U.S. Marine Facilitates Toy Donation to Iraqi School Children

SATTACK — Iraqi SF and Marine efforts have facilitated a continued lull in violence and increased the opportunity for an Iraqi infrastructure in al Anbar province. Lance Cpl. Roger Burda and other Marines in the unit took advantage of the area’s stability recently, visiting the Sattack Elementary School to spend time with Iraqi children. Marines helped the children build wooden trains and bird houses using material donated by a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Burda’s hometown. Burda’s mother, who works at the store and spends volunteer hours building the same toys with American children, helped him arrange the donation. “We’ve made really good rapport with the locals, and I wanted to give the children something to lift their spirits,” explained Burda.