About 120 Forest City Military Communities Hawaii employees last Friday participated in volunteer projects to improve facilities at Aliamanu Elementary and Lehua Elementary schools in central O'ahu and Mokapu Elementary in Windward.

Volunteers undertook tasks such as painting and landscaping. The effort was part of Forest City Enterprises Inc.'s annual nationwide "Community Day."

"Like a lot of schools, we rely on our volunteers to help us get projects that we really need done," said Aliamanu principal Jeannie Sugimoto. Forest City Military Communities manages and modernizes Navy family housing on O'ahu and Kaua'i.