OUR students need your help. Very soon, thousands of children will return to their campuses around the island, but the Guam Department of Education doesn't have the manpower or the resources to fully prepare for the new school year. Tomorrow, GovGuam workers, volunteers from the private sector and even the Republican Party will launch the Adopt-A-School program. I want to recognize the hard-working men and women who have offered their time and money to help our island's schools:

Thanks to:

• Agana Heights Elementary
• Customs & Quarantine Agency and GRTA
• Astumbo Elementary
• GEDA & Guam Energy Office
• B.P. Carbullido Elementary
• Guam EPA
• C.L. Taitano Elementary
• GHURA, Dept. of Parks & Rec, and Sens. Tony Ada & Chris Duenas
• Chief Brodie Elementary
• GPD & DISID
• D.L. Perez Elementary
• GMH & 644 Combat Comm (USAF)
• Finegayan Elementary
• Dept. of Corrections
• H.S. Truman Elementary
• Dept. of Chamorro Affairs & Civil Service Comm.
• J.M. Guerrero Elementary
• Guam Airport Authority
• Inarajan Elementary
• Dept. of Revenue & Taxation
• J.Q. San Miguel Elementary
• Governor’s Office
• LBJ Elementary
• Guam Visitors Bureau
• Maria Ulloa Elementary
• Dept. of Public Works
• Merizo Martyrs Elementary
• Guam National Guard, Dept. of Military Affairs
• M.U. Lujan Elementary
• Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense
• Machananao Elementary
• Dept. of Mental Health & Substance Abuse
• Marcial Sablan Elementary
• Guam Airport
• Ordot-Chalan Pago Elementary
• Brant & Dina McCreadie
• P.C. Lujan Elementary
• Dept. of Administration
• Price Elementary
• Dept. of Agriculture
• Talofofo Elementary
• Dept. of Youth Affairs
• Tamuning Elementary
• AHRD
• Upi Elementary
• Dept. of Labor & Guam Women’s Tackle Football Assoc.
• Wettengel Elementary
• Dept. of Corrections & Guam Housing Corporation
• Agueda Johnston Middle
• Guam Fire Dept. & Guam Women’s Tackle Football Assoc.
• FBLG Middle
• Guam Waterworks Authority & 36th CRG
• Inarajan Middle
• GPD & Dept. of Revenue and Taxation
• Jose Rios Middle
• BBMR & Bureau of Statistics and Plans
• L.P. Untalan Middle
• Brant & Dina McCreadie
• Oceanview Middle
• Dept. of Land Management (including CLTC & GALC)
• Vicente Benavente Middle
• Dept. of Corrections & J&B Modern Tech
• GW High
• Dept. of Public Health & Social Services
• Southern High
• Port Authority
• Simon Sanchez High
• Hotel Nikko, 36th EMS Med. Group
• J.P. Torres Alternative
• Port Authority

If you would like to help our students, please go to any of our island's campuses beginning at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 4. On behalf of all Guamanians, I want to thank the volunteers who will make the Adopt-A-School program a success. You embody the values our people hold dear: inafa'maolek, respetu, and man banidosu Chamorro. Si Yu'os ma'ase.