Walk for the homeless event raises money for PATH
By: Stephanie
Jared Fogel, spokesman for Subway, appeared at Stroudsburg Junior High School on Friday, October 9th in an event initiated by Amanda. As part of her graduation project, Amanda wanted to raise money for the homeless, while teaching kids how to exercise and make healthy eating choices.
During every lunch period, Jared made a short speech to share with students about why it is important to be healthy. He challenged students to think about how their lives are going to turn out.
A student attending the event said, “It makes people want to listen more because people know who Jared is.”
He even brought his famous 60-inch waist pants to get his point across, stressing the fact that it is very important to make healthy choices as teens. Jared had the attention of everyone in the room as they enjoyed a 6-inch sub, a bag of chips, a bottle of water, and an apple donated by subway and B.J.’s.
Jared said, “I hope I’m doing at least a small part.”
Three Marines also attended the event and brought a pull-up bar. Volunteers were taken out of the audience to complete ten pull-ups. The Marines showed students how exercise could be fun.
During each lunch period, students walked around the school once to raise money for homelessness. Amanda also made a speech to thank Jared for coming to our school, and she especially thanked all of the students for making the fundraiser for the homeless a great success.
The students raised $1700 for PATH, an organization that helps the homeless. When questioned about the results in a follow-up interview, Amanda said: “I’m happy.”
Sharon Taylor, the director for PATH, said, “I have been doing this work for 18 years, and this is the first time a school has come forward to deal with the issue of homelessness.”
Jared also shared how great he thought the student fundraiser was, “I never thought in a million years that I would be doing something like this”
A student offered her perspective, “I think that everybody needs to know how good we have it, and how many homeless people need help.”