525th Military Police Host Easter Eggstravaganza

CUBA

03.26.2016

Story by Sgt. Chelsea Garcia and Pfc. Lauren Ogburn

Joint Task Force Guantanamo Public Affairs

“I think it’s a huge thing for a community, there isn’t a lot of things for the holidays for soldiers and families to do,” said 1st. Lt. Grabowski, a platoon leader with the 525th MP Bn. “I think Easter is an overlooked event; I think what the 525th wanted to do was put on something that everyone could attend. I’m glad they gave us the opportunity to put something on like this for the children here, as well as the families to have some quality time”.
The platoon started to plan for this event in January, said Grabowski. They coordinated with the Morale, Welfare & Recreation office and the Community Center here. The MWR donated the bounce houses, tables and chairs free of charge. The Community Center and the 525th Family Readiness Group donated money, making it possible for them to purchase supplies and food items.
Grabowski said he thought the event had a great turn out and he did not know what to expect when they started planning the event in January. His platoon wanted to put on an Easter event for community that was family-friendly. They ran into some issues along the way and made some adjustments to the Easter egg hunt to ensure that all of the kids in attendance could participate.
Grabowski particularly enjoyed watching the kids run around collecting all of the eggs. He hopes that having this event was a way to make sure Easter was a memorable and enjoyable day.
Sgt 1st. Class Dennis, a Platoon Sergeant with the 525th MP Bn.was tasked with coordinating the event. She used several members of her platoon as volunteers for the event. Dennis even added her special touch by having the volunteers wear sequined bunny ears so that the community members in attendance could easily recognize them. Many of the volunteers helped at the many craft tables and were stationed around the bounce houses to ensure the children stayed safe while playing.
“Hats off to our platoon sergeant, Sgt. 1st. Class Dennis, who coordinated all this and was able to get us all here on time and have this set up,” said Staff Sgt. Nell, a squad leader with the 525th MP Bn. “I’m actually really honored that they (the platoon) are able to do this. It’s a good feather in their cap that they are able to do something outside of the realm of regular MP duties and give something back to the GTMO community, kind of a way to leave their footprint.”

• Date Taken: 03.26.2016
• Date Posted: 08.23.2016 07:36
• Story ID: 207537
• Location: CU