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SUBJ/2002 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD WINNER//
RMKS/1.  CONGRATULATIONS TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF SERVICE SCHOOL
COMMAND GREAT LAKES, FOR WINNING THE 2002 USS BAINBRIDGE AWARD.
2.  THE AWARD, GIVEN ANNUALLY TO A NAVY COMMAND FOR OUTSTANDING
COMMUNITY SERVICE, RECOGNIZES SERVICE SCHOOL COMMAND'S EXCEPTIONAL
SUPPORT TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CHICAGO AREA.  IN ADDITION TO
ESTABLISHING SEVERAL LOCAL SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, COMMAND SAILORS
DONATED MORE THAN 5,000 UNITS OF BLOOD TO AREA BLOOD BANKS;
DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE CPR AND FIRST-RESPONSE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR
CHICAGO'S EMERGENCY PERSONNEL; AND CONTINUED A 35-YEAR TRADITION OF
CARE AND DEVOTION TO THE AREA'S HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN THROUGH
PROJECT WHITE HAT.
3.  CONGRATULATIONS ARE ALSO IN ORDER TO U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL GUAM,
WINNERS OF THE 2002 USS BAINBRIDGE HONORABLE MENTION AWARD.
HOSPITAL PERSONNEL VOLUNTEERED MORE THAN 3,400 HOURS TO THE CHILDREN
OF GUAM, PROVIDING HEATH SCREENING AND EDUCATIONAL LECTURES, AND
DEVOTED ANOTHER 6,100 HOURS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP,
CAMPAIGN DRUG FREE AND PROJECT GOOD NEIGHBOR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS.
4.  EFFORTS SUCH AS THESE ARE TRULY EXTRAORDINARY -- AND WORTHY OF
THE RECOGNITION THESE TWO COMMANDS HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH THE USS
BAINBRIDGE AWARD -- BUT THEY ALSO TYPIFY THE QUALITY OF TODAY'S
SAILORS.  THEY AREN'T JUST GOOD WARRIORS; THEY ARE GOOD CITIZENS.
THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY STRIVE
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.  THE NAVY AND THE NATION ARE LUCKY TO HAVE
THEM IN UNIFORM.
5.  FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU OR YOUR COMMAND CAN ORGANIZE
COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAMS CONTACT JOC(SW/AW) SHERRI ONORATI,
NAVPERSCOM (PERS-605) AT (901) 874-4270/DSN 882, OR BY EMAIL:
SHERRY.ONORATI@NAVY.MIL.
6.  RELEASED BY VADM G. L. HOEWING, N1.//
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