9/11 Memorial First Responders Care Package Distribution, 11 September 2016

General News

 

 The SVA of SPC – Clearwater Campus successfully hosted its annual 9/11 Memorial Care Package Distribution on Sunday, 11 September 2016, paying tribute to first responders who continue to serve the community to combat the ever present chaos and evil in this world.  Five SVA members from multiple SPC campuses, and their family members, distributed six care packages in total, visiting the Clearwater Police Department in downtown Clearwater, and five different Fire/Rescue stations throughout Clearwater and Safety Harbor.

  The SVA of SPC – Clearwater Campus raised a total of $340 in donations for this event: $290 coming from anonymous individual donors, and $50 from the Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States (VFW) Post 10093 of Safety Harbor, Florida.

  Thank you to all who continue to support freedom and liberty.

(Submitted by Eric Hauser, Student Veterans Association, Clearwater Campus)

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About Jeff Cavanagh

Jeff Cavanagh spent his freshman year at St. Petersburg Junior College back in the early 70s before enlisting in the United States Navy. Soon after, he attended Jacksonville University on a Navy ROTC scholarship. After college, he was commissioned and became a qualified Surface Warfare Officer spending the next 22 years honing his skills as a ship-handler and expert recruiter before retiring in 1994. Jeff expresses a deep sense of pride in St. Petersburg College due to connections that go back many years. His father, Tom Cavanagh, was a career Air Force fighter pilot and combat veteran who taught Geography and Western Civilization at St. Petersburg Junior College in the 60’s and 70’s.