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Nate _And _General _Dempsey _Military _Child _Of _The _Year _Operation _Homefront About Military Child of the Year® Award

Military Child of the Year® Award recipients are the young heroes of their grade, school, town, or city. This award recognizes military children who have demonstrated themselves as exceptional citizens while facing the challenges of military family life.

The average Military Child of the Year® Award Nominee *:

Has moved five times or more.
Experienced at least one parent deploy for 18 months or more.
Volunteered with service groups an average of 75 hours during the year.
17% have a sibling in the Exceptional Family Member Program.
Maintained above average grades, often with honors.
Excelled in sports, theatre and/or music.
Held leadership positions in school and community groups.

*2011 nominee average

About Operation Homefront

Operation Homefront provides emergency financial and other assistance to the families of our service members and wounded heroes.

A national nonprofit organization, Operation Homefront leads more than 5,000 volunteers and has met more than 590,000 needs of military families since its inception in 2002. A four-star rated charity by watchdog Charity Navigator, nationally, 94 percent of total revenue donated to Operation Homefront goes directly to assist service members. To follow the award progress, go to https://www.facebook.com/OperationHomefront .