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Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is a national effort to support children of service members through a statewide network of community partners.

RI National Guard Youth Summer Camp Registration is here!!

Rhode Island National Guard Leaders’ Summer Camp will be held August 19-23 at YMCA Camp Fuller in Wakefield RI. This camp is open to military dependents, grades 3-12 as of Fall 2012 (no exceptions).  Priority is given first to Army National Guard dependents! TO REGISTER: you must come to your ASSIGNED Registration Night with all [...]

Red Cross Disaster & Leadership Academy 2013

Red Cross Disaster & Leadership Academy 2013

If your teen or young adult is ready for a challenge this summer, the Red Cross Youth Disaster & Leadership Academy debuts this year Camp Fogarty in East Greenwich!! This Academy will run Monday July 8 through Friday July 12 and meets daily from 8 am to 4:30 pm each day.  The Academy will be an intensive [...]

Naval Station Newport MWR Kids’ Pentathlon!!!

Naval Station Newport MWR Kids’ Pentathlon!!!

Join Naval Station Newport MWR, Navy Child & Youth Program and Rhode Island Operation: Military Kids at the 5th Annual America’s Kids Pentathlon!!! Friday, May 17 from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm!! This is also your chance to check out the NEW FITNESS CENTER on NAVSTA NEWPORT! The new Fitness Center is located right next [...]

Our OMK State Partners

Our OMK State Partners

Operation: Military Kids is a team effort!  We partner with community resources to make sure every military child has the resources to cope with the deployment of his/her loved one. Meet our 2013 Rhode Island Operation: Military Kids State Partners: The URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences The URI Cooperative Extension The URI [...]

What is OMK?

What is OMK?

Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is a national effort to support children of service members through a statewide network of community partners.  In RI, this effort is coordinated by URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences’ 4-H Program. OMK educates citizens on the impact of deployment on communities, families and youth as well as provide [...]

National OMK Website

National OMK Website

For more information about opportunities around the country  visit the National Operation Military Kids Homepage.

OMK Events

OMK Events

All Rhode Island Operation: Military Kids events can be found on the Rhode Island page of the National OMK website.  We post all our own events, plus the events of our Partners and other useful and relevant information!!! Click here to go to the RI page of the the OMK national website!! Click here to [...]

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