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'Operation: Military Kids' Brings Kids, Parents to Campus

Last Updated: July 29, 2010

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"Events like this are important because they not only benefit the kids, but everyone involved -- from the student athletes who are working with the kids to Coach Tressel -- becomes more aware of what the kids and the families of military personnel go through," said Brett zumFelde, OMK program manager with Ohio 4-H. "We have to build awareness. Kids go through a lot when parents are deployed. They need our support."

Released July 29, 2010

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- "It makes them feel special for a day."

That's the power behind Operation: Military Kids "Hero Camps," day-long outings for children in military families, said Jennifer Douthwaite of West Liberty, at a July 27 camp at Ohio State University.

Douthwaite, a nurse in the National Guard, brought three of her children and three of their cousins to campus for the event, where about 65 children ages 5-12 spent the day doing athletic activities with 12 Ohio State lacrosse, soccer and track athletes. The children's parents were nearby in the university's Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, where they attended a STRONG Family Workshop conducted by the Guard's Family Readiness Program.


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