Created in 2004 at Ft. Bragg/Pope Air Force Base in Fayetteville, N.C., ASYMCA’s Operation Kid Comfort is designed to address the emotional stress that children of military personnel suffer during a parent’s absence from home. Operation Kid Comfort provide free quilts for children six and under and pillows for children age seven and up.

The Program
ASYMCA volunteers collect photographs from military families to make “photo-transfer” quilts that feature images of the deployed family member. With the help of local quilting artists, volunteers are taught the basic steps of quilt making, how to crop and scan pictures, preparation of the fabric, and use of equipment. Photographs of the deployed parent are scanned into a computer, printed, and placed onto the fabric. The quilt is then given to the child to play with, sleep with, or use to comfort them from the grief of missing their deployed parent.

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We ask that you provide six to nine photographs of your children with his or her military parent and/or other family members. If possible, please send the photos electronically or via mail on a disc; providing us scanned copies of the photographs saves us precious time.

To request a quilt or pillow, please fill out the ASYMCA Operation Kid Comfort form. The completed form along with the photos should be mailed to one of the following ASYMCA locations:

The above locations are limited to accepting requests only from families assigned to these particular military installations. All other requests should be sent to:

ASYMCA National Headquarters
Susan Simms
1-800-597-1260, ext 14
ssimms@asymca.org

ASYMCA National Executive Director Frank Gallo Displays Operation Kid Comfort Quilt