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PCS Part 1: Mentally Getting Ready
The stress and anxiety about PCSing can start months and months in advance, even before you have orders in your hand. These tips will help reduce the anxiety and get your entire family prepared for...
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Behind the Scenes of Raising $100 Million Dollars for Milfams!
Dear BSF members and friends,I want to share an important story with you. Last week Blue Star Families, your organization, was one of the primary movers behind a major announcement helping military...
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Bend it Like Milkidz!
Nearly 100 military kids from the Washington, D.C./Virginia/Maryland region converged on the fields of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall for a soccer clinic run by the D.C. United First Team: Bill Hamid,...
View ArticleVeterans Charity Challenge Starts soon!
We're super excited to let you know that we're part of Veterans Charity Challenge 2, a fundraising campaign launched by craigconnects, founded by Craig Newmark of craigslist. It all starts on May 22!...
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PCS Part 2: How to Choose On or Off Base Housing
The first thing you do when you get new orders is decide whether you are going to live on base or off base at your next duty station. It’s important to get familiar with what your new military base has...
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The 2014 Season of Blue Star Museums kicks off!
WASHINGTON, DC– NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the fifth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for...
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PCS Part 3: Top 10 Moving Tips
Moving Tip #1 – Take pictures of everything– Take pictures so you have documentation if something gets broken or lost in the move.Moving Tip #2 – Make an inventory of your most valuable items– Write...
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Summer Camp Opportunity for Milkids
Camp Corral is currently still accepting registrations for many of its 20 camps located across the country, especially for children of wounded, disabled or fallen service membersCamp Corral is a free,...
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Unpacked and Settled, Now What? Part 4 of 4
You have successfully traveled to your new duty station and you have unpacked all the boxes, now what? Here are some ideas to help you get out and enjoy your new town!1. Get ConnectedSocial media...
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A Visit to the US Army Aviation Museum
About a month ago I received a Flat Stanley in the mail. The general idea of Flat Stanley is, you take him around town and photograph him in a variety of locations, so the children who sent him can...
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