Activation Partners
Goodwill Industries International (National Activation Partner) | Download EPS logo
Goodwill inspires hope and self-confidence, helping people from all backgrounds and walks of life to feel successful, valuable and dignified by helping them earn a living, improve their lives, and strengthen their families and their communities. Through their network of 165 independent, community-based Goodwills in the United States and Canada Goodwill offers customized job training, employment placement and other services to people who have disabilities, lack education or job experience, or face employment challenges. In 2010, Goodwill helped more than 2.4 million people train for careers in industries such as banking, IT and health care, to name a few — and get the supporting services they needed to be successful, such as English language training, additional education, or access to transportation and child care. Goodwill is a long-time advocate for veterans, and in 2010, they provided job training, employment services and other supports to more than 25,766 veterans. Some Goodwills have specific programs to help veterans transition to civilian life; and all Goodwill agencies stand ready to help veterans and their family members access job training and placement support, career services, and support services such as health care, substance abuse counseling, transportation assistance and more.
100,000 Homes Campaign | Download EPS Logo
The 100,000 Homes Campaign coordinated by Community Solutions is a national movement of over 120 communities working together to find permanent homes for 100,000 vulnerable and chronically homeless individuals and families by July of 2014. Participating communities work to identify everyone on their streets by name, develop a system that can house anyone in 30 days or less, and begin housing 2.5% of their homeless population each month. The Campaign brings these communities together to identify common challenges, innovate new solutions, and share best practices with other communities across the country. Learn more at www.100khomes.org, www.facebook.com/100khomes or on Twitter @100khomes.
Blue Star Families | Download AI logo
Blue Star Families is a national, nonprofit network of military families from all ranks and services, including guard and reserve, with a mission to support, connect and empower military families. In addition to morale and empowerment programs, Blue Star Families raises awareness of the challenges and strengths of military family life and works to make military life more sustainable through programs and partnerships like Operation Honor Cards, MilKidz Club and Blue Star Museums. Membership includes military spouses, children and parents as well as service members, veterans and the civilians who strongly support them. To learn more about Blue Star Families, visit http://www.bluestarfam.org.
Give an Hour | Download EPS logo
Give an Hour is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), founded in September 2005 by Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, a psychologist in the Washington, D.C., area. The organization is dedicated to meeting the mental health needs of military personnel, their families, and the communities affected by the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. As of February 2012, Give an Hour has more than 6,100 providers across the nation—in all 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam—with more volunteer mental health professionals joining its network every day. In addition to counseling, providers also consult to schools, first responders, employers, and community organizations. Give an Hour has already provided over 50,000 hours of free service, valued at more than $5 million. In April 2012 Give an Hour was chosen as one of the five winners of the White House's Joining Forces Community Challenge, sponsored by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. That same month Dr. Van Dahlen was named to TIME magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world. To learn more, visit www.giveanhour.org or https://www.facebook.com/GiveanHour or on twitter at @GiveAnHour.
Military Child Education Coalition | Download AI logo
The Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC) is a 501(c)(3) global, nonprofit organization focused exclusively on the well-being and needs of America's two million military-connected children, specifically in the areas of academic opportunity and excellence, school transition support, and developmental needs. Our goal is to ensure that every military-connected child grows and thrives through good and challenging times so that they are college, work place, and ultimately, life-ready.
The Mission Continues | Download EPS logo
The Mission Continues challenges veterans to serve and lead in communities across America. The organization was founded by former US Navy SEAL Eric Greitens in 2007 when he returned from his final deployment to Iraq, fueled by the deep belief that veterans are civic assets. The Mission Continues offers six-month community service fellowships to veterans, awarding more than 360 fellowships to date. The organization does not offer charity; rather, it challenges returning service members to utilize their tremendous skills and leadership to continue serving our country at home. For more information, please visit http://www.missioncontinues.org.
The Pat Tillman Foundation | Download EPS logo
The mission of the Pat Tillman Foundation is to invest in military veterans and their spouses through educational scholarships; building a diverse community of leaders committed to service to others. This is accomplished with the Tillman Military Scholars program which purpose is to identify high-impact active or veteran servicemembers and their spouses and invest in their higher education, covering the needs left unpaid for by the GI Bill and other government support. The scholarship funds awarded are just a portion of the Tillman Military Scholar experience which also focuses on guiding an engaged community and providing essential resources that empower Scholars to serve and lead in their local communities and ease the transition from military to civilian life. Since its inception, 171 Tillman Military Scholars representing 32 states and attending 59 institutions nationwide have been awarded over $2.2 million.
