2018 kicks off NMFA’s 15th year of Operation Purple Camp (OPC) – a free week of overnight camp for military-connected kids. As a Program Manager for the National Military Family Association,I acquire the pleasure with visiting some of our awesome Operation Purple Camp locations throughout the country. During my visit to our OPC in Texas this summer, I was lucky enough to attend Military Day! Military Day is a themed day typically hosted in the middle of the camp week and provides Operation Purple campers with the opportunity to celebrate that they serve alongside their parent or guardian. It’s a fun day where they collect to increase their knowledge of their military parent’s experience. The day includes volunteers from a local military unit, or vehicles or gear from that unit,and more! In Texas, we had a recruiter from the Texas National Guard as our military speaker. Many campers made..
Source: militaryfamily.org