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James Shipp, a Navy Reserve petty officer, is stationed in Norfolk pending surgery for a hernia he pulled while deployed in the Persian Gulf. The injury didn't keep him and other sailors awaiting treatment from volunteering to help Lydia Ramos, 68, with yardwork at her Kempsville home.
"I've just come from Kuwait," Shipp said Thursday after raking leaves. "It's good to be back home and it's good to be connecting with people and being able to help."
Boosting injured sailors' morale while helping senior citizens is the goal of Project Lifting Spirits, a collaboration between Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia and Navy Chaplain Patrick Finn. He's assigned to the mobilization processing center that works with military personnel headed for - or returning from - overseas deployments."
ARTICLE: Wounded Navy personnel help senior citizens - and themselves (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)
James Shipp, a Navy Reserve petty officer, is stationed in Norfolk pending surgery for a hernia he pulled while deployed in the Persian Gulf. The injury didn't keep him and other sailors awaiting treatment from volunteering to help Lydia Ramos, 68, with yardwork at her Kempsville home.
"I've just come from Kuwait," Shipp said Thursday after raking leaves. "It's good to be back home and it's good to be connecting with people and being able to help."
Boosting injured sailors' morale while helping senior citizens is the goal of Project Lifting Spirits, a collaboration between Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia and Navy Chaplain Patrick Finn. He's assigned to the mobilization processing center that works with military personnel headed for - or returning from - overseas deployments."
ARTICLE: Wounded Navy personnel help senior citizens - and themselves (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)