Program Overview
Our Military Program, an underway quality-of-life program for
military families, helps keep parents and children connected while separated
during long deployments, through the medium of reading aloud on
videotape.
This program can be utilized by all deployed personnel
as they may choose to read aloud to a younger brother or sister, grandchild,
or even a child they are mentoring.
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Deployed parents
and children can communicate in a meaningful
way during separations. |
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Parents are trained
in techniques to make the videotaped reading
personal and interactive. |
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Family morale is
boosted and reinforced parental support is
felt by the spouse at home. |
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Children's
fears about the parent's absence are
eased and anxiety is reduced upon reunion. |
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Volunteer Deployment
and Homefront Coordinators are trained to manage
the program. |
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Combined Federal Campaign
If you are a federal
employee, please consider contributing
to United Through Reading in your Combined Federal Campaign.
Our number is 11393 and we are listed in
the National/International Unaffiliated
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"Our boys were so excited to receive
our video in the mail. The boys smiled like the Cheshire
Cat at the first sight of their Daddy. When Dan started
to read, the boys just sat and listened. The next
day, we made a trip to our library to find the books
so we could read along. I was in heaven watching
my husband read to our boys. I had missed that interaction
since he had left for this deployment. It felt so
good to see and hear him again. It was a much-needed
reassurance. There is no doubt in my mind that the United
Through Reading Military Program is a very important program. Even
though my husband was on the other side of the world
from his family, he remained a constant figure in
our home. Thanks to our video, we constantly shared
a connection through reading."
Suzie Thompson
Military Spouse |
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