Greg Stevens (right), 4-H Community Educator for Saratoga County helps Dokota Mattern, age 8 from Lockport, NY build a bluebird house during a natural resource lab as part of the NY National Guard Family and Youth Training Workshop, April 16.
The NY National Guard Youth program provides support and skills training in leadership, mentoring and resource coordination that reflect the unique needs of military youth. The program provides safe activities and a place to meet, talk and have fun with other military youth while addressing deployment issues, such as separation anxiety, increased responsibility and reintegration when a loved one returns home.
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Times Union -- Tue, 28 Jan 2025 Duty Calls: Niskayuna woman earns Four Chaplains Brotherhood Award Melanie Puorto-Conte of Niskayuna, who has dedicated her life to advocating for women and youths as well as suicide prevention, has been selected to receive the 60th Four Chaplains Remembrance... (more)
WRGB -- Sat, 25 Jan 2025 National Guard soldiers honored in emotional farewell ceremony in Latham (video) LATHAM, N.Y. (WRGB)- Hundreds gathered in Latham for an emotional farewell ceremony honoring 111 Army National Guard soldiers set to deploy to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The event, steeped in tradition,... (more)
Spectrum News -- Fri, 17 Jan 2025 New York National Guard to assist with presidential inauguration ceremonies The New York National Guard is in Washington, D.C. to assist with presidential inauguration ceremonies.