Wednesday, December 23, 2009

MBA Board of Directors approve a refund of premium to MBA members in the amount of $1.15 million


The Board of Directors of Military Benefit Association (MBA) approved a refund of premium to MBA members in the amount of $1.15 million. Premium refund checks were mailed December 2009. The issue of a refund of premium is possible due to the excellent financial health of the Association. Apply for MBA – sponsored insurance today. We are here to make sure your family’s future is secure!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Do you like getting a great Deal? Find Government Surplus Auctions & Sales !


Do you want to find a great deal? Here are 5 web-sites that give access and information to auctions and sales of a variety of government surplus;


1) GovSales.gov is a catalog with items for sale from federal government: www.govsales.gov/html/index.htm
2) Bid4Assets is an online auction, selling a wide variety of surplus: www.bid4assets.com
3) U.S. Treasury – IRS auction of property seized by the government: www.treas.gov/auctions/irs
4) Military Surplus furniture, appliances, camping gear, jeeps, computers and more: www.drms.dia.mil/sales
5) Department of Justice: U.S Marshalls Service property seized by law enforcement www.usdoj.gov/marshalls

All the above web-sites were borrowed from the ‘Money Book’ First Edition

Another cool web-site that you may be interested in is ‘Operation Classifieds’ a brand new site that allows military families to advertize items to other military families throughout military bases worldwide at no cost: http://www.operationclassifieds.com

Monday, December 14, 2009

Military Benefit Association Scholarship Program


This program is administered by Scholarship Management Services, a department of Scholarship America. It is a nonprofit educational support and student aid service organization that assists in expanding educational opportunities and encourages education achievement. Awards are granted without regard to race, color, creed, religion, gender, disability, or national origin.

Applicants for the scholarship must be dependent children of members of the Military Benefit Association. They must maintain a 2.5 or higher cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale or its equivalent. Applicants must have a high school degree or GED and plan to enroll in a full-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational-technical school by fall of the year in which the award is granted. Current full-time undergraduate students enrolled in an accredited school are also eligible to apply. Up to five $2,000 scholarships will be awarded each year.

Interested applicants must complete their application and send it to Scholarship America with current entire official transcripts of grades. The application must be postmarked by February 15, 2010. The applicant must gather and submit all necessary information and answer all questions thoroughly. Information received is considered confidential, to be reviewed only by Scholarship America.

Applications will be available in December 2009. To obtain an application, please contact MBA's Member Services department at 1-800-336-0100 or 703-968-6200 locally, extension 3. You may also submit a written request for an application to Military Benefit Association, P.O. Box 221110, Chantilly, VA 20153-1110.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

"Lift The Spirits" November Winners Announced!


Military Benefit Association's “Lift The Spirits” contest was launched November 1st to support the brave men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Thank you to everyone who submitted such great ideas! While MBA would love to honor all the November entries, we decided to carry out not one, but two ideas to lift the spirits. Our winners for November are Erin McQuaig from Nick town, PA and Kimber Stolz from Colorado Springs, CO.

We will be sending the gifts to Erin's husband and Kimber's fiance soon. Both men are stationed in Afghanistan.
To all our deployed troops, we send you best wishes for this holiday season.
If your name was not chosen, please enter again here. We will be selecting a new winner each month.

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