This 2011 Holiday Season, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, wives and husbands, and kids of all ages are struggling with the temporary or permanent loss of a military loved one. These military families not strangers—they’re your neighbors and co-workers; friends of your kids, or the worried mother sitting by herself at your church, synagogue or place of worship. Here are seven practical ways you can help make their holidays a little less stressful and more comfortable…
Seven Practical Ways to Help Military Families this 2011 Holiday Season



With a backdrop of Ground Zero and the rising Freedom Tower, Joanne M. Steen, award-winning author and national speaker on line-of-duty loss, addressed the 9/11 Canine Search and Rescue (SAR) Community at its historic 10th Anniversary Tribute at Liberty State Park, on September 11, 2011.