Make Connections During Blue Star Welcome Week 2026 — Sep 26-Oct 4

Make Connections During Blue Star Welcome Week

Get involved with local businesses, community events, and community members during Blue Star Welcome Week, September 26-October 4, 2026. The week helps ease the transition challenges of military families by creating opportunities for meaningful connections.

Blue Star Families (BSF) has been impacting military families around the world since its founding in 2009 by a group of military spouses. Their efforts help empower servicemembers to thrive throughout military life, and that’s just one reason Armed Forces Mutual is proud to be a part of Blue Star Welcome Week, recognizing the approximately 600,000 active-duty and transitioning military families who move to new communities each year.

Blue Star Welcome Week focuses on helping military and Veteran families get to know their communities, meet neighbors, and gain a sense of belonging in their new homes. Military-affiliated organizations around the world also get involved to help welcome new military families to their local communities. If your family has recently moved to a new area, be sure to attend a Welcome Week event, such as free museum entry days or tours, scavenger hunts, children’s activities and music events like the Worldwide Day of Play, and much more..

If you live in the Washington, DC area, make plans to join Armed Forces Mutual at the Fort Myer-Henderson Hall Commissary on October 2, from 9am-4pm, for Conversation and Coffee. You’ll learn about financial protection and readiness and take home some of our swag.

About Armed Forces Mutual

As the longest-standing nonprofit association dedicated to serving members of the military community, Armed Forces Mutual is your trusted partner in building financial security for the years to come. From life insurance to mortgage solutions to financial expertise, we help guide Active Duty, Veterans and spouses with a deep understanding of military life.  

About Blue Star Families

Blue Star Families was founded by military spouses in 2009 to empower military families to thrive by connecting them with local community individuals and organizations for mutual support. Their groundbreaking research raised the nation's awareness of the unique challenges of military family life and, with the help of neighbors across the country, BSF helps families overcome the isolation and alienation of frequent moves, deployments, and disconnections through a variety of innovative programs. There are more than 150,000 members in the Blue Star Families network, including those in chapters and communities all over the world, whose efforts touch more than 1.5 million military family members every year.