Les OzawaA La Salle High School student painting a mural on the Pizza Hut’s shop window has fun having a photo taken with customers waiting for their pizza.
An all-volunteer force of a different kind answered the call to serve on Nov. 22.
A platoon of high school students from La Salle High School in Pasadena and other volunteers from the Yorba Linda community headed out towards Fort Irwin, about 100 miles away, at about 7 a.m.
Marshaled by Bridgette Blehm and her husband Ed, they formed the For Families of Active Military contingent that joined forces with Fort Irwin BOSS Soldiers and other Fort Irwin volunteers and Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation staff to spend their day decking the windows, walls, and streetlights of the Fort Irwin Town Center with cheer for the coming Christmas and holiday season.
A La Salle High School senior, Alex Tuason – who also volunteered last year – said the reason he’s back is because of Soldiers and their service.
“They could be doing something else,” Alex said. “Instead, they do this for us, to keep our country safe. I wanted to do something to give back, to be part of something bigger.”
Tuason is a member of Support Our Troops, a club of about 30 members that also got their entire school involved in a food drive to bring 130 cartons of assorted foods to families on Fort Irwin.