A group of 40 students from Bob Graham Education Center's National Jr. Honor Society Club and Student Council participated in National Homeless Awareness Day on November 6.
Miami-Dade County's Homeless Trust program provided students with cardboards and T-shirts. Students passed out cards with a Homeless Helpline phone number to parents and other community members. Club members were holding the cardboards as cars passed by, hoping to create awareness on the important issues related to helping end homelessness.
Sara Najara, School Counselor and Homeless Program liaison, and Marilyn Dieppa, Science teacher and club sponsor, were the coordinators of thie event.
Najara also did a school wide event in which all students donated cereal boxes and collected a total of 670 boxes during the drive. The boxes were donated to help Program Project Up-Start, a Miami-Dade Public School Homeless Education Program which helps students who are homeless and assists families in transition, providing them with needed resources.