CASH DONATION

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US Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Terry Cook presents Olongapo City Mayor James J. Gordon Jr. with an envelop containing P22,000 cash donation from the USS Blue Ridge crew during a ceremony held at the mayor's office recently.

The donation, which will be used to help fund improvements in the East Tapinac Elementary School, was raised from the voluntary collection among the ship's staff that painted and made repairs in the school during an earlier visit.

USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the US Seventh Fleet currently commanded by Capt. J. Stephen Maynard, was in the area recently for a three-day visit. (US EMBASSY)