Logistics Center Puts Christmas Dinner in Reach for Local Families

By Candice Villarreal, NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego Public Affairs

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) San Diego personnel helped put food on the table for local families' holiday season by donating hams and other goods to a San Diego middle school Dec. 15.

NAVSUP FLC San Diego's partner in education, Roosevelt International Baccalaureate Middle School, received eight hams and several boxes of nonperishable and canned food items from the command's community relations committee to be distributed to families of students in need.

"We hold lots of events and functions with our partners in education, but this was something we could do for them over the holidays and that hadn't been done here before," said Chief Logistics Specialist (SW/AW) Curtis Cross. "We asked the school to determine which families should receive the donations and really wanted to make sure they were distributed discreetly."

Eight families received a cumulative total of about 90 pounds of ham and 240 pounds of canned goods, all collected by the committee over a three-week period. The provisions were distributed quietly to families while class was in session.

"We've really grown to know these kids throughout the year, so we're at the point where just seeing a big smile on their faces means a lot to us," Cross said. "The fact that we got the chance to help put a smile on their faces at a nice Christmas dinner with their families, that they're just so appreciative and so excited about everything we do with them, I'm very thankful for that."

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center San Diego, one of seven fleet logistics centers under NAVSUP Global Logistics Support, provides global logistics, business and support services to fleet, shore and industrial commands of the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command, and other joint and allied Forces. Services include contracting, regional transportation, fuel, material management, household goods movement support, postal and consolidated mail, warehousing, global logistics and husbanding, hazardous material management, and integrated logistics support.

NAVSUP GLS comprises more than 5,700 military and civilian logistics professionals, contractors and foreign nationals operating as a single cohesive team providing global logistics services from 110 locations worldwide.

A component of the Naval Supply Systems Command headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pa., NAVSUP GLS is part of a worldwide logistics network of more than 22,500 military and civilian personnel providing combat capability through logistics.