More than 40 Sub Vet Bases are now involved in the program. This program is a Community Outreach Program which does the following:

1. It gives Sub Vets a way to reach the Community by giving embroidered caps to children who are the victims of cancer or other afflictions that have cost them their hair or dignity through Chemo or Radiation treatments (or for any other reason the Base may deem appropriate).

A. The Kids feel good about getting the cap.

B. The Sub Vets feel good about giving the Kids a cap.

C. This is an opportunity for a community media Press Release through Newspapers or TV.

Your Base will need to contact the local media and tell them about the program and when your base will be presenting the caps to the kids.

Your Base may need to take pictures of the event and write up a short story telling the community about what your Base is doing and send it to the local newspaper. Be sure that anything your Base does in the media includes a contact telephone number and name.

The way to get started is to contact your local Cancer treatment facility or contact Bobby Broderick for assistance with finding a suitable location. Explain the Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) program to the appropriate person in charge of such events at the treatment facility. Get invited to give the caps away.

Establish a date to give the caps to the children.

Buy the caps. Contact Bobby Broderick for suggestions for suppliers, or use your own local resources. Most bases use kid sized Pink and Blue ballcaps with "Honorary Submariner" and dolphins on the front, but some bases prefer "bucket hats" or "doo-rags".

Attend the presentation with as many Sub Vets as the clinic or hospital will allow to participate. Wear your vests, bring pictures of submarines and other memorabilia such as models. Bring your Base Submarine Float, if you have one and it can be seen by the Kids. Take photos of the event and send copies back to the original Kids in the photos. Make it a memorable day for your Sub Vets and for the Kids.

This is an ongoing program as we will never run out of kids and most likely (unfortunately) we will never run out of Kids with cancer.

D. The media attention should attract other (and new) Submariners in your area to your Base.

E. E-mail the story and your photos to the American Submariner at subvetseditor@yahoo.com - I can guarantee that it will be published!

Bobby Broderick
Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chairman
(361) 876-0042

More than 40 Sub Vet Bases are now involved in the program. This program is a Community Outreach Program which does the following:

1. It gives Sub Vets a way to reach the Community by giving embroidered caps to children who are the victims of cancer or other afflictions that have cost them their hair or dignity through Chemo or Radiation treatments (or for any other reason the Base may deem appropriate).

A. The Kids feel good about getting the cap.

B. The Sub Vets feel good about giving the Kids a cap.

C. This is an opportunity for a community media Press Release through Newspapers or TV.

Your Base will need to contact the local media and tell them about the program and when your base will be presenting the caps to the kids.

Your Base may need to take pictures of the event and write up a short story telling the community about what your Base is doing and send it to the local newspaper. Be sure that anything your Base does in the media includes a contact telephone number and name.

The way to get started is to contact your local Cancer treatment facility or contact Bobby Broderick for assistance with finding a suitable location. Explain the Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) program to the appropriate person in charge of such events at the treatment facility. Get invited to give the caps away.

Establish a date to give the caps to the children.

Buy the caps. Contact Bobby Broderick for suggestions for suppliers, or use your own local resources. Most bases use kid sized Pink and Blue ballcaps with "Honorary Submariner" and dolphins on the front, but some bases prefer "bucket hats" or "doo-rags".

Attend the presentation with as many Sub Vets as the clinic or hospital will allow to participate. Wear your vests, bring pictures of submarines and other memorabilia such as models. Bring your Base Submarine Float, if you have one and it can be seen by the Kids. Take photos of the event and send copies back to the original Kids in the photos. Make it a memorable day for your Sub Vets and for the Kids.

This is an ongoing program as we will never run out of kids and most likely (unfortunately) we will never run out of Kids with cancer.

D. The media attention should attract other (and new) Submariners in your area to your Base.

E. E-mail the story and your photos to the American Submariner at subvetseditor@yahoo.com - I can guarantee that it will be published!

Bobby Broderick
Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chairman
(361) 876-0042