Serve as tutors for military kids while Soldier Parents are deployed

Provide transportation for military kids who have had to give up sports and extracurricular activities because they no longer have "a ride" with their parent gone
 

  Give military kids an occasional break from the additional home responsibilities e.g. preparing family meals, struggling with household repairs, coming straight home from school to baby sit younger siblings, they have assumed in the absence of a parent (s)
 

  Become mentors for military kids coping with the stress of knowing their deployed Soldier Parents may be in harm's way
 

  Compile and distribute "Hero Packs" and other recognition items that recognize military kids as "every day home front hero'
 

  Make Operation: Military Kids a part of ongoing community life in locations where there are children and youth of Citizen Soldiers

Help create academic, social and emotional support networks for students affected by military deployments
 

Provide professional development opportunities for counselors and teachers to become aware of the stresses military children are facing as a result of the Global War on Terrorism
 

Use community and military resources to connect students and their families with helpful people and organizations in their hometown
 

Communicate with parents who are deployed and help them stay connected with their children's educational progress
 

Support military kids coping with the stress of knowing their deployed parents may be in harm's way
 

Make Operation: Military Kids an integral part of school plans and programs when and where the needs arise