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^- I think Operation Hero is important

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^because it provides an opportunity for children

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^who come to any military base to be in a small setting

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and meet new friends,

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learn skills to help them in class,

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both socially and academically.

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^- I feel Operation Hero is a good program

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^for children that are coming from different places.

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They get to interact with kids

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that are around their same age.

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^- I think Operation Hero provides that safe environment

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^for our young children to be themselves,

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teach them about sharing,

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teach them about caring, honesty, responsibility.

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^- Our teachers are an 8 to 1 ratio,

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^which means the children get individual attention.

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^We can help them with all their core values,

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^respect, responsibility, honesty and caring.

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We also help them with bullying.

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We talk about deployments.

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We talk about things that are coming up in class

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that they might need assistance with.

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^- So when we're in the classroom and sharing things,

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^they can relate and they can talk about things.

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And, I also feel that

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they can have more one on one connection

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with the teacher,

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and they feel that they can

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open up a little bit more.

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^- The children really walk away with new social skills,

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^emotional skills and it helps them out also acedemically.

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^- The fact that they are surrounded by peers

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^that can talk about their challenges,

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they can learn from each other.

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They become their own little group

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and I think that's very powerful.

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I think we can do everything together

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and we do more when we feel comfortable.

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- Y.M.C.A.

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Operation Hero

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