Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Seventeenth District

Date: Nov. 3, 2008
Contact: Petty Officer Sara Francis
Phone: (907) 271.2660 Ofc.

Coast Guard lends helping hand to playground on Kodiak

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Members of the Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team in Kodiak and Integrated Support Command Kodiak volunteered their time to improve the playground at Kodiak Island Borough School District's Peterson Elementary in mid-October.

The school coordinated through Commander Sam Jordan, the Comptroller at Integrated Support Command Kodiak and the CG appointed representative to the Kodiak Island Borough School District Board to facilitate the project.

"The principal of Peterson Elementary School, Ms. Beth Cole, asked if there were any units or personnel interested in doing a community out-reach project," said Jordan. "There was a need for help with the building and installation of a "jungle gym" for the Developmental Pre-School and Kindergarten children. The existing playground was built for larger children"

Chief Boatswain's Mate James Brumley, the Officer-In-Charge of Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, already interested in community service projects, eagerly volunteered to assist with the project.

Commander Jordan and the eight members of the Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak crew met with Cole and a representative from the maintenance department on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008.

"We got started around 8 a.m.," said Jordan. "The eight person crew from the Aids to Navigation Team got started right away and hauled out the jungle gym equipment, dug holes and completed the installation by about 4 p.m."

The concrete footings were poured early the following week enabling Peterson Elementary to officially open it up for use by the children that Wednesday.

"It's been a real hit so far with the children," said Jordan. "I give all the credit for the completion of this project to the Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak crew.  With winter coming fast and the ground getting harder by the day, the project definitely wouldn't have gotten done had it not been for their hard work, high energy level, enthusiasm and construction know how."

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Members of Aids-to-Navigation Team Kodiak and Integrated Support Command Kodiak assisted in the installation of new playground equipment at Peterson Elementary in October. 081011-G-0000A-500 (U.S. Coast Guard photo/ANT Kodiak) 

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