Oregon National Guard
Let’s be honest, being a kid is tough. Being a child with a mom or dad who has been deployed overseas can be downright unbearable. What can make things even worse is not knowing anyone who understands what it feels like.
A Salem family is hoping to fix that.
In the wake of the massive deployment of National Guard soldiers last weekend, Laura Conley and her husband State Sergeant Major Brunk Conley created the Homefront Heroes in Oregon program.
Dozens of military families will gather at North Salem High on Saturday where the kids can just hang out. Activities are booked for every age group and Conley says the kids are usually surprised to see friends that go to their own school show up.
Incidentally, the program came from the Conley’s own experience with their five kids when Sergeant Major Conley was deployed. Conley says she wants to make sure no family has to go through the struggles her kids did.
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