Veterans Green Jobs and Force Factor Lead Expedition in Colorado’s High Country Denver, Colo., Sept. 2, 2010 – Denver-based nonprofit Veterans Green Jobs and Boston-based Force Factor announce that the Veterans Expeditions Rocky Mountain National Park Team (www.vetexpeditions.com) will lead a group of eight disabled and able-bodied military veterans to the top of Longs Peak [...]
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Taking Military Veterans to New Heights Learn more at http://vetexpeditions.com/ We are very excited to announce that our climbing trip will be shifting from Mt. Shasta to the Mummy Range and Longs Peak in Colorado this 9/11. Due to some miscommunications with the great staff at U.S. Forest Service in Mt. Shasta, we did not [...]
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Veterans Green Jobs will be hosting its first Ride to Remember fundraising motorcycle ride on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. If you are a motorcycle rider, please join us for this fun, first-time benefit to support veterans while enjoying Colorado’s beautiful scenery! The event will begin at Veterans Green Jobs’ front office parking lot at 9 a.m. Participants [...]
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Go Green Radio – August 13, 2010 – “Give them the tools, the training, and a mission – these Veterans have what it takes to help America transition to a green, clean economy. On today’s episode of Go Green Radio, we’ll talk with Garrett Reppenhagen, former sniper in the Army’s 1st Infantry Division stationed in [...]
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Free home weatherization for qualifying members of Virginia Nat’l Guard
Posted on 03. Aug, 2010 by john.
Veterans Green Jobs is offering weatherization services at no cost to qualifying members of the Virginia National Guard (Army and Air branches).
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Line of fire; Veterans-turned-firefighters train in La Plata County
Posted on 10. Jul, 2010 by linda.
Dressed in forest-green trousers and heavy work boots, a young woman leans against a boulder on a wooded hillside. The sleeve of her yellow work shirt is rolled just to the point of revealing the sharp-edged tattoo gracing her skin. Black sunglasses hide her eyes. After sidestepping a question two or three times, she looks [...]
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Nonprofit Connects Veterans with Green Jobs
Posted on 02. Jul, 2010 by linda.
Mit Parsons knows why veterans are attracted to seek work through Veterans Green Jobs, a Denver nonprofit that trains them for jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency. “Energy security and energy independence resonate with veterans, because they realize that the more we have the ability to produce our own power, the less we may [...]
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Governor Ritter Signs New Energy Economy Bills
Posted on 12. Jun, 2010 by linda.
At the Veterans Green Jobs warehouse on Friday, June 11, Colorado Governor Ritter signed 5 New Energy Economy bills into law. Approximately 200 guests filled the warehouse for this festive occasion – marking the Governor’s last bill-signing of his Colorado gubernatorial. Check out our FaceBook photo album!
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Veterans Green Jobs Names Interim CEO
Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by linda.
Interim Leader Will Help Usher the Nonprofit Through Its Next Growth Phase Denver, Colo., June 3, 2010 – Veterans Green Jobs, a Denver-based national nonprofit that helps prepare military veterans to lead the green jobs economy, announced today that its founding CEO, Brett KenCairn, will return to the private sector, having led the organization through [...]
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Contract Bid Opportunities
Posted on 27. May, 2010 by john.
Veterans Green Jobs Denver/Jeffco and San Luis Valley Weatherization Programs are soliciting bids for multiple contract jobs.
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