Operation Kid Comfort

UPDATE: Not only does this organization make these quilts for free they also thank the bloggers who post about it! I got this comment this afternoon and wanted to include it in this post!

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Thank you so much for posting information about your Operation Kid Comfort quilts and the joy this program has brought you children. Korbin and Tayton are adorable and look so happy with their OpKid quilts.

Thousands of America's Littlest Heroes, the children of our deployed men and women, have been served since Operation Kid Comfort began more then five years ago, on Make A Difference Day, 2003. It is wonderful to see blogs such as yours recognize the efforts of hundreds of volunteers that make this award winning program so special.

Information about the program, its origins, and how to participate in and support Operation Kid Comfort, please visit www.operationkidcomfort.blogspot.com or www.asymca.org.

Best wishes to you and yours. We will keep you and all our military families in our thoughts and prayers.

Ann FlahertyFounder, Operation Kid Comfort


The Armed Services YMCA has a program called Operation Kid Comfort. They make quilts (or pillows for older kids) with pictures on them for kids of deployed soldiers. We jumped in on that offer real quick and we got our quilts today! They are so perfect!

The note on the bag reads:

Dear Korbin/Tayton,

Hello! My name is K.C. That stands for Kid Comfort. Actually, my full name is Operation Kid Comfort but you can call me K.C.

So, I am a quilt and I know I am not supposed to talk but I just wanted to let you know how special you are. I can only imagine how hard it must be for you t not be able to see your Daddy everyday.

Hopefully I can help with that; just look at me! There are pictures all over me of you and the people that love you the most. Your name is on there and the seal of your Daddy's military organization is there as well!

I want you to know that it is okay to hurt and it is okay to cry. You can drag me around as much as you like. Sleep on me, cover yourself up with me, and hug me! I promise that I'll stay with you and help you through these tough times.

You also do not have to worry about getting me dirty. I like being washed in cold water with mild detergent on the gentle cycle. I especially like to air dry!

So, get ready to enjoy me!

I also wanted to let you know that lots of other people who helped make me are also thinking special thoughts about you and your family. There is the person that cut the fabric, another that printed out all your pictures and some special people who sewed me together and got me ready so that I could belong to you and only you!

Your Buddy,

K.C.