U.S. Army Garrison - Detroit Arsenal, Mich. -- This year marks the 26th year the Department of Defense officially celebrates and honors the 1.8 million children who regularly feel and share the sacrifice that their military families make to guarantee our safety and freedom.
Military children at the Detroit Arsenal should not only be honored due to their everyday military-family sacrifices but also for going far beyond the norm and strive to also support their community. The local Middle School and Teen group has volunteered more than 2,000 hours to help make our local community a better place for everyone.
"We have an extremely vibrant group of children here at the Detroit Arsenal and our Middle School and Teens participate in numerous community service projects," said Nancy Mitchell, Child & Youth School-age Services coordinator. "The MST has also participated in many college trips to pace the military children on the track of future success. We have some tremendous kids here."
The Detroit Arsenal is working to assist our military children by expanding the programs which are most popular and beneficial to the parents. The Child Development Center which cares for the youngest of our military community (from 6 weeks to 10 years) is expanding to meet family's needs. There is also a school age services program in the CDC. DTA has decided to further support as many of the children as possible by expanding the CDC's ability to care for more of the younger children by providing 208 additional openings with an addition to the center. The expansion should be completed by early to mid 2013.
The U.S. Army Garrison -- Detroit Arsenal Family Advocacy Program Manager, Cecelia McPherson, has coordinated several events information sharing opportunities to celebrate the Month of the Military Child in order to make this April special for the military children.
The events include:
• April 3 - There will be a Month of the Military Child/Prevention of Child Abuse, information table provided in the main hallway of Building 230 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• April 4 - A Marvel Comic Book Hero (Captain America) will provide an Anti-bullying presentation at DTA's CDC, from 2 to 3 p.m.
• April 4 - There will be a "Meet-and-Greet" opportunity at the CDC from 3 to 3:30 p.m. This event will target toddlers and preschoolers.
• April 7 -- There will be a Month of the Military Child/Prevention of Child Abuse information table and another opportunity to see Captain America when he appears at the Selfridge Air National Guard Base Exchange from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• April 14 - There will be another Month of the Military Child/Prevention of Child Abuse, information table at the Selfridge ANG Base -- Commissary from 10 a.m. -- 2 p.m.
For more information about other ways to honor the military children in the month of April and throughout the year, feel free to call Cecelia McPherson at 586-282-0475.
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