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You can hear cries of joy from children when the weatherman predicts a snow storm, and a sigh from adults who know they’re going to have sr crazy kids at home. Before deciding to let them “geek out” on the couch in front of movies or vid- eo games. Here’s a few bore- dom busters and sanity savers. 1. Make use of the snow. Go out make a snowman or toss the kiddos a shovel and have them shovel the driveway and sidewalks. 2. Build a Living Room Campsite. Turn out the lights, wear PJs, bust out the sleeping bags and sit around telling stories. 3. Have a spa day. Round up your mani & pedi supplies and stake out a place near the fireplace. 4. Bake, Bake, Bake! Bring the fun into the kitchen. Make some umm treats that eve- ryone will enjoy. 5. Make your own home- made play dough. 6. Snow Fort. Too cold to go outside? Make a fort in- side, using blankets and pillows and watch a movie from the fort! 7. Skype Grandma and Grand- pa or use any video chats programs. Grandparents love to hear from their grandkids! 8. Create a treasure hunt. Hide something in your house. Then post clues for your kids to find them. 9. Have fun! Have a few laughs during the snow day to ease the tension. 10 Activities to Keep Your Kids Busy During A Snow Day! Volume 1, Issue 6 January 2017 Inside this issue: Past Events 2 Spotlight on Youth 2 Knowledge Nuggets 3 YAC Update 3 Connect With Us! 3 Volunteer Info 4 Exercise Your Brain 4 CONG Child and Youth Program Special points of interest: 9 ps for the holidays during deployment Fall review What you don’t know about children & deployment YAC Service Learning This month’s spotlight on youth! Connect with Us! Message from the CYP Staff Leadership Education Friendship Service Serving Colorado National Guard Youth Since 2006 Mission: Promote and sustain the quality of life and resilience of Colorado National Guard children and youth by providing safe, timely, flexible, high-quality support services and enrichment programs.

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You can hear cries of joy from children when the weatherman predicts a snow storm, and a sigh from adults who know they’re going to have stir crazy kids at home. Before deciding to let them “geek out” on the couch in front of movies or vid-eo games. Here’s a few bore-dom busters and sanity savers.

1. Make use of the snow. Go out make a snowman or toss the kiddos a shovel and have them shovel the driveway and sidewalks.

2. Build a Living Room Campsite. Turn out the lights, wear PJs, bust out the sleeping bags and sit around telling stories.

3. Have a spa day. Round up your mani & pedi supplies

and stake out a place near the fireplace.

4. Bake, Bake, Bake! Bring the fun into the kitchen. Make some umm treats that eve-ryone will enjoy.

5. Make your own home-made play dough.

6. Snow Fort. Too cold to go outside? Make a fort in-side, using blankets and

pillows and watch a movie from the fort!

7. Skype Grandma and Grand-pa or use any video chats programs. Grandparents love to hear from their grandkids!

8. Create a treasure hunt. Hide something in your house. Then post clues for your kids to find them.

9. Have fun! Have a few laughs during the snow day to ease the tension.

10 Activities to Keep Your Kids

Busy During A Snow Day! Volume 1, Issue 6 January 2017

Inside this issue:

Past Events 2

Spotlight on Youth 2

Knowledge Nuggets 3

YAC Update 3

Connect With Us! 3

Volunteer Info 4

Exercise Your Brain 4

CONG Child and Youth Program

Special points of interest:

9 tips for the holidays during deployment

Fall review

What you don’t know about

children & deployment

YAC Service Learning

This month’s spotlight on youth!

Connect with Us!

Message from the CYP Staff

L e a d e r s h i p

E d u c a t i o n

F r i e n d s h i p S e r v i c e

Serving Colorado National Guard Youth Since 2006

Mission: Promote and sustain the quality of life and resilience of Colorado National Guard children and

youth by providing safe, timely, flexible, high-quality support services and enrichment programs.

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Past Events

O ur Spotlight on youth for this month is an awesome group of teens, the Colo-rado National Guard Youth Advisory

Council (YAC). The YAC is composed of guard youth between the ages of 13-18 from through-out the state. This year’s council includes Logan Sikuka, Tony Gonzalez, Kaleigh Stevens, Tiernan Logue, Kitty Walker, Lori Walker, Kairi Gardner, Zoe Griffiths, and Kylie Shrivers. The core com-

petencies' for the YAC are service learning, leadership training, college preparation, and to participate/promote military connected activi-ties. The YAC recently participated in a service

learning project at Orchard Park Healthcare, where they got to know the residents and also participated craft activities with them. The YAC

is preparing for their service learning project with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The YAC has

continued to become more visible in CONG Child & Youth program events and COANG

family programs events.

