US Submarine Veterans Visit Sick Children

GROTON, Conn. - Nov. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Week is celebrated annually during the week that includes Veterans Day, and provides a special period where Submarine Veterans from USSVI Bases (chapters) bring comfort and joy to sick children.

The USSVI has over 13,000 members in 164 Bases in the US.  Year round, US Submarine Veterans visit children in Children’s Hospitals, Cancer Hospitals, Hospices, Child Psychiatric Facilities, Ronald McDonald Houses, and Camps for Children with medical challenges, in essence, any place where a child is medically challenged.  During the visits they make the children Honorary Submariners.

Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) is a USSVI Community  Outreach Program whose goal is to bring smiles to children battling challenging medical conditions, anywhere they are being treated.  US Submarine Veterans voluntarily do this by giving these children caring attention, Honorary Submariner caps, certificates, photos of submarines and submarine related items during visits.

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The Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Program is part of the United States Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation (USSVCF).  The USSVCF is the charitable arm of USSVI.  It was formed to further the purpose of the USSVI by assuming the responsibility of some USSVI activities which are charitable in nature.  The USSVI purpose, in part, is to “Perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country.”

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