Sailors assigned to Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Crew 104 and Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) Milwaukee volunteered at Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the Third Ward neighborhood of Milwaukee, July 7.

Sailors worked with 20 other local volunteers to organize reclaimed furniture, household fixtures and other products for the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

"Everything in the store is donated," said Megan Strittmater, Habitat for Humanity ReStore manager. "With the help of volunteers like these Sailors, we process all these items to be sold at a discounted price to help fund all of our Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity projects."

In April 2013, Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity launched a Neighborhood Revitalization strategy that focused the organization's efforts in the Washington Park neighborhood. They are working together with their partner families and other neighborhood organizations to execute a comprehensive sustainable community plan. Their goal is transform Washington Park into a safe, vibrant neighborhood of choice.

"I have done community relations events before on deployments, but nothing big like this," said Fire Controlman 2nd Class Alex Muhs, from Visalia, California, and assigned to guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81). "I'm here because this is something that is going to benefit the community directly. My work in the Navy benefits the country, but that is something not always seen on the local level. Here we are able to see the people we are helping directly, and that's a great experience."

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization whose vision is a world where everyone has a decent place to live. According to their website, the organization helped build more than 500,000 houses worldwide and served 2.5 million people.

In addition to the Habitat for Humanity event, Navy divers from Trident Refit Facility Kings Bay, Georgia, participated in events throughout the week, from local Boys and Girls Clubs to Discovery World Science and Technology Center to Navy Day at the Milwaukee Public Museum July 7.

Milwaukee Navy Week is the eighth of 15 Navy weeks in 2016 that focus a variety of assets, equipment and personnel on a single city for a weeklong series of engagements designed to bring America's Navy closer to the people it protects.

For a complete schedule and more information about Milwaukee Navy Week, visit http://www.outreach.navy.mil/.

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