The Department of Veteran Affairs Veterans Benefits Administration has announced its partnership with the Richmond International Raceway (RIR) and driver Landon Cassill during NASCAR Weekend featuring the Air Guard 400 and the Virginia 529 College Savings 250 on September 10th and 11th, 2010 in Richmond Virginia.
This partnership is part of a growing effort to ensure the nation’s Veterans and service members learn of the opportunities and benefits offered by the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
“The GI Bill has had a positive impact on a lot of people,” Cassill said. “I have a good friend who served in the military and he is currently using the GI Bill to get his education. In my outreach to family members to see if anyone was using the GI Bill, I actually educated a cousin who did not know he was eligible and is now looking into the benefits that he is entitled to. I can see how the GI Bill can affect someone’s life as it has for my friend. I am looking forward to helping get the word out and having a great run with the Post-9/11 GI Bill colors on our car at Richmond.”
About Race Weekend:
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Air Guard 400 will be held September 10 & 11th, 2010 at Richmond International Raceway, located at 600 East Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 23222. For tickets and directions visit the Richmond International Raceway website or call (866)455-7223
The Air Guard 400 from Richmond International Raceway will be televised live on ABC starting at 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, September 11th.
In addition, “My Story”, a public awareness campaign featuring PSA’s that profile six Post-9/11GI Bill recipients, will be showcased. View the PSAs online!
Over the past months, “Operation Drive one” has been assisting military service members and their families by donating $20 per test drive at Ford’s on-base events for the National Military Family Association, one of the largest U.S. military charities.
Throughout it’s 10 base tour, Ford salutes military personnel, veterans, family and friends with events and prizes designed to provide a fun-filled day of entertainment including exciting driving challenges, interactive vehicle displays of Ford’s newest products and technologies and classic car shows, all while raising money for the National Military Family Association.
Each “Ford: Operation Drive one” tour stop includes “Drive one 4 UR Troops, ” a test drive program that allows individuals to test drive any new Ford vehicle and help raise money to support the troops and their families.
For each test drive taken at the event, $20 (up to $10,000) will be donated to the local chapter of the National Military Family Association (NMFA).
Additionally, Ford will salute twelve randomly-selected active duty and veteran service members with a trip to the Ford Championship NASCAR race weekend in November. From those twelve, two recipients will also win a new 2011 Ford Mustang and one grand prize winner will be awarded an exclusive Toby Keith concert for his or her home base. All current and former members of the military can enter to win at any of the tour stops or at www.fordoperationdriveone.com.
Want to do something to show your respect for our nation’s heroes? Honor our veterans by flying them to the very memorials commemorating their service to country via the Honor Flight Network.
The Writer’s Center is pleased to announce that it has received a generous grant from The National Endowment for the Arts allowing us to offer four tuition-free workshops for veterans and active-duty military. Two of these workshops are being offered this fall – led by James Mathews and Jehanne Dubrow – and there will be two additional workshops to follow in Winter/Spring 2011.
Please contact The Writer’s Center at 301.654.8664 for more details.Please note: Before you can register for these free workshops, you will need to document military experience.
Visit our www.writer.org for complete details about each workshop.
Great for beauty products and now great for supporting our Guardmembers and Reservists! We love it!
In a ceremony at its New Jersey headquarters, L’Oréal USA received the “Above and Beyond Award” from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense organization whose purpose is to promote cooperation and understanding between Reserve components and their civilian employers. This award is given by both state and territory ESGR committees and recognizes those employers who have gone above and beyond the legal requirements of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) for granting leave and providing support for military duty by employees.
L’Oréal USA was nominated for this prestigious award by Rodney Wong, Senior Systems Analyst in the Supply Chain & Finance department. Mr. Wong served a year with the New Jersey National Guard in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and 6 months state side supporting troops deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan missions.
During his time in Iraq, Mr. Wong also nominated his supervisor at the time, Rich Scuteri, for awards through the ESGR, the lead advocate within the Department of Defense for Reserve Component employers. Mr. Scuteri received the Patriot Award, honoring him personally for his superior support of Guard & Reserve employees. “It is an honor to receive this award. Rodney has proven himself to be a hard working dedicated member of the L’Oréal team,” said Mr. Scuteri.
L’Oréal is proud to have received this award and will continue to practice leadership in support of employee participation in the Guard and Reserve.
We all know the USO and appreciate the amazing work they do supporting our men and women in uniform day in and day out. In a climate like today’s, it’s not always easy to be out there doing their work. Yes they still manage to celebrate and support all of our nations heroes.
In a great new series on the Huffington Post’s Impact initiative, The USO is highlighted as just a few of the unsung heroes behind our armed forces.
One recent post tells the story of Charles Eggleston, a wounded warrior who is now volunteering with the USO to help other wounded warriors. You really need to read the story to believe that someone can have a heart that big.
Check out the story and send them some comment-love! You know you want to, it’s the USO!
With Independence Day right around the corner, we thought this might be a welcome reprieve from the normal July 4th picnic music!
North Carolina native Jamie Tate originally wrote “I’ll Give My All” simply to show her support for our troops, but the song has since taken on a much bigger role. In fact, “I’ll Give My All” was chosen to become part of a national campaign to deliver one million free downloads of Jamie’s patriotic anthem to our troops stationed around the world. Every download will result in a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, the USO of North Carolina and the Military Family Lifestyle Charitable Foundation.
And, Jamie had some very special guests helping her record this special anthem – the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus. Once the world-renowned group from Fort Bragg heard her song, they offered to lend their services. The result is a stirring tribute to the sacrifice our men and women have made, and continue to make, every single day.
Check it out! And if you dig it, each purchase goes to a good cause!
We received this video via @VetsPrevail on Twitter. They are a group dedicated to reducing the effects of TBI and PTSD, and cutting down on the number of veterans who commit suicide.
A very worthy cause, to be sure. But in case you weren’t aware of the desperate need for organizations like theirs, watch the video. The numbers are truly heartbreaking.
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) announced that, for the third year in a row, it will reward Discover cardmembers with Double Cashback Bonus® or Double Miles when they make purchases at U.S. military bases from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Double rewards will be given automatically on up to $1,000 in Discover® card purchases at bases worldwide.
The program will include military installations in the United States and overseas, and includes purchases made at commissaries, exchanges, shopettes/convenience stores, exchange catalogs, exchange online stores and exchange gas/service stations on-base. Cardmembers can learn more at Discover.com/military.
Cardmembers also have the ongoing option to donate their Cashback Bonus to Operation Homefront, which is a non-profit organization that provides emergency assistance and morale to our troops, their families and to wounded warriors when they return home. The organization leads more than 4,000 volunteers in 30 chapters serving 37 states nationwide.
Discover card’s consumer credit cards are founded on a commitment to helping cardmembers earn more meaningful rewards while giving them more choices and allowing them to spend smarter.
Thanks to our friends at Blue Star Families, you can now get the following deal:
“Operation Appreciation: Blue Star Museums” is an initiative to provide free access to museums by military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 31st to Labor Day, September 6, 2010.
Nearly 600 museums have agreed to participate, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
