<p>When is it? How do we get prepared for it? Is that the day she could call home?</p>
<p>They are suppose to go to their sponsor familiy house on July 16th (sunday). Do you know her sponsor family yet? If didn't know before inprocessing was suppose to find out that day. some Athletes go with their coaches for the day to hang out with team members. If your cadet did not sign up for sponsor family then I am not sure what they will do that day. You may want to call AOG to see their status for that day. I found out My son's status by calling them.</p>
<p>They are allowed to call home.</p>
<p>Can you send a box of goodies to the Sponsor Family's home?</p>
<p>It's technically possible to do so, if you know who they are. Unless a personal request was put in for a family member in the area that was approved or something similar, you won't know this info until after (or on) DDO. Rest assured that your basic cadet will be taken good care of on DDO as sponsor families are very accomodating and do whatever they can to ensure the basic(s) are comfortable and able to relax a few hours.</p>
<p>Your basic should be calling home that day (or you will get a letter beforehand from him/her saying when the call will come).</p>
<p>We always fed them, let them use the phone, watch cable tv and sleep if they need it. Many of them were not "our" sponsor kids. Their sponsors sometimes were on vacation.</p>
<p>When you teach there, you only can take leave when class is not in session.</p>