By Debra Winters, Staff Writers, Wayne Today
WAYNE – National Honor Society (NHS) students at Wayne Hills High School recently made a social statement when they slept outside in boxes to bring awareness to the problem of homeless military veterans plaguing our country.
The event, NHS Goes Homeless, was a fundraiser for Home Front Hearts, a New Jersey organization which provides assistance to veterans in need including homeless vets and military families.
“It is shameful that after serving our country many veterans return homeless and live on the streets,” said Ellie McNeil, chair of the WHHS NHS. “We owe these brave men and women our gratitude and support.”
McNeil asked for support from the American Federation of Teachers faculty union at William Paterson University where sociology professor Susanna Tardi, who serves as president of the local and executive vice president of the American Federation of Teachers New Jersey (AFTNJ), took on the cause by helping to raise funds locally and from AFTNJ.
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