Supporting the military and its families is something I’m passionate about as an Army reservist and Navy wife. The United Service Organizations has supported our troops for more than 70 years and holds to the motto “Until Every One Comes Home.” For the last five years, the USO has partnered with Sesame Street to send a free, traveling entertainment tour for kids on U.S. military installations across the globe.
More than 368,000 troops and military families have experienced the Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families since 2008. Sesame Street and the USO introduced a new character in 2011 to connect with military children. Katie, a military kid, transfers with her parents to a new duty station and experiences the stress that accompanies the move.
This year’s world tour began May 29Â at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. Over the next six months, the show has been scheduled to visit 42 bases in eight European and Pacific countries. To see the tour schedule, click HERE.
 Scroll down to see photos from the tour!
Want to help? Here are five ways to get involved:
- Volunteer at one of your local USO locations. There are more than 160 around the world!
- Offer help to a military family in your area. That could be mowing the lawn or helping with chores or anything that can help relieve stress they may be feeling, especially when one spouse is deployed.
- Teach your kids how they can support their classmates that are military children. Visit Facebook.com/
SesameStreetforMilitaryFamilie s for ideas. - Listen to a military spouse. Sometimes we just need someone to talk to, so we know we’re not alone!
- Say thank you. Having a friend, neighbor, or total stranger thank you for your service goes a long way to making a service member feel the sacrifice is worth it.
To learn more about the tour and other resources for military families, visit:
- USO/Facebook
- USO/Twitter
- Sesame Street/Facebook (for military families)
- Sesame Street/Twitter
Note: All photos are used with permission and courtesy of Sesame Street/USO. I was not compensated for this post.
12 Comments
Seriously Sesame Street has always done a wonderful job with kids! Everything they do touches someone <3
this is wonderful.. I am going to check out those links and see where the closest is around me.
how cute!
Leave it to Sesame Street. 🙂 This is awesome!
Aawww! My daughter saw it and she wants to see them. 😀
I am always happy to see military kids have something special like this. I grew up in the military and would have loved to have something like this!
That’s great that they are supporting military families! We greatly appreciate our military!
I love how Sesame Street continues to help kids grow and support everyone! Love them!
This is so great! I am going to share this with our military friends. Sesame Street has some great resources for military families. They have a wonderful DVD on deployment that my kids loved.
I haven’t heard of the DVD, but I did know they have a free app for military kids.
This is so great for those families. It also sounds like a great way to relate to exactly what a lot of those kids at their shows are going through. I never knew they offered volunteer opportunities. We live in a military area, many bases, and often do help, but it’s nice to know about more options.
Sesame street has always done a wonderful job and I am glad that it is still around to show my kids as well. Not many kids shows have lasted so many years but I am glad they have! It’s great to see that they have an impact for military kids too! Super important! Thanks for sharing 🙂