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What is "Operation Purple" Any way?
Swannanoa 4-H Operation Purple Summer Camps
Each summer, the National Military Family Association offers summer camps to children of deployed military members free of charge through its Operation Purple program. The goal of these camps is to impart the message to our nation's youngest heroes that "Kids Serve Too." Camps are open to military children of all ranks and services: active and reserve components. The program helps military kids experience carefree fun while learning coping skills to deal with war-related stress and fostering relationships with other kids in similar situations. War takes its toll not only on the service members who fight in the field, but also on the families who wait and worry at home. More than 155,000 kids have at least one parent who is deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This astounding number doesn't include those experiencing a parent's routine, but often lengthy, deployments supporting missions elsewhere around the world.
What started with 12 camps hosting nearly 1,000 children in 2004 has grown into a nationwide program with camps in most of the highly-impacted military communities. This year, the National Military Family Association will host nearly 90 weeks of Operation Purple Summer Camp at 62 locations in 37 states and territories. Since Operation Purple's implementation, the Association has sent more than 20,000 military kids to camp for free. Swannanoa 4-h Education center is proud to be a part of this very beneficial program. Today we have the volunteers training at our facility.
http://www.operationpurplecampinfo.com/
Swannanoa 4-H Operation Purple Summer Camps
Each summer, the National Military Family Association offers summer camps to children of deployed military members free of charge through its Operation Purple program. The goal of these camps is to impart the message to our nation's youngest heroes that "Kids Serve Too." Camps are open to military children of all ranks and services: active and reserve components. The program helps military kids experience carefree fun while learning coping skills to deal with war-related stress and fostering relationships with other kids in similar situations. War takes its toll not only on the service members who fight in the field, but also on the families who wait and worry at home. More than 155,000 kids have at least one parent who is deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. This astounding number doesn't include those experiencing a parent's routine, but often lengthy, deployments supporting missions elsewhere around the world.
What started with 12 camps hosting nearly 1,000 children in 2004 has grown into a nationwide program with camps in most of the highly-impacted military communities. This year, the National Military Family Association will host nearly 90 weeks of Operation Purple Summer Camp at 62 locations in 37 states and territories. Since Operation Purple's implementation, the Association has sent more than 20,000 military kids to camp for free. Swannanoa 4-h Education center is proud to be a part of this very beneficial program. Today we have the volunteers training at our facility.
http://www.operationpurplecampinfo.com/
