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High school students volunteer as pallbearers for homeless veterans
fox6now.com ^
| october 31, 2015
Posted on 11/01/2015 7:31:33 PM PST by lowbridge
Some Michigan high school students are redefining the term "extracurricular activity."
In addition to club meetings, band practices and football games, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy teens are also signing up to serve as pallbearers for homeless veterans.
Six students recently volunteered to be pallbearers for three dead homeless veterans.
Senior Joshua Gonzales is one of the student leaders who helped develop the program.
He said this new opportunity for students is "meant to help dignify and respect the human being."
The students' initial plan was to carry the caskets for homeless individuals, said the Rev. Karl Kiser, the school president. But after working with local funeral home A.J. Desmond & Sons, the students narrowed their focus to the largest group of homeless people in need of the pallbearing service: unclaimed veterans.
More than 50 students attended the first training session at the beginning of the month, a number that surprised funeral director Kevin Desmond, who said he expected no more than 20.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: detroit; funeral; funerals; highschool; homeless; homelessveterans; jesuit; michigan; military; pallbearer; pallbearers; students; udjesuit; universityofdetroit; uofdjesuit; veteran; veterans
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:31:33 PM PST
by
lowbridge
To: lowbridge
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:33:40 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
To: lowbridge
Every so often kids give me hope.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:33:58 PM PST
by
volunbeer
To: Blood of Tyrants
Expect those goofballs from that ‘Baptist’ church (I won’t name them) to show up and protest.
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:35:55 PM PST
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(FreeRepublic needs your financial support.)
To: lowbridge
I wonder if they are teaching them to fold the flag?
/johnny
To: lowbridge
God bless them... but aren't there any VFW/American Legions in the area???
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posted on
11/01/2015 7:57:19 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: lowbridge
Hurray for the students. . .but my question is where are the churches? This country shouldn’t have “homeless” vets. I have been told some choose to live that way. . .but do they really? It is all so sad.
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posted on
11/01/2015 8:07:11 PM PST
by
Maudeen
(Sinner Saved by Grace)
To: Chode
Sadly probably not enough.I think this is an excellent learning experience for the young kids.
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posted on
11/01/2015 8:12:22 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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posted on
11/01/2015 8:13:24 PM PST
by
IncPen
(Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
To: HANG THE EXPENSE
me too! respect is in short supply these days
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posted on
11/01/2015 8:22:32 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: lowbridge
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posted on
11/01/2015 8:55:34 PM PST
by
gasport
(Immigration reform means arriving in air-conditioned comfort.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
11/01/2015 9:49:02 PM PST
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: lowbridge
Wow, I’m grateful to see this.
These youngsters and their school are far from typical though.
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posted on
11/01/2015 10:49:46 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
To: Maudeen
where are the churches? This country shouldn't have "homeless" vets.
Many churches do have shelters and meals for the homeless, but they also have rules about the activities the person seeking shelter must abide by. In almost all cases, not drinking is one of the rules, and if the homeless person chooses to continue drinking, the church cannot have them in the same facility as sober people.
Also, many of the meals are given in an environment of Christian music and sometimes devotions, which many of the people seeking a free meal do not want to suffer through. Again, their choice.
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posted on
11/02/2015 12:30:56 AM PST
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: lowbridge
What .... no White House invite? /extreme sarcasm
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posted on
11/02/2015 7:31:40 AM PST
by
Qiviut
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