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Date: March 15, 2011

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CGA Donates Furniture to Local Schools

NEW LONDON, Conn. - Staff members from Johnston Public Schools and North Providence Public Schools move file cabinets that were donated by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Tuesday, March 15, 2011. More than 65 public schools across eastern Conn. and R.I. were solicited for the furniture that has an estimated used commercial value of $30,500. The academy continues to partner with local school districts to support education initiatives. Coast Guard Academy Cadets volunteered 4,300 cadet hours in local schools during the 2010 Fall Semester, mentoring and tutoring in the classroom and volunteering in physical education classes. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Tamargo

NEW LONDON, Conn. - Staff members from Johnston Public Schools and North Providence Public Schools move file cabinets that were donated by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Tuesday, March 15, 2011.

More than 65 public schools across eastern Connecticut and Rhode Island were solicited for interest in the furniture that has an estimated used commercial value of $30,500. The academy routinely partners with local school districts to support education initiatives.

Coast Guard Academy cadets volunteered 4,300 hours in local schools during the 2010 Fall Semester, mentoring and tutoring in the classroom and volunteering in physical education classes.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Timothy Tamargo

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