Our Military Kids^®, a national nonprofit providing activity funding for eligible military children and teens, is celebrating a major milestone this week: 100,000 activity awards worth $36 million given to military children across the country.

To mark this achievement, Our Military Kids is thrilled to introduce 8-year-old Gavin, the 100,000th activity award recipient. During his mother's National Guard deployment, Gavin is using an Our Military Kids activity award to pay for his hockey fees.

Moved by the impact of receiving his activity award packet — which came not only with a check for hockey, but a personalized award certificate, dog tags, patch, and more — Gavin's family sent in the video above expressing their gratitude.

"Gavin was over the moon and became very emotional about the award," his mother told us. "It really does show what this program does for the kids, especially during a vulnerable time in their lives. This activity award was especially helpful during this time of uncertainty with the government shut down and me being overseas. Thank you again so much!"