Hispanic Heritage Month: Embracing, Enabling, Enriching America

Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month. The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.

86th Airlift Wing’s Hispanic Heritage Month events

• Through Oct. 10: Coloring contest for children 10 and under, Ramstein Library

• Through Oct. 13: Children’s storytime, 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Ramstein Library

• Through Oct. 15: Hispanic heritage literary display, Ramstein Library

Hispanic Heritage Committee’s Hispanic Heritage Month events

• Through Monday: Scholarship essay contest. For details, email hispanicheritagecommittee.ramstein@ramstein.af.mil.

• Oct. 8: Breast Cancer Awareness 5K, 8 a.m. at Southside Fitness Center on Ramstein. This is a free event with T-shirts given to the first 50 registrants.

• Oct. 11: Speed mentoring, 9 to 11:30 a.m. on Ramstein, Bldg. 2407. To reserve a spot, email Tech. Sgt. Antonio Oquendo at antonio.oquendo@us.af.mil.