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Multi-National Division – Center
Media Release
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2008
RELEASE 20080331-05

Mike Stokely Foundation makes changes in Yusifiyah

By Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT)

PATROL BASE YUSIFIYAH, Iraq 鈥� Students and teachers had looks of joy 鈥� and bewilderment 鈥� as Soldiers handed out school supplies and toys at the Mullah Fayad School in Yusifiyah, Iraq, March 27.

Children grinned ear-to-ear as they looked over the treasure. When teachers asked who had sent the truckload of goods, they were surprised by the answer. Everything had been donated in the name of Sgt. Michael Stokely, who was killed Aug. 16, 2005 in Mullah Fayad.

Stokely, from Sharpsburg, Ga., served with the 48th Georgia National Guard. After his death, his father began the Mike Stokely Foundation. The organization put together a shipment of school supplies for citizens of the communities where Stokely lived and died. It took an Army five-ton truck to deliver the supplies to the school.

Pittsburgh native Capt. Michael Starz, commander of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), coordinated with Stokely鈥檚 father to ensure the donations reached the most destitute people in Mullah Fayad. The unit distributed the school supplies along with a sizable donation from Sgt. Nathan Barnes鈥� family and community. Barnes, who also died while serving in the area, served with 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division.

鈥�(Stokely鈥檚) dad is just a tremendous individual. He knew how much his son loved the children in the area that he worked with because his son always sent home pictures of him with kids,鈥� Starz said. 鈥淗e thought a lasting tribute to his son would be to do something for the children of the area. That鈥檚 just remarkable.鈥�

鈥淭hey donated a lot of stuff,鈥� said Hughes, Ark., native Staff Sgt. James Robinson, platoon sergeant for 3rd Platoon, Co. C, 3-187th Inf. Regt. 鈥淚t鈥檚 like the packages just wouldn鈥檛 stop 鈥� I know a lot of kids in the neighborhood appreciated that.鈥�

Teachers received materials as well. Unlike the children, who were happy to get the gifts without asking who they come from, the teachers wanted to know who to thank. They could barely believe their ears when Starz told them.
鈥淭hey said it鈥檚 almost too much to imagine,鈥� Starz said. 鈥淎ll the teachers wanted a copy of Sgt. Stokely鈥檚 picture and the foundation鈥檚 name so they could frame it and put it up in their school. They say it鈥檚 something the Quran teaches 鈥� the forgiveness of your enemies. But it鈥檚 so hard to do 鈥� that it鈥檚 never actually seen.鈥�

Changing Iraqis鈥� opinion about Americans is important to winning in insurgent warfare, said Starz. When people in the States, like the Stokely family, donate materials it positively impact the abilities of ground forces, he said.
鈥淧eople send us care packages and things like that 鈥� and that鈥檚 fantastic 鈥� but this is directly relating to our ability.鈥� Starz said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 almost the modern Rosie the Riveter. You鈥檙e not going to the factories and working, but you鈥檙e doing something to enable and provide another tool for the combat Soldier on the ground.鈥�

Pictured:
Soldiers of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), distribute school materials donated by the Mike Stokely Foundation at a school in Mullah Fayad March 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))

Pictured:
Hughes, Ark., native, Staff Sgt. James Robinson, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), hands out school materials donated by the Mike Stokely Foundation at a school in Mullah Fayad March 27. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Tony M. Lindback, 3rd BCT, 101st Abn. Div. (AASLT))

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