{"id":317758,"date":"2024-11-03T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=317758"},"modified":"2024-11-05T03:30:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T03:30:41","slug":"camp-zama-soldiers-civilians-work-together-to-bring-halloween-spirit-to-local-childrens-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=317758","title":{"rendered":"Camp Zama Soldiers, civilians work together to bring Halloween spirit to local children\u2019s home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A Soldiers with Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, right, shows his radio transceiver to residents at the nearby Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home Oct. 30. The BOSS Soldiers and members of Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu were there to hand out candy to the children to give them a Halloween experience.
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ZAMA, Japan \u2013 Residents at the Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home here got to experience the Halloween spirit when Soldiers and civilians from Camp Zama visited the home Oct. 30 and passed out bags of candy.<\/p>\n

Leading the effort were members of Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, or BOSS, and members of the Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu.<\/p>\n

Spc. Desiree Butler, a BOSS member assigned to the 78th Signal Battalion, said the event was a great way to spend time with local children and foster a relationship with the surrounding community by sharing American culture with them.<\/p>\n

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\n Members of Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program load boxes of candy Oct. 30 in preparation for a visit to the nearby Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home. During the visit, BOSS Soldiers and members of Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu handed out the candy to give the children a Halloween experience.
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As the BOSS members handed out candy, the children conversed with them and asked them questions about their jobs, an indication that they were comfortable with being around the Soldiers, Butler said.<\/p>\n

She emphasized the importance of building rapport with Japanese children in the community and said the BOSS team is looking forward to the next opportunity to grow that relationship.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids really enjoyed our interaction,\u201d Butler said.<\/p>\n

Timothy Guck, a logistics management specialist assigned to LRC-Honshu, said he and his co-workers partnered with the BOSS team to bring some joy to the children while sharing American culture and building intercultural relations.<\/p>\n

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\n Members assigned to Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu prepare bags of candy at their office Oct. 29 in preparation for a visit to the nearby Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home the next day. During the visit, members of LRC-Honshu and Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, handed out the candy to give the children a Halloween experience.
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The outreach event was part of an ongoing commitment to develop relationships with the local community, as Guck\u2019s office visited the children last Christmas and invited them to Camp Zama in the summer.<\/p>\n

Guck said the event brought a sense of joy to him and his co-workers getting to see the children\u2019s smiling faces and hear their laughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to see the children more than just once a year,\u201d Guck said. \u201cWe [are trying] to develop a year-round partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Soldiers from Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program and members of Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu pose for a group photo Oct. 30 during their visit to the nearby Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home. The Soldiers and civilians were there to hand out candy to the children to give them a Halloween experience.
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Hinata Hashino, a fifth grader and resident at Seiko Gakuen, said he and his friends enjoyed the visit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes me nervous speaking English, but it motivates me because I want to talk to them when they visit us.\u201d Hashino said of the Soldiers and civilians. \u201cMy friends and I were very happy to receive candy, and I want them to visit us more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Soldiers with Camp Zama\u2019s Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program, right, shows his radio transceiver to residents at the nearby Seiko Gakuen children\u2019s home Oct. 30. The BOSS Soldiers and members of Logistics Readiness Center \u2013 Honshu were there to hand out candy to the children to give them a Halloween experience. (Photo Credit: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317760,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-317758","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\/317758","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=317758"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317765,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317758\/revisions\/317765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/317760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=317758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=317758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=317758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}