Volunteers and military personnel joined the North Jersey Stand Down Committee, Inc. to help with the annual Stand Down at Essex County Community College on Sept. 9. Sgt. Brian Mills, above left, 250th Signal Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard hands out plates to homeless vets for a free hot lunch. William Hunter, above right, Veterans of Foreign Wars District 4 Jr. Vice Commander and former commander of Post 9015 hands out comfort items to a homeless vet along the clothing line at North Jersey Stand Down.

The South Jersey Stand Down at the New Jersey Army National Guard armory in Cherry Hill on Sept. 22 received a finanical boost prior to the event as Tom Weber, left, President of Stand Down of South Jersey accepts a $2,000 check from Arthur Seltzer, past Jewish War Veterans, Department of New Jersey commander and past JWV Post 126 commander. Photo by Perry Levine