Join Blue Star Families for Family Game Night on November 15, 6-8pm. Enjoy games, food, and prizes. Grand prize is two tickets to the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular.

RSVP here.

The Blue Star Families Connected Communities Impact Study mini-survey has launched! Take the mini-survey to share what it’s like to live as a #milfam in the New York Tri-State region.

Columbia University Athletics Program has 800 sports tickets available during Heroes Weekend, November 7-13.

With valid active-duty United States Armed Forces identification cards, active-duty U.S. military members, their spouses and their dependents are eligible to receive a 10% discount on the lowest available rail fare on most trains, including for travel on the Auto Train.

When members of the Armed Forces go on military deployment, how are their families impacted? How do their relationships weather repeated separations, and how can these relationships be strengthened? Blue Star Families and Stand Beside Them host a Long Table conversation on November 16, 2-3pm, with experts and community members on how service members, their families, and their communities can work together to empower families and spouses during military deployment. They seek to end isolation, strengthen family unity, and focus on reintegration once a military family member has returned.

This Long Table conversation will be followed by a free tour of the Rubin galleries at 3pm.

RSVP here.

Attend Celebrations Aboard Intrepid on December 8, 12:30-3pm. Explore how crew members aboard Intrepid celebrated special occasions with their fellow sailors when their families were far away. The program will recreate some of these U.S. Navy traditions and give families the chance to share some of their own!

Intrepid’s Military Family Programs are for children 3-18, created for current and former military service members and their families. These two-hour programs include a hands-on tour of the museum, experiments and design challenges intended to engage the whole family. Join them before the program for refreshments and casual conversation.

Register here.

Community Strong presents Back to Basics, Long Island’s 5th Annual Symposium dedicated to supporting military members, veterans, and families on December 6. 

Military and Veteran attendees can get direct on-the-spot help and answers from experts and service providers who can offer guidance, advocacy, and resource navigation to veterans and family members. As always, the symposium is free for veterans, military, and their families.

Students and service providers will receive practical information, instructional strategies, and professional techniques for engaging and supporting veterans.
Up to 6 Social Work, Mental Health Counselor, and CASAC CEUs will be available.

More information and a registration link is forthcoming.