Exercise Your Brain Answers: 1. A cow looking at you. 2. The three hidden faces are smaller and fit into the outline of the man’s face. 3. Four

Table in the Wilderness (#:1,3)

4-H Drone Discovery (#:2,4,5,7) YAC Service Learning

1

6 5

2 3 4 7

Like us on Facebook:

Colorado National Guard Child and Youth Program: www.facebook.com/CONGYouthProgram

Volume 1, Issue 6

Knowledge Nuggets

Service Dog Saves Man’s Life

Page 3

TO BE IN THE KNOW ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS AND OP-PORTUNITIES MAKE SURE YOU ARE A PART OF THE CHILD & YOUTH MASTER DISTRIBUTION EMAIL LIST. CONTACT THE CYP STAFF,

THEY WILL CAN ADD YOU!

To find out about the CONG Child and Youth Program and other events, check out links below.

Website: Congfamilyreadiness.net

To Receive Information via Text

Text the code @allstatey to number 81010

#CONGCYP

Larry is one of the resident’s at Orchard Park Healthcare, an assisted living facility in Greenwood Village, CO. We were introduced to Larry by the facility staff dur-ing the Youth Advisory Council’s visit there on Oct 15th, 2016. Upon Larry’s lap sat Rudy, his very calm, friendly and lovable service dog that all of the employees and residents enjoy having in the facility to roam free and spend time with anyone chooses. Larry told us this amazing story about Rudy:

“Some time ago I contracted a virus during my travels and came down with a severe fever. As I lay in my bed, the fever was so severe that I could not move or rouse my-

self to call for help. It wasn’t long be-fore I blacked out and fell into a coma-like state. Rudy was lying next to me in the bed, curled up along my side. The nurses reported that Rudy suddenly appeared in the nurses’ station and

seemed agitated by something. It wasn’t long before they realized Rudy was trying to get them to check on me; he knew some-thing was wrong. But how? The best we can figure out is that Rudy detected my body temperature rising too high and knew instinctively to go get help. The nurses tell me that it’s very likely that I could have slipped into a coma and died thereafter had Rudy not intervened to get assistance when he did. Rudy is my best friend and I will always be grateful for what he did!”

Story captured by: Zoe Griffiths

Since 2001, more than 2

million American children

have had a parent

deployed at least once.

More than 900,000

children have experienced

the deployment of one or

both parents multiple times.

37% of children with a deployed

parent reported that they seriously

worry about what could happen to

their deployed caretaker.

Children in military families

experience high rates of mental

health, trauma, and related

problems. About 30% reported

feeling sad or hopeless almost

every day for 2 weeks during the

past 12 months. Nearly 1 in 4

reported having considered

suicide.

There have been American

military brats dating back

200 years to the birth of

the United States. The

term "Little Traveler", used

to describe the travelling

child of a soldier, also

appears in literature as

early as 1811.

Lance Ellis, LCYPC 12200 E Briarwood Ave Ste #160 Centennial, CO 80112 Email: [email protected] Office: (720)250-1195 Mobile: (303)524-5614 Kymberly Wheeler, CYPC 12200 E Briarwood Ave Ste #160 Centennial, CO 80112 Email: [email protected] Office: (720)250-1412 Mobile: (303)549-6003

CONG Child and Youth Program

Message from the LCYPC & CYPC

We’ve had a great season of programs in the COANG Child & Youth Program. We finished out 2016 with new faces, new partnerships and new programs. Including Aurora Public Schools, The Bridge Program and Table in the Wilderness. We would like to thank all the participants, parents and volunteers who contributed to our success this year. We have a exciting 2017 ahead of us. If you want to know what’s coming up check out the section Connect With Us on page 3.

LET US KNOW! Do you know of a resource for the Child and Youth Program? Do you have a suggestion or just a comment? Share it with us. Send us a e-mail, contact information listed above. Also check out the Connect With Us section on page 3.

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you energetic, creative and ready to lead hands on activities? We are looking to utilize your skills in leading activities, crafts, and learning modules at our youth pro-

gram events. For those of you interested in becoming volunteers, please contact Lance Ellis at

[email protected].

Exercise Your Brain!

Answers on Page 2.

Quick! Count the number

of times that the letter F

appears in the following

sentence:

“Finished files are the re-

sult of years of scientific

study combined with the

experience of years.”

What do you see?

Find the man’s 3 daughters.