Operation Homefront is thrilled to announce the top 5 Finalists from each branch of service for the 2017 Military Child of the Year® Award and the 6 Finalists for the second annual Military Child of the Year® Award for Innovation presented by Booz Allen Hamilton.
Meet our Finalists…
ARMY
Darrius Anderson, 17, Mansfield, TX
Alec Argueta, 17, El Paso, TX
Andrea Gamble, 17, APO AE
Hayley Hamblin, 18, Florissant, CO
Henderson Heussner, 18, Fort Myers, FL
AIR FORCE
Jamal Braxton, 18, Hill AFB, UT
Katherine Dever, 17, Kathleen, GA
Linda Goodson, 17, Triangle, VA
Jordyn McNeal, 10, Birmingham, AL
Benjamin Rawald, 14, Del Rio, TX
COAST GUARD
Mary Kate Cooper, 17, Fairfax, VA
Jessie Porter, 17, Bayamon, PR
Kira Walters, 14, Yorktown, VA
Cody Watson, 16, Tuttle, OK
Rachel Winburn, 17, Ketchikan, AK
MARINES
Jackson Beatty, 17, Camp Lejeune, NC
Brooke Gruber, 17, Jacksonville, NC
Sierra LeFlore, 17, San Marcos, CA
Jennifer Narvaez, 16, Hubert, NC
Thomas Russ, 17, Stafford, VA
NAVY
Alexis Bryant, 17, Virginia Beach, VA
Alexander McGrath, 17, Severna Park, MD
Evan Pittman,18, Phoenix, AZ
Isabelle Richards, 12, Jamul CA
Ethan Vicario, 17, Virginia Beach, VA
NATIONAL GUARD
Amelia Bailey, 16, St. Augustine, FL
Molly Frey, 16, Pickerington, OH
John Kargel, 15, Isle, MN
Zaniya Lewis, 18, Edgewater Park, NJ
Eleanor Rager, 17, Douglasville, GA
MILITARY CHILD OF THE YEAR® AWARD FOR INNOVATION (presented by Booz Allen Hamilton)
Sophie Bernstein, 16, St. Louis, MO, Navy
Gabriel Feinn, 16, Louisville, KY, Navy
Noah Freye, 17, Chesapeake, VA, Navy
Kennedy Knight, 17, Charlotte, NC, National Guard
Lily Moser, 15, Portland, OR, Army
Madison Shick, 15, Tampa, FL, Army
So now that we have our finalists, what’s next?
Winners will be announced in March and then on to the big gala in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2017.
Congratulations to all of our Military Child of the Year® finalists! Great job!
