Always+Remembered


 * Essential Question: ** What are the effects on families who have loved ones at war?


 * Challenge: “ ** Always Remembered’s” goal is to raise awareness of how lives are affected when loved ones are at war and how some lives might not even be the same.

1. What are the affects of growing up with out having a parent there? 2. How does it feel always wondering if your loved one will make it home from work? 3. What is it like to risk your life instead of being there on your child’s birthday?
 * Guiding Questions: **


 * Guiding Activities: **
 * 1) Research
 * 2) Survey Monkey
 * 3) Contacting People by phone or e-mail
 * 4) Internet Articles


 * Guiding Resources **
 * 1) Contacted [|www.goarmy.com]
 * 2) Heard personal stories from a family member
 * 3) Asked a ex- member of the army question


 * Solution/Action **
 * 1) If children talk to other children who are in the same place as they are, then it could be more comforting because the other person can relate to it.
 * 2) Going to therapy to let out your feelings even though they may not be able to relate.
 * 3) Do something that makes awareness to show support for our troops and the families that are far away from them.

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 * Websites**

Our group’s goal is to raise awareness for the families affected by having a loved involved in war. To raise awareness, “Always Remembered” will be putting a group together where we can start fundraisers to raise money for the families where maybe only one parent is in the picture. Another way to spread awareness is to create toy drives, for children who may have parents that are deployed. Not too long ago, a charity called “Homes For Troops” came into Hillsdale and built a brand new house for ex-Corporal Visnu Gonzalez, who was paralyzed from the upper chest down, from a shot to his spinal cord. He now lives in his beautiful home with his mother and sister. This really raised awareness in our community because we saw some of the difficulties of living with someone who is now disabled and the effect it has on them.
 * Awareness**




 * Effects on the children**

More than 30,000 teens between 12 and 18 have at least one parent in the National Guard deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. This huge responsibility of taking mom and dads place creates a lot of stress for all the kids whether it is both their parents in war or only one of them in war. The family will deal with stress and have to cope with the sudden call mom or dad has to take to go to Iraq or Afghanistan.