RONDA ENGLANDER: The whole family

serves when there's someone in the military.

And there are extra challenges that kids

face that I think a lot of people might not be aware of.

NARRATOR: 2 million children in America

are serving in the Armed Forces.

They don't get recognized.

They don't get paid.

They didn't even sign up.

They just have parents who are in the military.

And like their mothers and fathers,

they know the meaning of sacrifice.

My goal is really is to make sure that this generation

of kids, that they know that they're not alone.

NARRATOR: Ronda Englander cofounded The Comfort Crew,

a nonprofit dedicated to helping communities understand,

nurture, and care for the needs of military kids.

We have several programs that support our military families.

One of them is a USO-sponsored tour,

and that tour has been around the world

probably a couple of times now in the last five years,

going into schools, talking to students.

NARRATOR: Sara Jane Arnett, the mother of three young boys,

is married to an Army MP currently

on his third deployment.

SARA JANE ARNETT: The presentation

was-- it was a fun, interactive way for children

to know that it's OK to be sad.

It's OK to be happy.

You could have this huge wide range of emotions, and it's OK.

For my oldest, the most responsible that

doesn't want to burden anybody else, it has changed him.

I feel like he's more comfortable sharing

his feelings, or comfortable saying, Mom,

can you listen to me?

Can you come in here?

Can you hold me?

Can you work with me on my homework?

So he's more comfortable knowing that it's fine.

NARRATOR: In addition to the tour,

The Comfort Crew offers a series of kits

to help children deal with deployments, reintegration,

and even the loss of a parent.

A deployment kit helped Sara Jane and her boys

through an especially low time when her husband was

deployed to Afghanistan.

I was just at my wits' end, and I just

happened to ask one of the ladies at the front desk

if they had a kit.

And I really needed-- I needed help.

I sat in the chair in the waiting room

and I had myself a little pity party for one.

And lo and behold, they came out and they found one.

It offers a DVD-- it's an interactive DVD--

a caregiver booklet, a teddy bear.

And they gave it to my middle son,

and I sat there and just cried.

Because it's the kindness, it comes from a great place,

and it's there to help our children

when we're not strong enough to be the ones that they go to.

We're just all so privileged to be

able to serve our military families.

It's a real honor.

It all comes from a very personal place for them,

because one of the founders is a military child,

and she lost her dad in the Vietnam War.

RONDA ENGLANDER: My dad, Rocky, he flew medevac missions

for the 101st Airborne Division.

Unfortunately, he died in the line of duty.

He served in Vietnam.

And so no one really talked about Vietnam

when I was growing up, and I truly

thought that I was the only kid who lost a parent in Vietnam.

I really did.

And it was really lonely.

This is the memory box.

So we provide this to families when

there's a loss of a loved one.

This is my personal one.

It's intended to be a safe place to store important items

to remember your family member.

I really didn't talk about my dad or his service.

Growing up, this wasn't talked about in my house.

And so I didn't really grieve for my dad

until I started putting-- working on this project.

As a result of that, I've learned that he

can be a part of my life.

We've been doing this now for getting close to 10 years.

We're a small nonprofit, so we operate

at the generosity of the general public on donations.

Right now, the requests for our resources from families

is outpacing our donations.

You don't always have to give money just

to be able to support military kids.

Keep them in your prayers.

Just say, I'm praying for you.

You're in my thoughts.

Well, we are really honored and truly humbled

when families request our resource,

and then we hear back from them.

I'd like to read one from a little girl who

sent us an email.

"You spoke at my school when I got the 'With You

All the Way' movie box and that journal.

My dad was gone three times, and I felt like he didn't know us,

he didn't know his family."

CHILD (VOICEOVER): I sometimes got so sad it hurt inside.

My dad was depressed.

But it feels like he's not my same dad.

But I promise, your movie helped a lot.

I wrote my ideas down in my journal, and my dad read it.

And you know what?

He cried.

And when he cried, I knew that he cared.

And I felt a lot better to know that he got his feelings back,

and I got my dad back.