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U. S. Army Buys The Kissing Hand to Distribute to Military Families
For more information, contact
Joyce Johnson
Phone: 804/492-4519
Cell: 703/980-7641
E-mail: jjohnson@cwla.org
October 1, 2004, Washington, DC -- The U.S. Army has purchased 14,000 copies of the children's classic, The Kissing Hand, for distribution to organizations and groups that provide services to military children.
The books will be available in Army installation Libraries, Army Community Service Centers, Army Child Development Programs and through Army Family Readiness Groups, including Army National Guard and Army Reserve Family Readiness Groups in local communities.
A copy of The Kissing Hand will also be included with "video messenger kits" used to record deployed soldiers reading the book as a part of their message to their families back home. The video messenger kits will be distributed to units serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and those in Germany, Italy, the Pacific and the United States who are soon to deploy.
"It is our hope that this book helps to ease some of the fear and anxiety being experienced by children and their parents separated by military deployment and war. We are pleased that the U. S. Army's Community and Family Support Center chose The Kissing Hand to help the families serving in today's military," says Shay Bilchik, CWLA President and CEO.
The National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, (NACCRRA) is also distributing The Kissing Hand through its Operation Child Care project. In this project, childcare programs and providers volunteer to provide a few hours of free childcare for Armed forces personnel returning for two weeks of rest and recuperation leave from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A New York Times bestseller, The Kissing Hand is written by Audrey Penn and published by CWLA's trade imprint, Child & Family Press. The book is a favorite of parents and teachers dealing with young children attending pre-school and kindergarten for the first time. Scholastic Book Clubs president Judy Newman describes the book as an "underground classic."
The Kissing Hand ($16.95 + s/h) and other Child & Family Press books can be ordered through the CWLA website; by phone at 800/407-6273; or by mail at CWLA, PO Box 932831, Atlanta, GA, 31193-2831. The Kissing Hand is also available at fine bookstores everywhere.
The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. We are committed to engaging people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. CWLA envisions a future in which families, neighborhoods, communities, organizations, and governments ensure that all children and youth receive the resources they need to grow into healthy, contributing members of society. CWLA's overarching goal is Making Children a National Priority--one child, one community, at a time.
 Learn more about this project and The Kissing Hand.
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