Student Veterans of America | Download EPS logo
Student Veterans of America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit coalition of student veteran organizations on more than 550 college campuses globally. Each chapter, run by and for student veterans, provides a critical peer-support network that has been linked to improved academic success. The local chapter is essential to accomplishing SVA's mission, which is to provide military veterans with the resources, support, and advocacy needed to succeed in higher education and following graduation.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hiring Our Heroes Program | Download EPS logo
In March of 2011, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce launched Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide initiative to help veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment. Working with a network of 1600 state and local chambers, Hiring Our Heroes has hosted more than 150 hiring fairs in 48 states and the District of Columbia; more than 9,500 have gotten jobs. The program will significantly expand its efforts in 2012 with hiring fairs in 400 communities, the establishment of a stand-alone program for military spouses, and a sustained campaign to enlist the commitments from the small business community to hire veterans and military spouses over the next three years.
ServiceNation | Download EPS logo
ServiceNation is a campaign to increase national service opportunities and elevate service as a core ideal and problem solving strategy in America. The campaign is focused on two main initiatives: building a permanent grassroots constituency to advance service legislation and challenging the American public to view returning military veterans as civic assets and leaders who will reinvigorate our communities. ServiceNation envisions a day when a commonly asked question in this country is 'Where do you serve?' and when all Americans have the opportunity to serve in order to tackle pressing social challenges and strengthen our democracy. For more information visit www.servicenation.org.
CGI America | Download JPG logo
President Clinton established the Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) to address economic recovery in the United States. CGI America brings together leaders in business, government, and civil society to generate and implement commitments to create jobs, stimulate economic growth, foster innovation, and support workforce development in the United States. Since its first meeting in June 2011,CGI America participants have made more than 100 commitments valued at $11.8 billion. When fully funded and implemented, these commitments will improve the lives of three million people, create or fill more than 150,000 jobs, and invest and loan $354 million to small and medium enterprises in the United States. The 2012 CGI America meeting will take place June 7-8 in Chicago. To learn more, visit cgiamerica.org
American Red Cross | Download AI logo
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies more than 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or join our blog at http://blog.redcross.org.
Points of Light | Download EPS logo
Points of Light is the leading volunteer organization with more than 20 years of history and a bipartisan presidential legacy. Our mission is to inspire, equip and mobilize people to take action that changes the world. We connect people to their power to make a meaningful difference by providing access to tools, resources and opportunities to help volunteers use their time, talent, voice and money to meet the critical needs of our communities. We are organized into three divisions: Programs, Civic Incubator and Action Networks, which include HandsOn Network, the largest network of 250 local volunteer centers across the country and around the world; generationOn, the youth service movement that ignites the power of kids to make their mark on the world; AmeriCorps Alums, the national service alumni network that activates the next generation of service leaders; and Points of Light Corporate Institute, our enterprise that enables companies to engage their employees and customers in service. For more information, visit www.pointsoflight.org
Volunteers of America | Download JPG logo
Volunteers of America is a national, nonprofit, faith-based organization dedicated to helping those in need live healthy, safe and productive lives. Since 1896, our ministry of service has supported and empowered America's most vulnerable groups, including veterans, seniors, people with disabilities, at-risk youth, men and women returning from prison, homeless individuals and families, those recovering from addictions and many others. Through hundreds of human service programs, including housing and health care, Volunteers of America helps almost 2.5 million people in more than 400 communities. We offer a variety of services for older Americans, in particular, that allow them to maintain their independence and quality of life – everything from an occasional helping hand to full-time care. Our work touches the mind, body, heart and ultimately the spirit of those we serve, integrating our deep compassion with highly effective programs and services.
USO | Download PNG logo
The USO (United Service Organizations) lifts the spirits of America's troops and their families millions of times each year at hundreds of places worldwide. We provide a touch of home through centers at airports and military bases in the U.S. and abroad, top quality entertainment and innovative programs and services. We also provide critical support to those who need us most, including forward-deployed troops, military families, wounded warriors and their families and the families of the fallen.
The USO is a private, nonprofit organization, not a government agency. We rely on the generosity of our volunteers and donors. In addition to individual donors and corporate sponsors, the USO is supported by President's Circle Partners: American Airlines, AT&T, Clear Channel, Kangaroo Express, Kroger, Lowe's, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Procter & Gamble, and TriWest Healthcare Alliance and Worldwide Strategic Partners: BAE Systems, The Boeing Company, The Coca-Cola Company, Lockheed Martin, and Microsoft Corporation. We are also supported through the United Way and Combined Federal Campaign (CFC-11381). To join us in this patriotic mission, and to learn more about the USO, please visit uso.org
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) | Download EPS logo
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) is the nation's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the lives of our newest veterans and their families. Through providing innovative health, education, employment and community programs, IAVA strives to build an empowered generation of veterans who provide sustainable leadership for our country and their local communities. Learn more, get involved and join the over 200,000 Member Veterans and Civilian Supporters now at www.IAVA.org.
