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A small group of us army in Japan .

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Volunteers recently helped Zama City

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take on a massive task , sowing some of

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the 550,000 sunflowers which will bloom

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just in time in August for the city's

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annual sunflower festival . After a

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short hike to the fields , the

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volunteers were welcomed by city

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officials including Zama City . Mayor

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Mito Sato , team leaders explained the

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work that would be performed and

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provided a demonstration on how to use

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the equipment . Mayor Sato quickly

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donned her work gloves and jumped in to

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sow the seeds and work side by side

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with the volunteers . She thanked the

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US Army and Japan members for their

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continued partnership with volunteerism

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events .

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Mayor Sato said she wants those who are

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living in camp Zama to know there are

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many opportunities to learn about Japan

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in Zama City by participating in

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various cultural events with locals

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from the city , Genesis . Seven joined

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the event with his father , Sergeant

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Jefferson Moira from the US army

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medical department activity . Japan

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Genesis City enjoyed the day even

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though it was hard . It was for the

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sergeant Jose Rodella of us army ,

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Japan said he loves volunteering with

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the community and takes every

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opportunity to participate . I think

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it's a lot of fun to make the community

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just a better place for everybody .

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Zama girl scout , Anna Krazy 12 , a

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regular community volunteer quickly

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summed up the day's event today . We

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were planting sunflowers for the

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sunflower festival in August . Ok . Did

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you have fun ? It was amazing for us .

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Army Garris in Japan . This is Tim

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Flack .