After-school group an outlet for children with loved ones serving in the military

· West Central Tribune ·: "Six-year-old Julia Walquist knew just what she would do with her new pillow made of red, white and blue fleece. “I’m going to put it on my bed with my other two pillows,” the first-grader said. One of those other pillows, the one she usually sleeps with, has a picture of her dad on it. Julia’s dad, Lt. Robert Walquist, is serving with the National Guard in Iraq. He’s scheduled to come home sometime in late April. Julia and a dozen other kids with relatives who are deployed got together after school a week ago. The members of the Military Kids Club talked a little about the dads and moms who are gone but they veered off into other topics, too. Sometimes it seemed that it was enough for them to just spend time with people who are going through the same thing. A group of school social workers organized the club last year to help kids in grades K-6 who are affected by deployment.
Saturday, March, 08, 2008 - West Central Tribune - News"