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U.S. Army Col. Christopher Selvey, the deputy commander for the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team and Multinational Battle Group-East, helps Soldiers spend volunteered time packing school supplies as part of a community outreach initiative, Dec. 9, 20...
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U.S. Army Spc. Travis Williams and Sgt. Stephen Veltri, West Virginia National Guard Soldiers deployed to Kosovo with 1st Squadron, 150th Cavalry Regiment, hand out backpacks filled with school supplies as part of a community outreach initiative, Dec...
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Students and teachers from the Nuhi Berisha School in Tugjec, Kosovo, open backpacks filled with school supplies delivered Dec. 14, 2015, by U.S. Army Soldiers deployed to Kosovo with Multinational Battle Group-East, as part of a community outreach i...
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Bujar Klaiqi, an English teacher from the Nuhi Berisha School in Tugjec, Kosovo, watches students open backpacks filled with school supplies delivered Dec. 14, 2015, by U.S. Army Soldiers deployed to Kosovo with Multinational Battle Group-East, as pa...
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East, stand alongside a group of students proudly holding up new backpacks filled with school supplies delivered as part of a community outreach initiative at the Nuhi Berisha School, Dec. 14,...
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U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Multinational Battle Group-East spend volunteered time packing school supplies for local children as part of a community outreach initiative, Feb. 10, 2016, at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. (U.S. Army photo by Lt. Col. Gilber...
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Students from a school in Novo Selo, Kosovo, are all smiles as they receive school supplies delivered Feb. 15, 2016, by U.S. Army Soldiers deployed to Kosovo with Multinational Battle Group-East, as part of a community outreach initiative. (U.S. Army...
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CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - U.S. Army Soldiers deployed to Kosovo delivered backpacks filled with school supplies to local schools in Tugjec and Devaja, Kosovo, as part of a three-month community outreach initiative.
Community members from West Virginia, the home state of Col. Christopher Selvey, the deputy commander for the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team and Multinational Battle Group-East, started "Three P's for Peace"—formally called the pens, pencils and paper program—in 2004 to help schools and students with limited resources during Selvey's previous deployment to Iraq.
One of Selvey's fellow community members in particular, retired teacher Cathy Arritt of Fayetteville, W.Va., was instrumental in shipping the school supplies overseas. MNBG-E Soldiers volunteered to pack the supplies and deliver them to the kids at various schools throughout Kosovo.
Kosovo Force, or KFOR, is the name of the multinational NATO peace support mission that MNBG-E is part of. In coordination with Kosovo's institutions and law enforcement organizations, KFOR works to ensure safety, security and freedom of movement in the region.
"Community outreach projects is one of the best things we get to do as far as supporting the kids," said Capt. Joshua Goforth, a West Virginia National Guard Soldier who leads one of KFOR's Liaison Monitoring Teams in southern Kosovo. These teams spend the majority of their time building and maintaining relationships with local community members.
Goforth said that seeing the local kids' and teachers' instant appreciation means a lot to him and the Soldiers on his team
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