CHICAGO (AP) ― Gov. Pat Quinn is declaring Women Veterans Recognition Day in Illinois.
Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs director Dan Grant plans to present the governor’s proclamation Tuesday during a free event at Chicago’s Thompson Center.
The “Salute to Women Veterans” event includes a resource fair featuring organizations that serve the needs of female veterans.
The Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Women’s Health Clinic, Bogan Quarters, Inner Voice and the Illinois Department of Employment Security are among the participants.
Capt. Kathryn Serbin, who coordinates the women’s program at Naval Health Clinic, Great Lakes, will be the keynote speaker.
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I’m a huge fan of Dirty Jobs and while watching it the other day I saw Mike Rowe talking about Project Evergreen’s Green Care for Troops, an organization that helps thousands of volunteers provide free lawn and landscaping services to military families while their loved ones serve.
GreenCare for Troops is a nationwide outreach program coordinated by Project EverGreen that connects local green industry professionals with men and women serving our country in the armed forces away from home.
GreenCare is in the process of helping hundreds of volunteers provide free lawn and landscape services for thousands of military families nationwide.
Its a great cause and you can learn more about it here.
The first female military pilots received the Congressional Gold Medal at a ceremony in the Capitol March 10.
Almost 70 years ago, the Women Airforce Service Pilots were disbanded with little fanfare, but this ceremony was a way to make things right for the trailblazers, said Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley.
More than 200 WASPs attended the event, many of them wearing their World War II-era uniforms. The audience, which Speaker Nancy Pelosi noted was one of the largest ever in the Capitol and too large to fit into Emancipation Hall, also included their families, as well as the families of those who have since died or couldn’t travel.
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If the late Pat Tillman is remembered for his selflessness, then it seems fitting that the foundation created in the professional football star-turned-soldier’s name would ask the same of the veterans it serves.
Now partnered with eight universities across the country, the Pat Tillman Foundation’s Tillman Military Scholars program offers funding to veterans who demonstrate a record of service to their communities and pledge to continue those activities. The program disbursed $642,000 to its inaugural class of 52 veterans and their families last year, and its ultimate goal is to provide $3.6 million annually — an amount equivalent to the lucrative Arizona Cardinals contract Tillman turned down to join the Army Rangers after Sept. 11, 2001.
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“In anticipation of its upcoming World War II miniseries The Pacific, HBO will foot the bill for 250 veterans to visit the World War II memorial in Washington next week, The Associated Press reported.”
“The pay cable channel said it is working with the Honor Flight Network, which pays to transport veterans to the capital.”
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