Barbey (FF 1088) - Naval Cruise Book

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a S. Navy ' s PROJECT HANDCLASP Sailors Give Their Time, Hands and Hearts To Tlie Handicapped In Malaysia PENANG, MALAYSIA - Sailors aboard BARBHY volun- teered for what is probably the United States Nay} ' s most success- ful volunteer program. PROJECT HANDCLASP. Over S6.000.00 worth {approximately 2.5 tons) of PROJECT HANDCL.ASP ma- terial, all donated by private citizens, charitable and religious orga- nizations and corporate America to PROJECT HANDCLASP. was carried on board B.XRBEY and ENGLAND. The material was for the Cheshire School for the Physically Handicapped and included food, health and hygiene products and .school books. The sailors from ENGLAND and BARBEY had some dona- tions of their own. These included si. totally rad skateboards and more than fifty California T-shirts. After transporting the PROJECT HANDCLASP materials to the Cheshire School, the sailors set to work sprucing up the .school, so they rolled up their sleeves, broke out the paint and brushes, hammers and nails to give the school a much needed face lift. Two days of work produced an improved facility and the sailors could look back with their new Malaysian friends at what their la- bor of love had wrought. Each person involved gave up liberty and personal time to help people who needed it most and that ' s what PROJECT HAND- CLASP is all about, showing that Americans really do care. i4