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Walmart Foundation Grant to Help Connect 1,000 Veterans to Green Job Opportunities

Posted on 09. Nov, 2011 by .

Initiative builds on the Walmart Foundation’s $20 Million Commitment to Support Veterans Jobs Belleville, IL, Nov. 9, 2011– The Walmart Foundation today announced a two-year $750,000 grant to Veterans Green Jobs. With this funding, Veterans Green Jobs will connect with 1,000 veterans through its training and employment initiatives and place many of those veterans into [...]

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Annual Veterans Day Breakfast Features Denver FBI’s James Yacone and Colo. Governor John Hickenlooper

Posted on 02. Nov, 2011 by .

Nov. 2, 2011, DENVER, Colo. — On November 11, 2011, Veterans Green Jobs, a national, veteran-focused nonprofit organization, will host its 2nd annual Veterans Day Breakfast. The event was created to honor and applaud the generations of military veterans who have bravely served our nation. This year’s breakfast will feature keynote speaker, James F. Yacone, [...]

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Veterans Green Jobs Receives Grant to Help Homeless Military Veterans Find Jobs

Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by .

Oct. 21, 2011, DENVER, Colo. – The Denver Department of Human Services awarded Veterans Green Jobs $100,000 from its Community Services Block Grant program to assist low-income and homeless veterans with employment services. The grant will enable Veterans Green Jobs, through its Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Program to recruit and place 10 qualifying veterans [...]

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October is National Energy Awareness Month; October 30 is Weatherization Day

Posted on 19. Oct, 2011 by .

Veterans Green Jobs Offers Free Home Weatherization Services to Income-Qualified Households in Denver/Jefferson County and the San Luis Valley Oct. 19, 2011, DENVER, Colo.  – Veterans Green Jobs, a national nonprofit that puts military veterans back to work in the green jobs economy,  is promoting its free weatherization services to income-qualified Denver, Jefferson County and [...]

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Veterans Green Jobs’ Charlie Sanchez Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with Vice President Joe Biden

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by .

October 12, 2011, Alamosa, Colo. – Charlie Sanchez of Veterans Green Jobs travelled to Washington DC on Sept. 29 to dine with Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden. Sanchez had been invited to the Biden residence to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and recognize the outstanding contributions of Hispanic Americans across the military, government [...]

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