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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Odoardi hands out school supplies to Iraqi high school students in a school supply drop that provided more than 1,200 Iraqi students in three Baghdad, Iraq, schools with pens, pencils, paper, erasers and pencil sharpeners, Sept. 25, 2005. Odoardi serves as civil affairs noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette L. Ainsworth
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Odoardi passes down boxes of school supplies to Capt. Grant Maeshiro in a school supply drop that provided more than 1,200 Iraqi children in three Baghdad, Iraq, schools with pens, pencils, paper, erasers and pencil sharpeners, Sept. 25, 2005. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bernadette L. Ainsworth
Iraqi Children, Teachers Get School Supplies
Both Iraqi students and teachers benefit from the donated school supplies;
other supplies were purchased locally, benefiting the Iraqi economy.
By U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Bernadette L. Ainsworth Multinational Corps-Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 18, 2005 — More than 1,200 students at three Baghdad schools received kits filled with school supplies Sept. 25.
A joint effort by U.S. soldiers from Scout Platoon, Company B and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment and 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade, Hawaii Army National Guard, provided the primary- through high school-aged children with the school supplies.
Each child received a kit containing notebooks, pencils, colored pencils, pens, a ruler, erasers and a pencil sharpener.
Delivering school supplies doesn't only help the children who receive them, the effort also helps the growth of the local economy, said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Odoardi, civil affairs noncommissioned officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 299th Infantry Regiment.
"The supplies were purchased by a local contractor," said Odoardi. "By purchasing items locally, we also help to stimulate the economy by providing a source of revenue for the Iraqis involved in sale, purchase and transport of the supplies."