CYS enjoyable competition honors army youngsters

CYS enjoyable competition honors army youngsters

Fort Jackson Public Affairs Office

Date: 04.30.2026

Posted: 05.07.2026 14:24

News ID: 564705

Every 12 months Fort Jackson holds a fun-filled competition geared toward bringing the neighborhood collectively to honor its youngest members.

Children had been inspired to jot down down their tales at numerous cubicles round Patriots Park in the course of the Family Fun Fest held April 24.

It was all a part of an annual occasion held to honor and acknowledge the sacrifices of army youngsters. This 12 months’s theme was “Tell us your stories.”

“We are honoring our military kids,” stated Gwendolyn Jefferson, Child and Youth Services’ Parent Central Services and Outreach director. “Every April we put on this event to honor the resilience of our military kids. Here we have lots of games and giveaways just to show them we appreciate them.

“This is to honor them, and we are very happy about it.”

The Family Fun Fest is one in all many neighborhood occasions held all year long on Fort Jackson designed to attach the whole Army Family.

Staff Sgt. Alexander Caudillo, with Headquarters, Headquarters Battalion, stated “We are dual military and this is important to us because it gives our kids the opportunity to socialize and do fun stuff.”

For him making time for his youngsters is paramount since he and his spouse are twin army a lot they’d drive to submit for occasions like this.

“We actually live 35 minutes from here,” he stated. “…. It means a lot to us especially interacting with other families and whatnot.”

Community within the army is “everything” he added. “It’s why we do our jobs. It’s why we deploy. When we say to ‘support and defend the Constitution,’ community is a big part of that. It’s the whole reason we do everything.”

“I think it’s great for them to see other Families,” Jefferson stated. “They don’t have to go out they can feel safe here in their own environment. It’s really great to be able to do this here.”

Some upcoming neighborhood occasions embrace the Weston Lake Opening and the start of the Palmetto Falls Water Park season, May 23.

Caudillo added he was particularly wanting ahead the water park opening.

“It’s the only installation I’ve seen with a water park and I’m super excited about it,” he stated.