NCIRE | Download EPS logo
The Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE) is a scientific community of clinicians and researchers bringing the power of modern medicine to the health of our nations Veterans. Over 200 principal investigators – academically affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco and based at the San Francisco VA Medical Center – contribute individual expertise and knowledge to a thriving community of collaborative scientific discovery. As the country's largest nonprofit research enterprise dedicated exclusively to advancing the health of military service members, NCIRE is regarded as The Veterans Health Research Institute.
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University | Download EPS logo
Launched in 2011 by founding partners Syracuse University and JPMorgan Chase & Co., the IVMF is the first national center in higher education focused on the social, economic, education and policy issues impacting veterans and their families post-service. Through the pillars of educational programming, employment and actionable research, the institute provides in-depth analysis of the challenges facing the veteran community, captures best practices and serves as a forum to facilitate new partnerships and strong relationships between the individuals and organizations committed to making a difference for veterans and military families.
"in service to those who have served"
vets.syr.edu
Code of Support Foundation | Download EPS logo
The Code of Support Foundation is dedicated to bridging the gap between civilian and military America. Through its programs and activities, COSF seeks to significantly increase the percentage of Americans who not only care about the troops (including their families and veterans), but understand the depth of their service and sacrifice, are committed to their support, and are actively involved in donating to or volunteering for quality non-governmental organizations that provide critically needed services and support. In addition, the COSF works to build effective communication and cooperation within the non-profit troop support community, as well as serving as an advocate on their behalf and on behalf of the troops, their families and veterans.
Operation Gratitude | Download EPS logo
Operation Gratitude annually sends 100,000+ care packages filled with snacks, toiletries, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in harm's way, to their Children left behind, to Veterans and Military families facing financial hardships, to Wounded Warriors recovering in transition units and to First Responders engaged in disaster relief efforts. Our mission is to lift morale, bring a smile to a service member's face and express to our Military the appreciation and support of the American people. Each package contains donated product valued at ~$100 and costs the organization $15 to assemble and ship. Since its inception in 2003, Operation Gratitude has shipped more than 760,000 packages to American Military and their families.
Sierra Club Mission Outdoors | Download EPS logo
Mission Outdoors is Sierra Club's initiative to provide access to
outdoor experiences to people of all ages and backgrounds. Through
direct programming, advocacy and education, Mission Outdoors aims to
give all Americans a meaningful outdoor experience. Specifically for
military families and veterans, it is our hope to give those who
served an opportunity to experience the land they defended. Read more
at www.sierraclub.org/missionoutdoors
Warrior Gateway | Download PSD logo
Founded in 2009, Warrior Gateway connects individuals in the military community with organizations and programs (non-profit, government, educational or employment-related) in their neighborhood that are there to support them. Warrior Gateway harnesses state-of-the art technology and community collaboration to help today's veterans make better decisions about what service providers they can go to for help, and have a public forum to share their experiences about the quality and effectiveness of those services. This innovation was recognized with a Federal Computer Week Fed-100 award for significant contributions to the Federal IT community in 2011 and a 2012 ComputerWorld Honors Laureate Award. For more information, please visit: www.warriorgateway.org.
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) | Download JPG logo
The Corporation for National and Community Service is a federal agency that engages more than five million Americans in service through its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, Social Innovation Fund, and other programs, and leads President Obama's national call to service initiative, United We Serve. Each year, thousands of veterans are served by AmeriCorps and Senior Corps, and many more are provided the opportunity to continue their service through National Service programs. For more information, visit NationalService.gov.
Bob Woodruff Foundation | Download PNG logo
The Bob Woodruff Foundation is the national nonprofit that helps ensure our nation's
injured service members, veterans and their families return to a home front ready to
support them. BWF provides resources and support to service members, veterans and
their families to successfully reintegrate into their communities so they may thrive
physically, psychologically, socially and economically. Through a public education
movement called ReMIND.org, the Bob Woodruff Foundation helps educate the public
about the needs of service members returning from war — especially the 1 in 5 service
members who have sustained hidden injuries such as Traumatic Brain Injury and
Combat Stress, including Post Traumatic Stress, Depression and Anxiety — and
empowers communities nationwide to take action. Across the country, the Bob
Woodruff Foundation collaborates with other organizations and experts to identify and
solve issues related to the return of service members from combat to civilian life and
invests in programs that connect our troops to the help they need — from individual
needs like physical accommodations, job training, financial counseling, to larger social
issues like homelessness and suicide. The Bob Woodruff Foundation has invested
over $10.5 million, impacting more than 1,000,000 service members, support personnel,
veterans and their families nationwide.
For more information about the Bob Woodruff Foundation please visit
www.ReMIND.org.
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