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Veterans this season, let’s just one such
Atake a look at the lives organization,
of the less than one percent who or simply ask a
work to protect our freedoms in veteran what they
the greatest nation. On any given suggest.
day, they adapt to leaving their
families. It can be at any given • Volunteer. Give
time, sometimes for a few months, of your time to a
often for years at a time. They, veterans’ group.
and their families, adapt to ever- Organizations
changing moves and, for many, such as those
fear about what may lie ahead. that build homes
for wounded
In WWII, more than one million veterans make
left their families to fight for a tremendous
our freedom – many giving the impact.
ultimate sacrifice. More than
1.89 million served in Korea; 7.25 • Hire a veteran
million served in Vietnam and 7 or veteran’s
million veterans have served in spouse. If
the Gulf wars. It’s our turn to say you are in a
Thank You to the greatest few who management
serve the many. position, you will
find veterans and
More than half of our veterans are their spouses
now over the age of 60. This year, to be talented,
we encourage individuals to give professional and,
their thanks in actions as well as above all – loyal.
words to those who have given so
much to protect this land of the • Support While our nation is ever-changing,
free and home of the brave. Here Veteran let us take this year to change the
are a few suggestions: Entrepreneurship. Nearly way we thank our veterans by
10 percent of the 27 million doing it with actions in addition to
• Write a check. Countless small businesses in the U.S. words.
organizations assist our are veteran owned. Frequent
veterans who are facing those businesses by adding God Bless America.
financial difficulty, offering them to your company’s
job counseling to those supply chain.
leaving the military. Wounded

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