San Antonio — Operation Homefront is accepting nominations for the 2017 Military Child of the Year® awards through Dec. 5.

Six winners in the ages 8 to 18 range, representing the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, and National Guard, will receive $10,000 each.  They will be selected based on their scholarship, volunteerism, leadership, and extracurricular involvement.

The seventh award, which is open to young people ages 13 to 18, is the Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation® presented by Booz Allen Hamilton.  The winner of this award shows the power of innovative thinking.  Examples include a new invention, improvement to technology, or creation of a new nonprofit. The Innovation award recipient will earn $5,000 and a mentorship by Booz Allen Hamilton employees to scale or to advance the winner's project.

Every winner will be flown to Washington along with a parent or guardian to receive the award from high-ranking military leaders.

Parents, siblings, teachers, coaches, clergy, neighbors, grandparents – indeed anyone who knows a child's talents – may nominate online. Simply go to www.militarychildoftheyear.org and click the Nominate tab.