{"id":254,"date":"2020-02-17T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/?p=254"},"modified":"2020-02-04T13:46:08","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T18:46:08","slug":"purple-up-april-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/military\/2020\/02\/purple-up-april-17-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Purple Up: April 17, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">Georgia 4-H plans to celebrate Purple Up on April 17th. After discussing with other Military LIassions and feedback from base leadership this date has been set. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the military child. T0 learn more about the Month of the Military child and activities to do in April or on the 17th please see below article.`The below article is pulled from: https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/month-of-the-military-child\/<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">Month of the Military Child 2020<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>April is designated as the Month of the Military Child; a time to honor the sacrifices made by military families worldwide, with an emphasis on the experience of the dependent children of military members serving at home and overseas. Month of the Military Child is sponsored by the Department of Defense Military Community and Family Policy and supported by many other organizations such as the DoDEA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purple Up! For Military Kids Day\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13925 ls-is-cached lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Month of the Military Child\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-300x200.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child.jpg 400w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPurple Up! For Military Kids\u201d is a day for DoDEA Communities to wear purple to show support and thank military children for their strength and sacrifices. <span class=\"st\" data-ved=\"0ahUKEwiA-sOrjJzaAhUJKqwKHTWeCX8Q4EUIRjAC\" data-hveid=\"70\">Wearing purple is a visible way to show support and thank military youth for their strength and sacrifices.<\/span> Purple indicates that all branches of the military are supported; Air Force blue, Army green, Navy blue, Marine red, and Coast Guard blue all thought to combine together as a single color, purple.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ways to Celebrate Purple Up! Day<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wear Purple on Purple Up! Day<\/li>\n<li>Ask local, regional, state, and federal officials to wear purple on Purple Up! day<\/li>\n<li>Suggest companies and businesses ask their employees to wear purple<\/li>\n<li>Ask schools, teachers to recognize Purple Up! Day<\/li>\n<li>Recognize military children<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Involve schools, sports teams, youth organizations, clubs, after school programs, fraternal organizations, social clubs, coworkers, members of your organizations<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Request local businesses, stores and restaurants post a Purple Up! message<\/li>\n<li>Share your activities and photos #purpleup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Month of the Military Child Events<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13926 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-april-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"I am a Military Child\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" data-src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-april-300x194.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-april-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/month-of-the-military-child-april.jpg 400w\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like many similar military recognition efforts, the Month Of The Military Child is often celebrated \u201cinternally\u201d with military communities and military association planning contests, parades, fairs, seminars, and special events centered around the message of the month. It is also celebrated \u201cexternally\u201d by many communities, schools and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Army official site, \u201cmilitary children will be able to tell their story on what it means to be a military child through drawings or words for a chance to win great prizes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For some military-related private organizations, April is a time to put special emphasis on the programs they administer year-round; The Military Child Education Coalition, one such group accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has a stated goal of ensuring \u201cinclusive, quality educational opportunities for all military-connected children affected by mobility, transition, deployments and family separation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The group offers year-round \u201cStudent 2 Student\u201d programs (student-led initiatives) and a \u201cParent To Parent\u201d version of the similar efforts. During the month of April, the coalition offers Month Of The Military Child downloadable toolkits and other resources.<\/p>\n<p>There are also the usual military base-level events, ceremonies, contests, and special nights through the month of April, urging military families to get involved, be more vocal about their military lifestyle, and learn from the past experiences of other military families.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13717\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13717\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13717 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Month-of-the-Military-Child-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"April is Month of the Military Child\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" data-src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Month-of-the-Military-Child-300x211.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Month-of-the-Military-Child-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Month-of-the-Military-Child.jpg 750w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Gretchen M. Albrecht<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Where Can I Learn About Month of the Military Child Activities and Events?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since many of the April events are sponsored by military communities, it\u2019s best to start your search for events with the base Public Affairs office, Military Family Readiness Centers, Department of Defense Dependent School admin offices, and even on-base Child Development Centers (the military base equivalent of daycare).<\/p>\n<p>You may also find activities listed at <a href=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/morale-welfare-and-recreation-mwr-benefits\/\">Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Centers<\/a> at military installations overseas and stateside. The official sites for all these organizations often post calendars of upcoming events and programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evolution of\u00a0the Month of the Military Child<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger was responsible for establishing April as the Month Of The Military Child in 1986, and the Department of Defense has honored his initiative ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The month of April is an important one for children who have one or both parents serving in uniform; since 1986 there have been an increasing number of awareness campaigns aimed at recognizing the needs of military children in all areas from coping with the deployment of parents to war zones to education of military dependents at on-base Department of Defense Dependent School System (DoDDS) campuses around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Since the debut of the original Month of The Military Child, there are a growing number of activities both on military bases and in local military communities. The U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), which operates 166 schools for military children worldwide, instructs its school administrators to \u201cplan special events to honor military children and have administrators and principals incorporate the themes of this month into their everyday duties and responsibilities\u201d according to the DoDEA official site.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Military Children by the Numbers<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13924 lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/military-children-by-the-numbers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Military Children By The Numbers\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-src=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/military-children-by-the-numbers-300x169.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/military-children-by-the-numbers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/militarybenefits.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/military-children-by-the-numbers.jpg 400w\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to a report by the Department of Defense there are 700 military child development program facilities around the world, running approximately 155,000 child-care spaces, with another 3,000 Family Child Care homes which provide.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s estimated that military child development centers welcome around 200,000 children daily. There are 300 youth and teen centers worldwide serving more than 645,000 youth through a variety of educational and recreational programs.<\/li>\n<li>Approximately 2 million military children have experienced a parental deployment since 9\/11.<\/li>\n<li>There are currently 1.2 million military children of active duty members worldwide.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 80% of military children attend public schools throughout the United States.<\/li>\n<li>The average military family moves three times more often than their civilian counterpart.<\/li>\n<li>There are nearly two million \u201ctotal-force dependent children\u201d including more than 900 thousand Army dependents, 400 thousand Air Force dependents, nearly 300 thousand Navy and approximately 118 thousand Marine dependents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia 4-H plans to celebrate Purple Up on April 17th. 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