Maigen Bosch, a partner neighborhood volunteer, spearheaded a Camp Zama neighborhood quilt mission that took about eight months to finish. The primary-ever neighborhood quilt, which was designed by greater than 35 items and personal organizations, was unveiled throughout a ceremony at Camp Zama, Japan, Nov. 1, 2022.
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Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, indicators a Camp Zama neighborhood quilt throughout a ceremony at Camp Zama, Japan, Nov. 1, 2022. The primary-ever neighborhood quilt was designed by greater than 35 items and personal organizations.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan – A one-of-a-kind neighborhood quilt designed by greater than 35 items and personal organizations was unveiled throughout a ceremony right here Tuesday.
The quilt, which has every of its squares representing a unit or group in the neighborhood, shall be completely displayed on the primary flooring of Constructing 102, the U.S. Army Garrison Japan headquarters.
“It’s an amazing instance of the neighborhood spirit and volunteerism taking place right here inside our neighborhood,” mentioned Col. Christopher L. Tomlinson, commander of USAG Japan. “We dangle this quilt as an emblem and what which means to us is setting the usual as soon as once more.”
Maigen Bosch, a partner neighborhood volunteer, spearheaded the mission that took about eight months to finish.
“I needed to do one thing to characterize our neighborhood as a complete,” Bosch mentioned. “[I wanted to] take our variations and produce them collectively to create one thing that was really distinctive and that unifies us.”
Bosch collaborated with the organizations to supply and stitch designs for his or her respective blocks within the quilt, which measures about 6 toes by 6 ½ toes.
“After we all come collectively, we create a ravishing neighborhood,” she mentioned. “That’s actually what I needed to do; that was my motivation. I don’t take a look at it as my quilt. It’s not what I did, it’s what we did.”
Command Sgt. Maj. Justin E. Turner, senior enlisted chief of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, speaks throughout a ceremony to unveil a neighborhood quilt at Camp Zama, Japan, Nov. 1, 2022. The primary-ever neighborhood quilt was designed by greater than 35 items and personal organizations.
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A neighborhood quilt was unveiled throughout a ceremony on the U.S. Army Garrison Japan headquarters at Camp Zama, Japan, Nov. 1, 2022. The primary-ever neighborhood quilt was designed by greater than 35 items and personal organizations.
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The occasion additionally helped kick off Army Household Month, which has been held each November since 1996 to acknowledge the sacrifices army households make.
“With being within the army, we all know that comes with some challenges and stressors particularly in an abroad atmosphere,” mentioned Command Sgt. Maj. Justin E. Turner, senior enlisted chief of USAG Japan.
Whereas neighborhood members could also be moved from their prolonged household, associates and assist system again residence, Turner mentioned they develop into a part of a novel group of people at Camp Zama.
Turner mentioned the quilt signifies the variety discovered throughout the Camp Zama neighborhood, which is comprised of about 30% active-duty Troopers, practically 20% U.S. civilian workers and 50% native nationwide workers.
“What actually makes our neighborhood nice is that various background,” he mentioned. “We satisfaction ourselves on being a well-rounded and various neighborhood that may be very supportive of the totally different cultures that we’ve.
“All of our neighborhood members play an important function in sharing a few of the pursuits, objectives and attitudes that make us nice and make us a Camp Zama neighborhood and Camp Zama household.”
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