Jeans For Troops Info Packet

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Jeans for Troops Program Information

The umber one way to engage your employees and raise money for our veterans at the same time

As the region's only service oriented military and veterans organization, The GI Go Fund is the best place to concentrate your company's military and veteran fundraising efforts.

The GI Go Transition Center offers the most comprehensive approach to veteran services for our nation's bravest Americans. Our organization provides the nations only true "one-stop" shop for veterans in need of services including employment, housing, benefits, and access to healthcare.

The "Jeans for Troops" program provides your company a fun teambuilding excersise that will also

raise much-needed funds for our organization to continue the important work of assisting our veterans with their return home.

This May 24, 2012, your company can help by giving your employees the option to donate just $5 to the GI Go Fund, and in exchange you permit them to wear Jeans To Work.

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**Participating employers will collect a $5 donation from each willing employee. In exchange, the employee will be allowed to wear jeans to work on Thursday, 5/24/12. Proceeds will be donated to the GI Go Fund.**

For more information contact Alex Manis at (973) 802-1614 or manis@gigofund.org The GI Go Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that assists veterans with their return from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The Mission The G.I. Go Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization that assists our returning soldiers with their transition back to civilian life, by providing employment and education opportunities as well as providing a direct path to all benefits.

What We Do Employment The organization holds quarterly"Job and G.I. Bill"fairs for veterans in an effort to connect them with employers and educators who are committed to their success. Veterans who attend this event also receive critical resume assistance prior to attending in an effort to help the veteran make the strongest case for themselves as perspective employees.

Education The G.I. Go Fund also engages veterans in an extensive outreach campaign aimed at encouraging them to utilize their GI Bill benefits and attend college. The G.I Go Fund has an extensive community of more than 1,100 nationwide higher education institutions that are committed to providing veterans with an environment that suits their unique needs.

Benefits The G.I. Go Fund assists veterans with identifying and providing a clear path for obtaining all available Federal, State, and Local benefits.

Veterans often times live much of their lives not knowing what benefits they have earned and miss enormous opportunities. We work tirelessly with each individual veteran to ensure they have every opportunity to prosper.

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