NEW YORK, July 2, 2007
The Children Of Operation Purple
Operation Purple Is A Camp For Kids Whose Parents Are Away At War
-
Play CBS Video Video A Break For Military Kids "Operation Purple" provides a summer camp experience for the children of soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
-
Last year, Jessica Lynch signed an Operation Purple camper's shirt. The former POW served as Operation Purple spokesperson. (Dept. of Defense/K.L. Vantran)
-
Photo Essay Iraq Shrine Hit Again Two minarets of Askariya Shiite Shrine in Samarra bombed; dome was destroyed last year.
-
Photo Essay Iraq In Pictures A daily diary with scenes of the latest attacks and snapshots from the effort to rebuild a nation.
Kids in Operation Purple spend a week at camp for free, funded by corporate and private donations.
More than 1.1 million kids under the age of 18 have a parent on active duty. There is only funding for 4,000 children to go to camp, but 9,000 applied to Operation Purple this summer. But this year there were more than 40 weeks of Operation Purple camp held in 34 locations in 26 states.
This year, Operation Purple provided extra support and help for children who are dealing with the injury of a parent. The camp imcorporates mental health support into daily activities.
Learn more about Operation Purple by watching this segment.
© MMVII, CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
CBSNews.com On Digg
Gen. Ray Odierno, head of multinational forces in Iraq, on progress there and plans for Afghanistan.
