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Chandoppe’ Horvath is e-mailing
a soldier in Iraq with the help of 4-H Junior Leaders Lori
Eby and Megan Smith. Photo by Larry Samson from the Washburn
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Calendar & Events
News
(Posted by Date with Most Recent First at Top)
- Families
of 432nd Gather to Show Support - May 4, 2008
News Video from MyFox N.E. Wisconsin
ASHWAUBENON -- Many family members of 432nd troops deployed to Iraq met at the reserve center in Ashuwaubenon to show each other some support. They focused a lot on how to help the children whose moms and dads are overseas. FOX 11'S Robert Hornacek was there.
- Lending
a Hand - Jan 9, 2008 News Article in the Washburn
County Register
SPOONER - On Saturday, Jan. 19, Karl Krantz, the Veterans Service
Officer, and Annette Bjorkland, 4-H Youth Development Educator,
are combining their efforts and hosting an Operation Military Kids
afternoon at the Spooner Middle School between 1-4 p.m.
 Operation
Military Kids: Meeting the needs of military families in Wisconsin (3
pages, 236 KB) by
Stephen Horvath  Reservist
seeks ways to connect families, schools - Daily Tribune Article
about Stephen Horvath, 4-H Development Agent with the University
Extension-Wood County (1 page, 22 KB) by Doug Alft- Operation:
Inform the Teacher - Making the connection between Wisconsin
military families and their schools (2 pages,
163 KB) by Stephen Horvath
- April 22, 2007, Reservist seeks ways to connect families, schools
from the MarshfieldNewsHerald.com
- March
29, 2007, UWP and Grant County 4-H accept award for involvement
with Operation: Military Kids (3 pages, 20 KB)
During the Wisconsin National GuardÂ’s Family Weekend, March
9 to 11, 2007, in Green Bay, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville
and Grant County 4-H accepted the Community Commitment Award
from the Wisconsin National Guard for their joint efforts in
supporting Operation: Military Kids (OMK) this year and in the
past.
Counselors for the event included Mike Mani, a UWP student from Mt.
Horeb; Jessica Knox, a UWP student from Green Bay; Samantha Jackson,
a Fennimore High School student; her mother, Connie Jackson, of Fennimore;
along with Sophie Lee, a South Korean foreign exchange student; Ashley
and Nicole Cray, Potosi High School students; Patricia Block, of
Platteville; Stephen Dutelle, a UWP graduate student from Platteville;
and Alyssa Adrian and Taylor Bausch, Cassville High School students.
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