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By Maj. Craig Whiteside
1st Bn., 501st PIR, 4th BCT (ABN)
BAGHDAD – The Geronimo's of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, brought a surprise to the Ibn Saif al Janabi Hospital for Maternity and Children in Musayyib.
The Civil Affairs Team of Company C, 412th Civil Affairs Battalion, recently attached to the 1-501st PIR, met the director of the hospital to conduct a follow up project assessment to ensure the hospital is fully functional.
They also brought the children of the hospital a surprise all the way from Glen Riddle, Pa. – stuffed animals and baby dolls.
The toys were donated by a 1-501st PIR's "Platoon Partners" representative, Donna Waryga, from Glen Riddle.
The Platoon Partners is an initiative by Tom Morgan from the Anchorage, Alaska, branch of the Association of the United States Army, and Eric Balcavage from Avondale, Pa.
Platoon Partners has expanded to forty-one members. It sends packages every week to all elements of 1-501st PIR, its attachments and other members of the 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th ID.
While most packages are for the paratroopers, individuals also send school supplies, soccer balls, and other items that paratroopers distribute to Iraqi youth.
"Look at the smile on theirs faces," said Sgt. 1st Class Mike Cawley, CA platoon sergeant and native of Boston, Mass. "You can see the difference it makes."
| Date Taken: | 04.24.2007 |
| Date Posted: | 04.24.2007 11:35 |
| Story ID: | 10093 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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