Wounded Warrior Project
For their spring project, BSHS Interact Club sponsored a silver war to raise funds for the Wounded Warrior Project. They got the idea when attending one of our regular meetings where the Executive Director of the Project was our speaker. The mission of the Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is to raise public awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of severely injured service men and women, to help severely injured service members to aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. In the silver war, the various grade levels competed with each other by placing money in containers marked by grade level. Coins counted as one point per cent, but bills counted double. After the first two days $600 was raised. The West Jax Rotary pledged a $500 matching contribution for the final two days. The students’ response was overwhelming, contributing an additional $1,100. A total of $2,200 was presented to Jeff Searcy, Executive Vice President of The Wounded Warriors Project at the conclusion of the school’s Ash Wednesday Mass. These funds will pay for 22 backpacks to be given to soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
