Veteran Issues: Fighters 4 Fighters

We are a group of four 8th graders who are interested in helping Veterans, especially those who return home and become unable to work and live in poverty and even homelessness. These Veterans are a group of people who really need our help and it’s unfair for them to return home from war and be forgotten. They risked their lives, the possibility of never seeing their family and friends again, and so much more. Since they served our country in battle and now need our help, it’s time for us to step up and fight for our fighters.

Interview with Patricia McCormickd, Author of Purple Heart

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On Tuesday January 2, my group and I had the pleasure of interviewing Patricia McCormick via Skype, the award winning author of Purple Heart, and other books such as, Cut, Never Fall Down, I am Malala, Sold My Brother’s Keeper and many others. We were able to get in touch with Mrs. McCormick through Jennifer Hubert-Swan,…

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On January 16, my group and I walked to Washington Square park with a 5 question yes or no survey in hand. The survey contained 5 facts on veterans and the goal of the survey was to find out what people in society actually knew about veterans and how they are treated when they are…

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 4th Social Justice Blog Post Skype Interview with Patricia McCormick on Her Book “Purple Heart”, Tuesday, January 20th, 2015 On Tuesday January 20th we were lucky enough to schedule a skype call with Patricia McCormick, Author of “Purple Heart” and many other books. “Purple Heart” is a realistic-fiction novel about…

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On Tuesday January 20, we were luckily enough to meet with the award winning Author Patricia McCormick. She is an author of many books such as, Sold, Cut, Never Fall Down, I am Malala, My Brother’s Keeper and many others, but the one that caught our eye was Purple Heart which is about a soldier…

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On Thursday January 16. 2015, we gave people at Washington Square Park a survey on veterans to see if people realized the issues veterans face. Our survey had five questions. The first was “do you know one out four veterans is homeless.” The second one was “do you know every 65 seconds a veterans commits…

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On Wednesday 11/19/14, we had the pleasure of interviewing Dan Lohaus, the director of documentary “When I Came Home” a film made in 2006 about veterans who return home and become homeless and live in poverty, as well as the struggles they go through in piecing their lives back together. The film ended up gaining lots…

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 2nd Social Justice Blog Post Interview With Dan Lohas (Director of When Can I Come Home) On The Movie He Made, 11/19/14 On Wednesday November 19, our group was able to schedule a skype call with Dan Lohas, the director of a movie that we all felt connected with. We…

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Here is a picture taken outside of the entrance to the NYC VA Hospital

On October 28, my group and I visited the New York VA Hospital thanks to the help of the wonderful Claudia Benjamin, the Executive Chief of staff at the institute. Walking up towards the building, I got a sad feeling. Before you even got to the front steps, you could see old and young veterans…

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On Wednesday 11/19/14 we were luckily enough to interview Dan Lohaus the director, producer, and cinematographer of the movie “When I Came Home” The movie won the Tribeca Film award Best New York Documentary. In his movie it showed a many different homeless veterans and what happened to them. You realized from the movie and…

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Jacob Hirsch Fighters For Fighters 1st Social Justice Blog Post Veterans Affairs Hospital on Veteran Homelessness and Veteran Struggles, Interview with Dr. Craig Tenner on 10/28/14 On Tuesday October 28th, our Veteran Homelessness group visited the New York Veterans Affairs Hospital. The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system with over…

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On Tuesday the 28 of October 2014, our group went to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs in New York City at 423 on East 23 Street, New York, and New York. We were honored to meet with Ms. Benjamin, the Executive Chief of Staff, Mr. Tanner, a doctor for the VA, and a…

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We are a group of four 8th graders who are interested in helping Veterans, especially those who return home and become unable to work and live in poverty and even homelessness. These Veterans are a group of people who really need our help and it’s unfair for them to return home from war and be…