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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta joined volunteers from KaBOOM!, Northrop Grumman, the Fort Meade Community Covenant Council, and Blue Star Families to build a new playground at Fort Meade’s Burba Park as part of the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. The project also involves Operation Honor Cards, a Blue Star Families initiative to encourage Americans to perform service in honor of military families, veterans, and service members.

Blue Star Families announced today that are joining forces to remember 9/11 and to thank military families, veterans and service members. Volunteers from KaBOOM, Northrup Grumman, the Fort Meade Community Covenant, and Blue Star Families will be on hand to build a new playground at Burba Park at Fort Meade as part of the 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance. The project also involves Operation Honor Cards, a program to encourage Americans to perform service in honor of military families, veterans, and service members.

Blue Star Families announced today that it has teamed up with the town of Independence, Kansas to remember 9/11 and to thank military families, veterans and service members. As part of the town's Military Memorial Display dedication, the town will ask residents and attendees to pledge community service in honor of military families. The community service pledges are part of Operation Honor Cards, a program to encourage Americans to perform service in honor of military families, veterans, and service members.

Blue Star Families announced today that it has teamed up with Six Flags to remember 9/11 and to thank military families, veterans and service members. As part of Six Flags Remembers America, all active duty military members can receive free admission to the Jackson, New Jersey theme park and Wild Safari over September 10-11, 2011. Family members may also purchase tickets at greatly reduced prices. A portion of the ticket proceeds will be donated to Blue Star Families.

If you haven't seen it yet, check out this appearance by Tim Daly on Fox and Friends from last week.  Tim was there to promote our military family suicide prevention PSAs, produced by The Creative Coalition.

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend President Obama's first Twitter Town Hall at the White House for Blue Star Families. I paid close attention to the tweets regarding the military, defense spending, and veterans.

I'm always telling people I have the best job in the world.  This weekend definitely proved it when I got to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, aka "Will and Kate."

Blue Star Families needs your help!  Today, Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and craigconnects, announced a month long campaign to highlight and support nonprofits helping military families and veterans.  Blue Star Families and three other organizations will receive more than $100,000 in craigconnects grants to support our work for military families, but we need you!

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, will join ServiceNation: Mission Serve and Blue Star Families to participate in a hiring fair and service project at Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles, California.

Check out these wonderful videos of thanks and support for military families recorded by Military.com at the premiere of the new military family suicide prevention public service announcements from Blue Star Families and the Creative Coalition.  Military.com caught up with Alyssa Milano, Jason Biggs and Marlon Wayans at BSF's celebrity-riddled event in Washington, D.C. last week.