Did You Know.... Key Spouse Program Published April 17, 2014 By SrA. Charles Hutchinson IV 439th Airlift Wing Public Affairs WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- "We leave no family behind." This is the motto of the Westover Key Spouse Program. KSP is an official commander's program designed to enhance readiness and establish a sense of community. Program volunteers promote partnerships with unit leadership as well as other community and helping agencies. The program has been standardized across the Air Force to address the needs of all military families with special emphasis on support to families of deployed members. Key Spouse members do a variety of different things as volunteers. Just as the mission posture evolves at Westover, so does the KSP mission. Shanna King, a manager with the Airmen and Family Readiness Center, helps oversee KSP. She briefed senior leadership and squadron commanders on the March A UTA about the Key Spouse Program. "Everybody has a part to play," she said, adding KSP synergizes the efforts of volunteers, first sergeants and families. KSP members, who meet at the base monthly, assist during times of deployments and mobilizations. "Key Spouses are trained volunteers that provide personal, peer-to-peer support for their unit's families", said Therese Sarnelli, a veteran Key Spouse member. "Their role is to care for families by providing them with information from their unit's leadership about events, programs, and other available resources during periods of separation. As an official unit representative, they also serve as a point of contact when spouses need to communicate to their leadership any difficulties they may be experiencing." Spouses can call the Airman and Family Readiness Center or go to their spouses' first sergeants for more information. "This is very important communication with the first sergeants. We'll be meeting with them on the Sunday of the April A UTA," said King. The center may be reached at 557-3024. EDITOR'S NOTE: TSgt. George Cloutier contributed to this story.