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The DoD has extended the Armed Services Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Military Outreach Initiative to March 2016.
The partnership between the DoD and the Armed Services YMCA offers free memberships to YMCA fitness centers and up to 16 hours of respite care per child, per month, to eligible service members and their families during times of deployment and to those geographically dispersed.
“This initiative is especially valuable for those living in areas distant from a military installation, allowing them to access services in their own communities,” said Rosemary Williams, deputy assistant secretary of defense for Military Community and Family Policy.
More than 1,500 community YMCAs and more than 1,400 national and independent fitness centers nationwide participate in the Military Outreach Initiative (MOI), according to the YMCA. Since 2008, the MOI has provided more than 85,000 memberships, impacting more than 125,000 children from military families.
For more information on the program, visit http://www.asymca.org/programs/ymca-dod-military-outreach-initative.