{"id":7498,"date":"2023-04-27T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T12:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=7498"},"modified":"2023-04-28T06:49:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T06:49:25","slug":"navsup-business-systems-center-cleans-up-sporting-hill-road-for-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=7498","title":{"rendered":"NAVSUP Business Systems Center Cleans Up Sporting Hill Road for Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>The cleanup served as an opportunity to help preserve the local environment and was the latest event supporting the command\u2019s 15-year partnership with PennDOT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNAVSUP BSC has been in Mechanicsburg for more than 60 years. Over the last 15 years, we\u2019ve maintained a partnership with PennDOT to keep this strip of road outside of the base clean,\u201d said Capt. David D. Carnal, commanding officer, NAVSUP BSC. \u201cWe want to have a good partnership with the community, and this is our way to give back for all they do to support us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Navy partners with local communities in promoting environmental and energy education initiatives aimed at preserving, protecting, restoring, and improving the environment. These initiatives may involve activities such as fostering environmental awareness among young people, teaching the values of environmental protection and energy efficiency, enhancing environmental and energy science curricula in schools, implementing recycling programs, and organizing or participating in events focused on energy conservation or environmental cleanup, such as the PennDOT Adopt A Highway program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an honor to participate in this event and be a part of a long-standing tradition,\u201d said Lt. Kile Green, NAVSUP BSC project officer and Adopt A Highway coordinator. \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to take some time out of our day to do something, no matter how small, to help keep our community and planet safe and clean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adopt A Highway areas include state highway rights-of-way, interchange areas, traffic islands, or two-mile sections of roadway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPennDOT is very thankful for civic-minded groups like NAVSUP BSC for stepping up to help to keep our roads clean through the Adopt A Highway program,\u201d said Dave Thompson, community relations coordinator for PennDOT. \u201cGroups like this provide a great service to our Commonwealth and augment our county maintenance programs, allowing them to focus on road safety and other initiatives. We are so thankful for all that they do.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Community partners volunteer for two years. PennDOT provides materials to maintain designated areas and posts signs along the road to recognize participating partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highway cleanup is a great way to show that we want to take care of the community and make sure they know we\u2019re here, not just to support the warfighter, but our local community as well,\u201d said Lt. j.g. Riley Petsch, project officer for NAVSUP BSC.<\/p>\n<p>NAVSUP BSC provides the Navy with information systems support through the design, development, and maintenance of systems in the functional areas of logistics, supply chain management, transportation, finance, and accounting and is one of 11 commands under Commander, NAVSUP.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about NAVSUP BSC, visit https:\/\/www.navsup.navy.mil\/NAVSUP-Enterprise\/NAVSUP-Business-Systems-Center\/.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cleanup served as an opportunity to help preserve the local environment and was the latest event supporting the command\u2019s 15-year partnership with PennDOT. \u201cNAVSUP BSC has been in Mechanicsburg for more than 60 years. 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