FTCC volunteers distributed Thank You signs during the Annual Veterans Day Parade in Fayetteville on Nov. 6, 2021.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Volunteers from Fayetteville Tech were on hand at the Annual Veterans Day Parade in Downtown Fayetteville on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. The group passed out 2,500 Thank You signs before and during the event on behalf of Heroes Homecoming IX.
The Heroes Homecoming initiative is a Cumberland County-wide effort developed to recognize and appreciate active duty and veterans for their courage and sacrifice
The volunteers started at 8:30 a.m. and traveled along the parade route, beginning at the Fayetteville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, walking along Hay Street to the Airborne & Special Operations Museum before turning around to return to the CVB.
Pictured are FTCC Student Veterans of America Chapter members David Meza (president); Raquel Bell (vice president); Leslie Haskins; Laquesha Pye and Jason Johnson; as well as NSLS co-president Jenna Warnock; Design Club member Sirraybean Carter; SGA secretary Cathy McDowell; Advertising/Graphic Design instructor Sara Smith; Military/Veterans service technician and FTCC SVA Chapter advisor Martin Robinson and Jessie Bellflowers, who is FTCC’s Department Chair of Business Administration and Heroes Homecoming IX liaison; and Angie Brady, director of tourism marketing at Visit Fayetteville NC and director of Heroes Homecoming IX.
