OPERATION MILITARY KIDS~
Operation
Military Kids is the U.S. Army's collaborative effort
with America's communities to support the children and
youth impacted by deployment. Since its inception in
2005, OMK has touched 88,000 military youth. Through a
network of community partners, OMK provides youth
program opportunities for school age, middle school and
teenaged youth and connects them to support resources
where they live.
As part of a
national partnership between 4-H and the Department of
Defense, the University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension Service provides a number of OMK opportunities
for military kids.
Ozark Foothills FilmFest was thrilled to participate in
the first-ever OMK summer camp in August 2009. In the
resulting "T Tauri on the Road" workshop at the C.A.
Vines 4-H Center, seven students shared their feelings
about having parents in the military in an engaging and
informative documentary film, which they wrote, shot,
appeared in, and helped to edit.
Click here to
view YOUNG HEROES: MILITARY TEENS SPEAK OUT.
OMK
Documentary Workshop photo gallery:
