"Like" the Facebook page!
Connecting Memphis
  • Home
  • Memphis
  • Index
  • Presentations
  • Conclusion
  • Cindy McMillion Photography

Joey

11/21/2016

 
“Yesterday I shared a picture of myself on Facebook from 2010 when I was deployed to Iraq --- I served 7 years in the Army as an artilleryman --- and one of my classmates commented, ‘I was still in middle school then!’ Most of the 600-plus veterans attending the University of Memphis are older than the typical student, and I’m one of those. We’re trying to balance a lot of adult responsibilities and are just at a different place in our lives than, say, most 18-year-olds. I’ll be graduating in May with degrees in History and Political Science, with plans to go to law school, but meanwhile one of the ways I’m trying to help fellow student veterans is by raising funds for a library of textbooks to check out and use free of charge. Not every GI receives a stipend for books, so this can make a big difference for some of the men and women who have served this country. We started the project back in August and as soon as it ends on December 1, we’re going to look around to see where we can get the most bang for our buck. It’s important to me to be involved in something that has a direct impact on helping veterans. I try to live by the adage: ‘Leave it better than you found it.’”
Picture
Picture
Joey Scott, President of the University of Memphis Student Veterans Association
  • U of M Momentum page for all projects:  https://momentum.memphis.edu/
  • Momentum page for Tiger Vets:  https://momentum.memphis.edu/project/2967
  • YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgykorMK_cY
BACK TO HOME

Comments are closed.

    Archives

    July 2018
    May 2018
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.