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Wounded Warriors Cycle Across America To Raise Awareness For Veteran Issues

Stuart Mitchell

Thirty-six warriors coping with service-connected injuries joined Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) on a monumental cross-country journey to raise awareness for veteran issues. Soldier Ride Across America – beginning at One World Trade in New York City and ending at Ocean Beach, California – commemorates the 15-year anniversary of Chris Carney’s historic coast-to-coast cycling venture in support of wounded warrior, which spurred the creation of the WWP Soldier Ride® program. After the first ride, several combat warriors who returned from Operation Enduring Freedom with visible and invisible injuries joined Chris for…

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Walmart Reaches 5th Anniversary of Veterans Welcome Home Commitment With Announcement of More Than 200,000 Veteran Hires

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart has announced it has hired more than 200,000 veterans and promoted more than 28,000 to roles of greater responsibility since launching its Veterans Welcome Home Commitment five years ago. Recognizing the important skills and leadership abilities veterans possess, the commitment helps veterans find career opportunities at Walmart and aims to ease the sometimes difficult transition from active duty to civilian life. Walmart is now more than 80 percent of the way to reaching its goal of hiring 250,000 veterans by 2020. In May 2013, Walmart introduced the Veterans Welcome…

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Great Clips Launches #GREATful4VETS Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Great Clips, the world’s largest hair salon brand, has launched a new kind of Veterans Day (U.S.) and Remembrance Day (Canada) campaign that highlights the veterans, active military members, and supporters that make the brand great. The #GREATful4VETS campaign tells the stories of 12 individuals across the Great Clips network including franchisees, salon managers, stylists, family members and loyal customers, who have actively served or go above and beyond to support those who have served in the military. Individuals highlighted in the #GREATful4VETS campaign include: Dennis Stevens, a Great Clips…

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