(Photo by Valerie Lynn Maigue/U.S. Naval Base Guam)
HÅGAT, Guam (Sept. 21, 2026) - U.S. Naval Base Guam (NBG) Chaplain Lt. Josh Alderman delivered school supplies for Marcial Sablan Elementary Sister School Kindergarten Teacher Isaiah Meeks, Sept. 18. The supplies were collected through a school supply donation drive by members of the NBG Chapel community and included composition notebooks, pencils, colored pencils, highlighters, and sticky notes to be utilized in Meeks’ classroom.
Photographed from left-to-right: Marcial Sablan Elementary School Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Marie Babauta-Balbin; Mrs. Tasha Alderman; Lt. Alderman; Meeks; and Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Ehrmar Macaraeg. Meeks is in his first year of teaching. The Hågat resident thanked Alderman and the NBG community for their donations.
“I’m so happy and thankful for this,” Meeks said. “Thank you to everyone who donated. It feels so good to know that there are people who care about our students as much as I do. They’re an amazing group of students that have made my first year special!” Marcial A. Sablan Elementary is NBG’s Sister School and is one of 40 Guam Department of Education schools. There are more than 420 students enrolled at the school from Pre-K to 5th grade.
