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12 The Extension Express New London County Extension Center Working with UConn Students Connecticut Operation: Military Kids has had the pleasure of working with UConn students this academic year on service learning projects. On November 16, 2011, thirty five Residence Assistants (RA‘s) from North Campus dorms filled one hundred Hero Packs for the children of deployed service members. North Campus dorms include New Haven, Fairfield, Litchfield, Tolland, Baldwin, McConaughy, Hurley, Middlesex, Windham, New London, and Hartford. In April 2011, CT OMK worked with the Silver Wings service club to fill Hero Packs and wrote notes of support for military kids. Connecticut Operation: Military Kids Camp Programs In February 2011, Connecticut Operation: Military Kids received a grant to offer free camp programs to military kids around the state. Working in conjunction with Connecticut 4-H camp leaders and our military partners, we planned three different types of camp programs: Special Forces Teen Weekend Camp, March 6-8, 2011 We invited youth aged 14-18 years old from military and non-military families for a weekend of fun and learning at the Windham County 4-H Outdoor Learning Center on Pomfret. We offered team building activities and taught problem solving skills. The participating youth also worked together to create a Speak Out for Military Kids video on how best to support military kids experiencing deployment. The camp staff members for this program were Marc Cournoyer, 4-H Program Coordinator/State 4-H Camp Coordinator, Windham County and J. Logee, Camp Director of the Windham County 4-H Outdoor Learning Center; Victoria Scully- Oakes, Child & Youth Behavioral Military Family Life Consultant; Michelle McCarty, National Guard State Youth Coordinator; Mary Ellen Welch, Co-Project Director for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; Lisa Marcinkowski, Program Coordinator for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; and Cassie Towers, Connecticut Operation: Military Kids Volunteer. Family Fun Boot Camp, June 18, 2011 Military families with kids of all ages were invited to a day of fun activities and demonstrations at Warren Woods Town Park at 255 Brick School Road in Warren, CT. The activities included a geocaching scavenger hunt, petting and riding horses from the Governor‘s Horse Guard militia, and having family portraits taken. The camp staff members were Laura Marek and Mary Ellen Welch, Co-Project Directors for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; Sean Crombez, Mobile Technology Lab Coordinator for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; Victoria Scully-Oakes, Child & Youth Behavioral Military Family Life Consultant; and Michelle McCarty, National Guard State Youth Coordinator.
13 The Extension Express New London County Extension Center (contd.) Joint Forces Summer Fun Residential Camp, July 17-22, 2011 Connecticut Operation: Military Kids will host our first residential summer camp program for military kids ages 7-15 during the week of July 17-22, 2011. Offered in partnership with the New London County 4-H Camp in Franklin, CT, the Joint Forces Summer Fun Residential Camp offers traditional 4-H camp activities as well as activities designed to support the unique needs and culture of military children. Planned activities include archery, canoeing, disc golf, swimming, double dutch jump roping, performing arts, the ropes course, crafts, OMK‘s Mobile Technology Lab, creating a Speak Out for Military Kids video, and workshops with the CYB Military Family Life Consultant. The camp staff members are Amanda Kilton, Tim Walsh and Steven Dolat of the New London County 4-H Camp; Marc Cournoyer, Director of the Windham County 4-H Camp; Mary Ellen Welch, Co-Project Director for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; Sean Crombez, Mobile Technology Lab Coordinator for Connecticut Operation: Military Kids; Victoria Scully-Oakes, Child & Youth Behavioral Military Family Life Consultant; and Michelle McCarty, National Guard State Youth Coordinator. Lisa Marcinkowski, Connecticut Operation: Military Kids Program Coordinator was featured in the Spring 2011 issue of the UCONN Magazine. An interview on ―Keeping kids connected with military parents‖ highlighted how the Connecticut Cooperative Extension System supports military youth and families.
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