{"id":155159,"date":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=155159"},"modified":"2024-04-23T05:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T05:07:00","slug":"volunteers-on-okinawa-work-together-to-beautify-beach-on-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=155159","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers on Okinawa work together to beautify beach on Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Personnel assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa haul garbage from Torii Beach during an Earth Day beach cleanup Saturday at Torii Station, Okinawa. More than 40 community members, including service members, Department of Defense civilians, family members and Okinawan locals, spent two hours at Torii Station beach cleaning up garbage that is harmful to the island\u2019s ecosystem and learning more about various environmental impacts affecting Okinawa.
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TORII STATION, Okinawa \u2013 U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa personnel observed this year\u2019s Earth Day with a volunteer beach cleanup event Saturday.<\/p>\n

More than 40 community members, including service members, Department of Defense civilians, family members and Okinawan locals, spent two hours at Torii Station beach cleaning up garbage that is harmful to the island\u2019s ecosystem and learning more about various environmental impacts affecting Okinawa.<\/p>\n

Children were also able to participate in event, create crafts and learn about the sea turtles that hatch on Okinawa.<\/p>\n

Event organizer Alex Barajas, chief of the Environmental Division at the Directorate of Public Works there, emphasized the importance of doing one\u2019s part to protect and beautify the planet on Earth Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, USAG Okinawa and the local community came together to clean up the garbage we find here on the beach,\u201d Barajas said, \u201cbut the list is endless on how you can make a difference on Earth Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marine Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pleshe, an aviation ordinance technician assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, heard about the event from his Single Marine Program representative and decided it was a great opportunity to do his part and connect with the community.<\/p>\n

\u201cMyself and my wife love volunteering; it\u2019s a really good way to get out of the house and put yourself into your local community,\u201d Pleshe said. \u201cIt\u2019s a great way to make your time here in Okinawa a lot more meaningful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event concluded with participants receiving a commemorative coin made specially for the event that featured an image of the sea turtles that are native to the Okinawa area.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just really appreciate everyone for providing their selfless contribution[s] and doing their part to help keep our beach beautiful,\u201d Barajas said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Personnel assigned to U.S. Army Garrison Okinawa haul garbage from Torii Beach during an Earth Day beach cleanup Saturday at Torii Station, Okinawa. More than 40 community members, including service members, Department of Defense civilians, family members and Okinawan locals, spent two hours at Torii Station […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155161,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155159"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155165,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155159\/revisions\/155165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/155161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}