A hollywood couple is reaching out to families in Fort Sill. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated more than one hundred thousand dollars to fund “Operation Hero.”
The armed services YMCA will work with Lawton public schools to help kids whose parents are serving in Iraq. Specially trained teachers will mentor the children after school.
They’ll focus on academic and social issues. Bill vaughan said, “Daddy and mommy are being deployed for 15 months, so the family issues change.”
Currently there are 17 operation hero programs across the U.S. The Jolie-Pitt Foundation will make it possible to start four more, including the one in Lawton.
The YMCA there is receiving more than 100 thousand dollars to fund Operation Hero for the next three years.
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