Hire Heroes USA staff and veterans participants were privileged to attend a golf tournament at the annual Convention and Trade Show for the National Coalition of Association of 7-Eleven Franchisees (NCASEF), the professional trade association for 7-Eleven store owners. This year it was held on July 19th in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Runners and Sponsors Needed to Join the Hire Heroes USA Team for The Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 30, 2011 – *20 slots still open!
All funds raised will benefit Hire Heroes USA’s nationally-recognized veteran employment assistance programs.
Alpharetta, GA (PRWEB) July 18, 2011- Join the Hire Heroes USA (Hire Heroes) marathon team on Sunday, October 30, 2011 in Washington DC for the 36th annual Marine Corps Marathon. The team captain is Hire Heroes USA Executive Director – and former US Marine infantry officer – Nathan Smith. Team members will push themselves to their physical limits while running past iconic monuments, over the historic Potomac, and next to the hallowed grounds of Arlington – all to help raise $50,000 for Hire Heroes USA’s nationally-recognized veteran employment assistance programs. With more than 1.3 million unemployed veterans seeking work, there has never been a better time to help. The need is now. Join the Team and run with us on October 30, 2011.
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Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Affiliation Program
WHAT IS IT?
On July 1, 2011, the Army will launch the IRR Affiliation Program (IAP) to provide IRR Soldiers and their Families with a local network of support to ensure their well-being and readiness. The IAP will be cooperatively managed by U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC), U.S. Army Human Resources Command (HRC), and the U.S. Army National Guard (ARNG). The focus of the program will be on communicating support and resources versus participation in unit training events. IRR Soldiers will be affiliated with a local Reserve Component (RC) unit, but will be under no obligation to participate in unit training or to maintain contact with the unit. They will only be required to acknowledge the program, their affiliation to a RC unit, and their understanding that resources and support will always be available to them while assigned to the IRR.
Below are a few amazing opportunities for Veterans and their spouses- particularly female Veterans.
Syracuse University Whitman Business School for Entrepreneurial Study has created three new programs to support Veterans and spouses in pursuit of small businesses. These FREE online courses are designed to improve skills for those wishing to start a business or those with a business looking to expand. The strength of these programs is that they are linked to the enormous pool of venture capital and support offered by the Small Business Administration (SBA), which is especially targeting the military family this year. There are 3 different programs. Continue reading “Support for VETS from the SBA:”