Saint Peter’s College Vice-President appointed to board of area charity

January 13, 2002– Jersey City, NJ– Saint Peter’s College Vice President of Finance and Business Joseph Hartnett(Rahway, NJ) has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Union County (www.interfaith-council.org). He previously served on the Development Committee of IFCH-UC and will continue in that role Interfaith Council for the Homeless of Union County is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for the homeless and those at risk of homelessness while assisting them to obtain appropriate housing. Thirty-four area churches and synagogues are members of the IFCH-UC network and work to promote personal development, independence and self-sufficiency, as well as community building for safe and stable neighborhoods. “Since my high school days at Saint Peter’s Prep in Jersey City, I have had a lifelong passion for service in the area of homelessness,” Hartnett said. “The Jesuits taught us about the need to break the classic vicious cycle of poverty – poor housing, leading to poor education, leading to poor jobs, leading to poor housing. I’ve never forgotten that and have always felt that, whatever other crises or problems people have to deal with, no child deserves to be without a home and there is no hope of breaking the cycle without a home.”