found out there's sugar in the peanut butterpowder) in the kitchen/cafeteria to share with other ARC volunteers & Staff. Met with Terri, signed in, and changed the clothes that I Jogged in. Met with Liz ...

  John Thomas Winskas attended event; Thursday, August 14, 2025, 7:00am-2:00pm, Brace Firecorp, Fire Cadet Trng , fire station #4 , Pensacola, FL Made trail mix with dehydrated oranges, dehydrated apples, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, & oatmeal, to give to the firefighter at station #4. Jogged to Pensacola firestation #4 from home (1517 e lloyd st pensacola, FL)- left a bit behind schedule around 6:20am. Arrived at Pensacola firestation #4 at around 7:20am. Drank a 1/4 cup of skim milk & 1/8-1/4 tsp of match after arrival. helped unload the Firecorp trailer. Tents were already up when I arrived. Most of the cooling & comfort chairs were already set up. filled a bucket with ice. filled up the cooling chair arms with ice. Carried a package of bottled water from bonitas car to the firecorp tent and placed it under the table. Before 9:40pm  helped the scribe taking vitals as medical took temperatures of cadets after their testing. took pulserates ...

 John Thomas Winskas attended event; Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 7:00am-2:00pm, Brace Firecorp, Fire Cadet Trng , fire station #4 , Pensacola, Made trail mix with raisins, pumpkin seeds, walnuts, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, & oatmeal, to give to the firefighter at station #4. Jogged to Pensacola firestation #4 from home (1517 e lloyd st pensacola, FL). It was raining when I was jogging. Arrived at Pensacola firestation #4 at around 7:00am. Drank a 1/4 cup of skim milk & 1/8-1/4 tsp of match after arrival. I was going to see if I could take shelter in the firestation to wait out the rain. Aldria yelled for me to get in her car  she gave me a towel to cover the back seat that kept the back seat from getting wet.  my clothes were drenched she drove to the gas station and bought me a water I gave her a $1.50 for the water as i couldn't find my other dollar till i got home When we returned the rain had stopped helped unload the Firecorp trailer helped unload both the te...

 John Thomas Winskas attended event; Thursday, August 12, 2025, 7:00am-2:00pm, Brace Firecorp, Fire Cadet Trng , fire station #4 , Pensacola, Florida Made stevia & avacado oil, & maple syrup & avacado oil, no-bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal 1/2 balls for cadets/firefighters at fire station #4 with ingredients my mother bought after gaining her permission to use them. Jogged to Pensacola fire station #4 from home (1517 e lloyd st., Pensacola, FL) at around 6:00am (about 10000 steps) after showering. Arrived at Pensacola fire station #4 at around 7:00am. Unpacked trailer with Heidi, Bonita, & Aldria. Set up the firecorp tent set up the cooling chairs set up the comfort chairs filled bucket with water for misting fans filled bucket with ice for cooling chairs filled 20-30 cups of water Gave about 80 Made stevia & avacado oil, & maple syrup & avacado oil, no bake chocolate peanut butter oatmeal 1/2 balls that I cooked and prepped to the fire fight...