Texas National Guard Child and Youth Program

💜 Month of the Military Child Spirit Week is here! 💜

Join us April 6–10 as we celebrate the strength, resilience, and courage of our incredible military children. Each day brings a fun theme to show support and appreciation for our military youth!

⭐ Spirit Week Themes:
🦸 Marvel Monday – April 6
🌈 Tie-Dye Tuesday – April 7
🤠 Western Wednesday – April 8
🇺🇸 Thank You Troops Thursday – April 9
💜 Fearless Purple Friday – April 10

Be creative, join the fun, and tag us in your photos throughout the week!

💜 It’s almost time to celebrate our military kids!

Mark your calendars for Month of the Military Child Spirit Week: April 6–10, 2026!

Get ready for fun daily themes and ways to show support for the amazing children who serve alongside their families. Stay tuned for the full Spirit Week flyer!

Today we celebrate our military kids! 💜🧡 Courage, smiles, and love all around!

Tomorrow’s the day! 🎉 1 day left until we honor our little heroes with the biggest hearts! 💖🧡

Just 2 days until the celebration! 💜 Tiny heroes, huge impact—our military kids shine! 🌟

3 days and counting! Big hearts, brave souls—let’s cheer for our military kids! 💖🧡

4 days left! Tiny but mighty—our military kids inspire courage everywhere they go! 💜✨

High five! ✋ Only 5 days until we celebrate our amazing military kids’ strength and smiles! 💖🧡

What an incredible Teen Retreat! Our Texas Youth Leadership Council and other awesome Texas Army National Guard connected teens experienced an exciting weekend of community building, leadership skill training, education and career information, financial literacy, mental health tools, and more!

Thank you to our amazing presenters:
SFC Ogbeide from the Texas Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Program. PFC Gentil from the Personal Finance Department, and Melanie and Emili from the Samaritan Center. The information and tools each of your provided was extremely valuable to our teens!

Thank you so much to our host site - our awesome partners from the Cedar Park Camp Twin Lakes YMCA!

Thank you to our wonderful volunteer, Mr. Melvin Cruz, for your time and dedication to our program!

And finally, thank you to our INCREDIBLE teens! You all are an amazing group! We are so excited to continue to watch you all learn and grow into the future leaders you all are destined to become! You all ROCK!!

6 days and the excitement grows! Courage comes in small packages—our military kids prove it every day! 💜💫

One week away! 7 days until we honor the superheroes in uniform at home—our military kids! 🧡