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Operation Kid Comfort is celebrating twenty years of connecting military children with their active-duty parents during deployment. Volunteers lovingly create hand-crafted, custom photo-transfer quilts and pillowcases to help children cope with the stress and loneliness that comes with separations from their deployed parent.
“Their fear is not losing their lives;
their fear is not being remembered by their children.”
Operation Kid Comfort volunteer founder Ann Flaherty
My sister came home from the hurricane evacuation to find a beautiful quilt. It had her in tears to come home to such comfort. My nephew has had a very difficult time during his father’s deployment and none of the experts on base could help. My sister was told he was too young to know that his father was gone, but we all know that isn’t true. The letter saying it is okay to cry and miss him really helped both of them. This good work means the world to the people you are helping. Thank you. Military Family Member, Operation Kid Comfort
If you are stationed at a military installation served by one of the five locations below, click the link and follow instructions on how to submit a request. Only military families stationed at these locations will be served by the local branch.
If you are stationed anywhere else in the continental United States and Hawaii, then select the “Camp Pendleton” option below and volunteer quilters will fulfill nationwide requests as availability allows.
ASYMCA ALASKA
Open to currently serving military, reserve and national guard families stationed anywhere in Alaska.
ASYMCA CAMP PENDLETON
Open to military families stationed at Camp Pendleton and all other locations in the continental U.S. and Hawaii.
ASYMCA FORT LIBERTY
Open to currently serving military, reserve and national guard families stationed at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg).
ASYMCA KILLEEN
Open to Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve families stationed at Fort Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood).
PIKES PEAK REGION YMCA
Open to Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve families based anywhere in the state of Colorado.
We need more volunteers! Help bring comfort to military children experienceing separation from a deployed parent by volunteering your quliting skills.
Volunteer with UsThe Armed Services YMCA is committed to expanding this volunteer-led initiative. For just $100, help us invest in the emotional health and well-being of a military child.
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