For the first time since Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin started a small village of tiny homes for homeless veterans, a group of students has joined the cause.
Nine sixth, seventh and eighth grade students at Milwaukee Jewish Day School are building a tiny home to join 15 others in the James A. Peterson Veteran Village in Racine.
At 8’ by 16’, it is only 128 square feet, but it is more than a home: It is a piece of a community of security and stability, a safe haven, a place of restart for veterans who need help getting back on their feet.
“The project is the perfect manifestation of the values of the school – empathy, wonder, and tikkun olam (repairing the world),” says Jim Salinsky, a woodworking teacher at MJDS who is leading the project. “I think that’s why it gained such early support.”
Woodworking with a purpose
It was Salinsky’s idea….
