Wounded Warrior Golf Benefit Tournament for Quality of Life+

by Laura Kennedy on September 2, 2010

Quality of Life Plus funds college engineering projects to create new, innovative solutions that improve the quality of life of our military, intelligence and law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty.  100% of proceeds will go to www.qlplus.org to support their work.  QLPlus is working with Wounded Warrior Golf to use golf swing ...

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Virtual Career Fairs Bring Veterans and Industry Leading Employers Together

by Laura Kennedy on September 1, 2010

Kevin O’Brien, CEO and Founder of Milicruit.com, has made a career out of serving those that are serving us and will be appearing LIVE on our Veterans Day Telethon to discuss the groundbreaking, high tech launch of  virtual career fairs. When Kevin looked at what really took place at a career fair, and how costly and ...

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Tens of Thousands Classmates Reconnect Through the Military Brat Registry!

September 1, 2010

Marc Curtis was the son of a US Army Sergeant. He was born at the Presidio of San Francisco, and lived on Army and Air Force bases around California, Texas, and Japan. Marc will be sharing his story LIVE on our Veterans Day Telethon on Nov 6th.

Marc Curtis is the President of US Plan [...]

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Jeff Ellis, Iraq Veteran, Will Perform at the Free Concerts Labor Day Weekend at Chief Logan State Park

August 31, 2010

Celebrate the Labor Day weekend with the Museum in the Park at Chief Logan State Park at the sixth annual “Aunt Jennie’s Music Festival.”  The celebration will include two outdoor concerts on Saturday, Sept. 4, from 4 – 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 5, from 1 – 6 p.m. The concerts [...]

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How Would Your Life Change If You Were Suddenly the Full-Time Caregiver of Your Military Grandchild?

August 28, 2010

Returning for her second year with the Veterans Day Telethon is military mom and author, Judy Pugh.  In a whirlwind of pain, Judy Pugh finds herself battling through an unexpected and ugly divorce, only to come out on the other side as the full-time caregiver of her 2 1/2 year old grandson and saying [...]

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Scott Silverman, Founder of Second Chance, Answers the Call “Will You Help Me?”

August 27, 2010

Scott H. Silverman is the author of “tell Me No, I Dare You!” and is an in demand leadership speaker. Scott is a leader in the field of workforce development. He has received numerous awards and honors including recently being named “CNN Hero of the Week” and the City of San Diego [...]

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2010 Military Spouse of Year & USAF Veteran, LORI BELL, Live on the Veterans Day Telethon

August 25, 2010

Lori Bell is a military spouse and mom, USAF veteran, and President and Founder of the National Association of Military Moms and Spouses (NAMMAS), a mentoring community of women passionate about helping each other navigate military lifestyle challenges, build relationships and have more fun too.

When her husband deployed to Afghanistan for six months with only [...]

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Veteran & Author, John Quinn, Will Share an Unlikely Story of Challenge and Triumph LIVE on the Veterans Day Telethon

August 23, 2010

Retired Senior Chief Petty Officer, John W. Quinn, was born with cerebral palsy. In spite of partial paralysis, two different sized feet, and the inability to walk prior to the age of four, he was able to not only join the U.S. Navy but maintain a highly successful twenty-year career. Throughout his distinguished twenty-year [...]

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Singer/Songwriter, MICHAEL PETERSON, Joins the Veterans Day Telethon Team In Supporting Our Troops & Their Families

August 22, 2010

Grammy and Country Music Association award nominee, Michael Peterson has a consistent commitment to excellence and is passionate about sharing his gifts which has brought him repeated recognition for outstanding service to our nation, the most recent being the 2008 Bob Hope “Spirit Of Hope” award from the USO and the [...]

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Vietnam Era Columnist, Nancy E. Lynch, Shares the “Vietnam Mailbag” Live on Veterans Day Telethon

August 21, 2010

Journalist and Vietnam era columnist, Nancy E. Lynch, is also the author of the award-winning social history, “Vietnam Mailbag, Voices From the War: 1968-1972″.

From the early 1960s through March 1973 hundreds of thousands of men and women served in Vietnam, in an undeclared and highly controversial war. During the peak years [...]

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