CAPE MAY, N.J. – Vice Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, deputy commandant for Mission Support at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., presented the Child Development Center on board the Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, a plaque, Thursday, which symbolizes a monetary donation from her Coast Guard Academy graduation class.
The 1982 graduates of the Academy donated $1,982 to the center to help replace or refurbish items that were damaged following a flood at the center last winter. The flood occurred over a holiday weekend and wasn't discovered for days. The center suffered the loss of nearly every book, toy, electronics, consumable and furniture in the building. As a result, the center was closed for a week and the children and staff were displaced to another building for a month while repairs were made.
The Child Development Center has the capability of caring for 89 children, most of which are from Coast Guard families, but is open to members of the DoD, federal employees and the general public.
Vice Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, deputy commandant for mission support at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, presents a plaque to Kathy Getka, director of the Child Development Center on board Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. The plaque was presented as a representation of a monetary gift donated to the center from the Coast Guard Academy Class of 1982. The donation was to help the center with refurbishing or replacing needed items that were damaged or destroyed after pipes burst in the building causing it to flood. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards) Vice Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, deputy commandant for mission support at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, pulls a children's book from the library at the Child Development Center on board Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016. The books were donated by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Stephen Cantrell and his wife, Janet Cantrell, after a burst pipe at the center caused flooding, which resulted in many materials being ruined. Stosz also presented a plaque to the center symbolizing a monetary donation that the Coast Guard Academy Class of 1982 gifted to the center to help replace or refurbish damaged items. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)