Reveille Spring 2018

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IN THIS ISSUE...

SPRING 2018

Message from Chris Overtree . p.2

Making Ohana Their Own . p.6-7

Alumni Notes & News p.10-11

2017 Aloha Annual Fund . p.15

Spotlight: Ohana Family Camp

Ohana Especially Meaningful for Military Families JENN MERRITT Director of Communications

Ohana Director Vanessa Riegler and her staff can’t wait to welcome their first campers of the season on June 24: military families from Vermont and New Hampshire. “The energy at Ohana during Military Family Week is distinctive,” says Vanessa. “It’s a privilege to help these hard-working parents who serve our country connect with one another and build lifelong memories.” The Hendershots from Georgia, Vermont are one such military family.

including the Vermont National Guard Foundation, the New Hampshirebased Jack and Dorothy Byrne Foundation, the Upper Valley United Way, the Ohana Endowment Fund, and the Aloha Annual Fund—the last two of which are funded by hundreds of members of our Aloha family. Living geographically dispersed rather than together on a base or post, National Guard families lack a local community who share similar experiences, such as the stress of a parent’s deployment. The week at Ohana Family Camp enables every family member—soldier, spouse, child—to connect with military peers and make new friends.

“Our entire family loved the week we spent at Ohana Family Camp,” says Melissa Hendershot, whose husband Charles joined the Vermont National Guard in 2009. “Two years later our kids still talk about it. Going to ‘summer camp’ with your children and sharing new adventures is wonderful. Ohana’s program not only benefits the soldier, but recognizes and appreciates the family that serves the military as well.” Since its launch in 2010, Ohana’s Military Family Week has brought together 115 families for one week every summer. Accommodations, activities, and meals are free of charge. A broad tapestry of financial support makes the program possible,

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