SANTA RITA, Guam\u2014Sailors from U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) and its tenant commands are volunteering to help Marcial A. Sablan Elementary School get ready for the upcoming school year during \u201cFix Up\u201d day scheduled for 7 a.m.-noon, Aug. 16. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a great opportunity for our Sailors to reach out to our sister school, help in a meaningful way, and give back to a community that has welcomed us with such great hospitality,\u201d said Capt. Andy Anderson, Naval Base Guam commanding officer. <\/p>\n
In recent weeks, dozens of Sailors have volunteered their time to help public schools throughout the island prepare for the new school year slated to start Aug. 18. About 20 Sailors from commands including NBG, Coastal Riverine Group 1 Detachment Guam, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5, are volunteering their time to paint, rake and water blast at the Agat school this weekend. \t<\/p>\n
Principal Geraldine Pablo said she appreciates the support military members have extended to the local community and that the Sailors offer \u201ctremendous help\u201d as the school gears up to welcome back its students. <\/p>\n
\u201cI feel that having the military community come out to support our school is a great way for them to be able to participate in the island community,\u201d Pablo said. \u201cMany military personnel are here on island far from their homes so this will be a great opportunity for individuals to meet new people and form friendships. We are truly grateful to the military for being a positive impact for our students, our school, and the island.\u201d (PR)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SANTA RITA, Guam\u2014Sailors from U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) and its tenant commands are volunteering…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[200,1028,67],"class_list":["post-176630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-military","tag-nbg","tag-people"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}