Items for the Military Child
Free Summer Camp - The National Military Family Association (NMFA) is now accepting applications for its popular Operation Purple Summer Camps. The camps provide unique experiences to more than 2,500 military children coping with the deployment or pending deployment of one or both of their parents.
Free admission to theme park - A national company's program that offers free amusement park tickets to the nation's troops and their families. Anheuser-Busch began the program, called "Here's to the Heroes," in February 2005. The program is open to active duty service members, active members of the Reserve or National Guard, and up to three direct dependents for one complimentary admission per year.
Salute Our Services - Salute Our Services supports service members in every branch of service and their families with financial grants. The goal of the grants is to keep children of deployed service members engaged in the activities they enjoy. Salute Our Services also hosts event around the country for the children as well as sending them letters of thanks. The organization has offered its services to the children of deployed service members in 45 states during the past five years.
Free Deployment Kits - Sesame Workshop and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. with additional support from the New York office of Mental Health (NYSOMH) and the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC), have partnered to produce a new project, "Talk, Listen, Connect: Helping Families During Military Deployment." These bilingual kits will help military families and their young children cope with the feelings, challenges, and concerns experienced during various phases of deployment--pre-deployment, deployment and homecoming. Each kit includes: (1) a Sesame Street DVD, (2) a parent/caregiver magazine, and (3) a children's activity poster. To request your free kit or download all the materials, visit the Talk, Listen Connect Website on August 1, 2006.
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