Home away from home program gears up Published Oct. 22, 2009 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- The chapel sponsors the 13th Annual "Home Away From Home" Thanksgiving dinner program for non-prior service Airmen. This tradition gives host families an opportunity to provide a "home away from home" experience for two or more Airmen by inviting them to their homes and providing a Thanksgiving Day meal. Host families must be active duty, Reserve, Guard, retired or civil service with access to base services. "The Airmen benefit by experiencing genuine warmth and hospitality, while hosts benefit by getting to know some of the Air Force's brightest and best," said Chaplain (Capt.) Kenya Thomas from the Fishbowl Student Ministries Center. "This is a wonderful way to enjoy Thanksgiving Day as the extended Air Force family." Starting Sunday, host sign-up forms are available which must be turned in at the Fishbowl in the Levitow Training Support Facility or the Triangle Chapel by Nov. 23. Host families may also register via the Keesler public Web site home page, http://www.keesler.af.mil, by email to eric.whitmore@keesler.af.mil or by phone at 377-2331. Student sign-up forms are available only in the Fishbowl.