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Resource Round-Up: Support for Wounded Warrior Families

August 10, 2013

Are you looking for ways to support each other as a family while your loved one recovers from a visible or invisible injury? Check out these adventure opportunities that support families of our wounded, ill and injured troops. Stronger Families: Oxygen Seminars are designed to help couples strengthen their relationship and work through their tough issues in an environment that is non-threatening. Through fun, interactive, practical seminars you learn how to reach goals like: creating and implementing an ACTION PLAN for your relationship; designing a SUPPORT SYSTEM to help you through tough times; learning how to PAY FORWARD what you have learned to others. To learn more about Oxygen Seminars visit www.StrongerFamilies.org Operation Purple Healing Adventures celebrates discovering family-fun and togetherness after an injury. Families participate is exciting outdoor adventures and specially adapted communication activities, ensuring they return home stronger. To learn more visit www.MilitaryFamily.org

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Military Families Project

August 1, 2013

Looking to take part in some ground-breaking research on how deployment affects our military families? The Military Families Project is a research study funded by the Department of Defense’s U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. This is a multi-site study being conducted at the University of Houston, the University of Central Florida, and the University of Hawaii. This study will examine the effects of deployment stress upon children and non-deployed spouses using biological and psychological measures. To visit each University’s information site, click on the following links: University of Houston • University of Central Florida • University of Hawaii

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Inside CCMK: Determination

July 30, 2013

This year at Camp Hero, we met a bright young military kid, Daismar. Daismar is 12 years old, and her Dad is in the National Guard. Deployed for almost a year, her father called our office from his barracks in Afghanistan to make sure Daismar got a spot at Camp Hero. We knew that Daismar would be a stand out camper from the moment she arrived at camp; she was full of energy and already making friends as soon as she stepped out of her mom’s car. She had a great time participating in the morning work outs, cooling off on the water slide, and even being interviewed for the evening news! Mid way through the week, Daismar accomplished a challenge that proved to us that programs like Camp Hero can make such a big difference in the lives of military kids.

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CCMK Attends Camp Corral

July 23, 2013

The Crew headed to Brownwood, Texas on Friday, July 19 to take part in the closing ceremony for Camp Corral, a free summer camp for military children whose parents were killed, disabled or wounded during military service. Camp Corral, sponsored by the Golden Corral Foundation, is a week of fun and excitement for children who have experienced the toughest side of military life. Much like our own Camp Hero, these children can bond with each other while taking part in some amazing adventures. This was the second year that The Comfort Crew took part in Camp Corral, and camper’s got a special treat when Co-Founder, Ronda Englander and VP of Development, Angela McDonald, personally delivered each of the 175 military children Comfort Kits to support their individual needs. The Crew provided Taking Care of You! Kits for children of injured heroes, Memory Boxes to those children who had lost a parent, and […]

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NASCAR, USO Support With You All the Way!

July 22, 2013

This summer the NASCAR Foundation hosted their 2nd Annual “NASCAR: An American Salute” campaign at speedways throughout the country. On two occasions, NASCAR drivers joined The Comfort Crew and the USO to stuff With You All the Way! Deployment Kits at Datona International Speedway and Pocono Raceway. “Every weekend we have tremendous support from the military and we also give them tremendous support,” [Jeff] Gordon said. “It just seems like such a perfect match.” Gordon said it was “fantastic” the Foundation was able to get the military families “that are sacrificing so much” to package the boxes to help children have “an understanding and fun tools to understand where their mom or dad or both may be.” Thanks to supporters like NASCAR President Mike Helton and several driver’s, including Jeff Gordon, 2,500 With You All the Way! kits are on their way to support military kids with loved ones stationed at Ft. Hood.

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Boot and Birdies Charity Classic

July 11, 2013

In its 2nd year, The Boots and Birdies Charity Classic benefiting military kids will be held Sunday, November 3 and Monday, November 4, 2013 at the private University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas. The event will focus on the new resource The Comfort Crew is developing to help children and families of service men and women returning from deployment. The event will also serve to build relationships with members of the community, further spreading the message of how to support military kids. Register today!

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Diary of a Military Kid: Coming to Terms

July 6, 2013

I could have been a lifeguard this summer, a waitress, a college kid cashier at the brand new, fancy grocery store down the street. Instead, I decided to work far away from home, pitch my tent, and live and work on an organic farm in rural Virginia. I learned how much time on the part of small-scale farmers is dedicated to the production of quality produce, how to treat growing things like an art, and the beauty of close observation. I learned how to practice the peaceful resistance of a small-scale farmer, someone who refuses to let genetically modified organisms and pesticide use define the food market of the entire nation and struggles to make produce available to people of all economic backgrounds.

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Diary of a Military Kid: Keeping it in Perspective

June 30, 2013

For most of my teenage-hood I skipped out on that phase of intense embarrassment of my parents and seeming need to make my entire belief structure stand in stark contrast to theirs the media is constantly promoting. A lot of that rebellion just comes naturally with age, but I’m sure shows targeting pre-teens with caricatures of “lame” parents, examples of the socially disastrous consequences of groundings, and the need to be constantly socially connected with your peers versus your parents don’t help much either.

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2013 Camp Hero

June 28, 2013

Kids at Camp Hero spend the week doing typical camp activities such as fitness challenges, playing on water slides, fishing, and even learning to cook outside, but they are not average campers – they are military kids.

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CCMK Website Gets a New Look

June 26, 2013

The Comfort Crew just re-launched our website with a whole new purpose: educating military families about the services we provide, and giving our supporters the opportunity to Be A Hero. Among the newest features on the website military families can directly request services and CCMK supporters can See the Impact. Visitor’s can enjoy a brand new donor experience and if you sign up for our monthly newsletter you will receive a free download from Cuzzie. While you’re there, take some time to watch our presentation video about the need to support the military children in our communities. Visit www.comfortcrew.org today and take a tour!

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Resource Round-Up: Support for Wounded Warrior Families

Military Families Project

Inside CCMK: Determination

CCMK Attends Camp Corral

NASCAR, USO Support With You All the Way!

Boot and Birdies Charity Classic

Diary of a Military Kid: Coming to Terms

Diary of a Military Kid: Keeping it in Perspective

2013 Camp Hero

CCMK Website Gets a New Look

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