Throughout their go to, Sailors helped IGP manage donations of clothes and furnishings, that are offered on the Kurason i’Sengsong thrift retailer, and assisted native volunteers locally backyard. Proceeds from the thrift retailer assist to fund IGP’s core program, which goals to create a protected surroundings for and empower younger women in Guam.
“We felt very enriched collectively from our expertise at Island Woman Energy,” mentioned Lt. Yo Kim, USS Ralph Johnson’s chaplain. “We hope that the group and beautification of the middle will assist the mission of IGP.”
Kim continued that it can be crucial for visiting service members to attach with the area people.
“With the ability to serve and volunteer for the group helps us hook up with the better good and the gorgeous folks of the island,” he mentioned.
IGP Government Director Juanita Blaz thanked the Sailors for his or her help on the heart.
“It’s all the time an enormous assist once we get army volunteers within the heart,” mentioned Blaz. “It reveals our group and our youth that there are folks on the market who care about them, and actually helps us meet our mission to care for many who come by means of our doorways.”
USS Ralph Johnson is an Arleigh Burke-Class guided-missile destroyer, able to embarking two MH-60 variant helicopters with air warfare, submarine warfare, and floor warfare capabilities; designed to function independently or with service strike teams, floor motion teams, or amphibious prepared teams. The ship is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan.
