Military families play for free all summer at Children’s Museum
Fosters Daily Democrat
DOVER – Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15 will be the start of the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire’s Military Appreciation Summer, during which all current and retired military personnel and their immediate family members are invited to play at no cost. From this Saturday through Sunday, Sept. 5, guests can simply show a military ID at the front desk of the museum to receive free admission for the military member, dependent children and spouse.
The museum’s Military Appreciation Program is made possible by Service Credit Union and is part of the larger nationwide Blue Star Museum program. The Blue Star Museum program is a collaboration between the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and the Department of Defense. More than 2,000 museums across America offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve an
AUBURN â The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, which provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer.
The 2021 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, and end on Labor Day, Sept. 6. A list of participating museums is online at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.
Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense and participating museums nationwide.
âLike the resilience that military families demonstrate time and again, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum is an example of resiliency in the arts sector over the past year,â said Ann Eilers, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. âWe are grateful to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum for their leadership in strengthening community through their participation
Cars line up at a March food distribution event at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.
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On a spring day at Fort Sam Houston - an Army post in San Antonio, Texas,a line of cars idled with their trunks popped open, waiting as volunteers unloaded 11,000 pounds of food from a semi parked nearby. Some of the drivers were soldiers who had just gotten off work, while others were military spouses or relatives.
By SARAH CAMMARATA | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 3, 2021 WASHINGTON Lawmakers are teeing up legislative proposals that would tackle child care problems in the military, as thousands of children remain on monthslong waitlists and the Defense Department’s backlog to repair existing facilities swells. The Defense Department, along with experts and military advocacy groups, have recognized high-quality child care as a retention and readiness issue for service members. The coronavirus pandemic also has exacerbated the problem, as some child care centers and schools remain shuttered, blocking access to after-school care too. The inability to access affordable and quality child care can impact a service member s ability to report for duty and his or her decision to stay in the military, and it also can be a barrier to spouse unemployment and hurts the overall well-being of military families, experts said.
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