Fernandez Child Development Center

The Armed Services YMCA is a private, nonprofit agency that offers educational, recreational, social and religious programs and services for military personnel. It provides before- and after-school child care programs at Johnsonville Elementary School and Highland Elementary School in Harnett County, N.C. The program includes homework assistance, snacks, games, outdoor activities, and arts and crafts. The agency organizes summer adventure camps that include activities, such as field trips, swimming, singing and reading programs. The Armed Services YMCA offers an arts and humanities program that includes classes in sign language and cooking. It also conducts classes in Bible studies. The organization offers a program, Operation Kid Comfort, which serves children of deployed duty soldiers and provides them with free photo-transfer quilts that bear photos of their families. The Armed Services YMCA is located in Fort Bragg, N.C.