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Operation Kid Comfort Request

Please review and select photos you wish to submit prior to completing this form.

  • Be sure to include the child’s first and last name in the photo file.
  • You may send a different set of photos for each child. If you do, please label them as such.
  • Image formats accepted: jpg, jpeg, png, gif and bmp
  • Quilt and pillow requests without submission of photos will be considered incomplete.

File Requirements

  • Larger than 50KB but smaller than 2MB each
  • High-resolution so they can be sized to 8.5 inches
  • Submit 4 photos for a quilt (children 6 and under)
  • Submit 6 photos for pillows (children 7 - 18)

If at all possible, send photos that are in focus.

Photo Content

Please, no photos of children with guns.
If at all possible, please include photos of:

  • the deployed parent alone
  • the deployed parent with the child or children
  • the deployed parent in family pictures
  • the deployed parent in uniform

ASYMCA/Operation Kid Comfort Release

The Armed Services YMCA is actively pursuing corporate, business and individual support for Operation Kid Comfort and the many other programs we offer. We would appreciate your permission to use photographic images provided for these projects, as well as photographs of the finished quilts and photographs taken at Operation Kid Comfort workshops and events for these purposes. Please read our privacy statement and approve or disapprove the use of your image, the image of your child(ren) and/or your spouse below.

Armed Services YMCA Privacy Policy: We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to anyone, except as permitted by law. We restrict access to your personal information to those employees and volunteers who need to know that information to provide products and/or services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to guard your nonpublic personal information.

Please fill out this form with a SEPARATE application FOR EACH CHILD.
Including more than one (1) child on the application will result in non-acceptance of the application. You will be asked to upload photos for your quilt and we respectfully ask that you do not submit photos of children with guns.

Comfort Quilts - WFO

Operation Kid Comfort Quilt Request & Release Form

Please fill out this form once for each child. You will be asked to upload photos for your quilt and we respectfully ask that you do not submit photos of children with guns.

*Required Fields

Parent/Guardian Name(Required)
Address(Required)
Service Member Name(Required)
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Child's Name(Required)
Please enter a number from 0 to 99.
Child's Gender(Required)
ASYMCA/OPERATION KID COMFORT PHOTO RELEASE(Required)
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Accepted file types: jpg, jpeg, png, Max. file size: 25 MB.
    NOTE: Individual file sizes may not exceed 24MB

    If you experience issues submitting your quilt or pillow request, please make sure that you have properly filled out all required information and have uploaded at least four images in the proper image formats. If you continue to have problems please contact comfortquilts@ppymca.org and let them know the specific trouble you are having.

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