17th District Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: Dec. 9, 2005
Contact: Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski
(907) 487-5700
After 4 p.m. Alaska Standard Time, (907) 463-2000

Photo Release

Official Coast Guard Photo Release

Coast Guard brings Santa to remote village

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KODIAK, Alaska – Santa, portrayed by Coast Guard Petty Officer Marrison Carter, walks with students from the Chiniak School. Santa was brought to Chiniak by a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak as part of the annual Santa to the Villages program here. Santa to the Villages is sponsored by the Coast Guard Officer’s Spouses Association as a way to allow the children of remote villages around Kodiak Island to experience the joy of meeting Santa and receive a gift from him. During Santa’s visit to the school, each student was presented with a small gift, a candy cane, an apple, and crayons. Hats and gloves were given to the younger students. The Coast Guard has been transporting Santa by boat and helicopter to the remote villages of Kodiak Island for more than thirty years. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Paul Roszkowski)

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