ARMED FORCES FAMILIES FOUNDATION

Walter Reed Medical Center Family Waiting Room

Armed Forces Families Foundation successfully completes Family Support Project Bravo. After supplying multiple redesign items for Family Waiting Areas, Teen Room, PTSD Clinic Waiting Area, and the Surgical Nurses Area, command staff cites a significant rise in moral for those who have used or are using these facilities. From conference areas to youth facilities, the support items were greeted as the exact needs of those who would use the hospital.

Ft Irwin Family Wellness Center

Our Foundation took up the project of building a Family Wellness Center in the heart of base housing. The center provides multiple computers with internet access, web camera’s along with live chat so families can have access to their loved ones while deployed. The center also has areas next to these stations so small children could play safely and in view of parents. We also provided gym equipment, video games, televisions and furniture.

	Dec 2008 Camp Pendleton, CA
	Armed Forces Families Foundations, in cooperation with the 1^st MSOB Family Readiness Manager, locates 9 USMC families in need of extra help this holiday season and provides each family with a $150 gift card to the Post Exchange. As well, the AFFF has selected additional families who will receive $150 gift certificates to the Base Commissary.

	Dec 2008 1^st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Pendleton, CA
	Members of the USMC’s 1^st Marine Special Operations Battalion are some of the most heavily deployed personnel in the Marine Corps. With such a critical mission and highly trained personnel, our foundations saw the need to further assist the units Family Readiness Program by creating a location for MSOB spouses and families to use during these demanding deployments and train ups. Expected to begin in the summer of 2009, this project is set to be our best yet. With Foundation personnel participating from both the east coast and west, hands on coordination with the Family Readiness Coordinator and a desire for perfection, the military families of the 1^st MSOB will have the support they truly need.