Army CYS Gelnhausen Child Development Center children and staff aim to put smiles on soldiers’ faces in Iraq this holiday season. The CDC staff members and youths were busy creating handmade ornaments, cards, collages, and posters to send to them before Christmas.
In an article released by the U.S. Army Garrison Hessen Public Affairs Office, training curriculum specialist for the Büdingen and Gelnhausen CDCs Lee Dodd said, “We’re trying to teach the children about citizenship and community.” Dodd describes recent community involvement efforts as a “part of our CHARACTER COUNTS! pillars.” In addition to these holiday gifts, students cleaned up the neighborhood in a recycling project and plan to deliver cards to a nursing home.
