Elizabeth Rotary, EF Interact Club donate socks for veterans
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November 8, 2025

Elizabeth Rotary, EF Interact Club donate socks for veterans

On Thursday, the Elizabeth Rotary Club hosted guest speaker Kevin Kordzi, executive director of the Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending homelessness among veterans in the region. During the meeting, Elizabeth Forward High School Interact Club students presented Kordzi with more than 350 pairs of socks for the veteran sock collection. Shown, from left, are Rotarians Bobbi Bauer and Julie Rice, EF Interact students Nick Crossett, Nate Pozzuto, Brodie Weagley, Tyler Johnson and Mia Smith, Kordzi and Rotarian Eric Ash. Submitted

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