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Walmart launches push on hiring vets By Patrick McCallister For Veteran Voice Walmart is lighting up the help-wanted signs for veterans. The company aims to add 100,000 veterans to its workforce over the next five years. Starting on Memorial Day, the company will “offer a job to any honorably discharged veteran in his or her first 12 months off active duty.” “We’re looking for all types of veterans,” Brooke Buchanan, company spokeswoman, said. “If someone wants a part-time position while they’re going to school, or someone might want to start a management career at Walmart, we urge them to
apply.” Walmart CEO Bill Simon announced the veteran-hiring surge last month at the National Retail Federation’s BIG Show in New York. Simon served 25 years in the Navy and Navy Reserve. The company employs about 1.4 million, and believes that it’s the largest private employer of veterans in the United States. “We approximate that over 100,000 (associates) are veterans,” Buchanan said. In Florida, the company has about 300 locations and nearly 95,000 associates. Buchanan
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Martin Veterans targeting veteran job seekers World War Two Posters Found! I got a lump in my throat when I read this. I ‘grew up’ thinking: patriotism, it is the AMERICAN way! I am glad to see that somebody saved these posters. The statement at the end says it all! These were our parents. What in God’s name have we let happen ? I guess we are the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these! Whatever happened? It’s called political correctness (or ‘re-education’) happened, lack of personal responsibility happened, lack of personal integrity and honesty happened, lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened, lack of being an American happened. Did all of these things die along with common sense?!? I for one am still proud to be an American! Editor’s note: Ben Humphries, president of the Vietnam Veterans of America, Florida State Council, has been kind enough to include Veteran Voice on his email distribution list and sends material of interest to veterans several times a week. The above poster and the information was among the numerous items he sent this week. We haven’t been able to trace the origin of the text, but it’s apparently been circulating on the Internet for quite some time. The poster, which was among 26 others from the World War II era, is a classic, and we like the sentiment expressed by the sender, so we’re sharing it with you. To see the other posters, go to homepages.vvm.com/~rschulz/pages/wwii_poster.html.
For Veteran Voice There’s a new initiative in Martin County focused on reducing the number of unemployed veterans. United Way of Martin County’s Martin Volunteers program recently received a grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service to fund this new initiative, aptly named Martin Veterans. Martin Veterans’ first mission is to develop a database of all businesses in Martin County that would match employer needs with veteran job seekers. With help from Martin County’s Veteran Services, the Vietnam
Veterans of America Chapter 1041 and Workforce Solutions, Martin Veterans has created a two-minute online survey and is asking local business owners to participate by visiting www. MartinVeterans.org. Once the information is plugged into the database, Martin Veterans will create a directory of veteran-owned businesses that will help connect those businesses to local veterans seeking employment. Martin Volunteers is a program of United Way of Martin County and is funded in part with grant dollars from the
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Bicycles with American flags along with other patriotic and Having Moresymbols: Retirement service They’re hard to Accounts Same– apparent miss Is onNot the The roadways military veterans geared up for More Money. f You Aren’t at Your Last Job, As Having homeless living riding bikes that When it comes to the number of retirement accounts you have, the saying Why Is Your 401(k)? “more is better” is not necessarily true. In fact, if you hold multiple proudly display Old Glory. accounts with various brokers, it can be difficult to keep track of your to see if you’re properlyBergstresser diversified. At the very least, said that Pastor Jay Leaving a 401(k) with a previous employer could mean investments and multiple accounts usually mean multiple fees. leaving it alone with no one to watch over it. his church – Lutheran Church Bringing your accounts to Edward Jones could help solve all that. Plus, one ofmake the Resurrection ofyourCocoa it easier to see if you’re moving toward goals. At Edward Jones, we can explain options for your 401(k) statement can and help you select the one that’s best for you. If you’d *Diversification does Beach set out to help not guarantee a – profitdidn’t or protect against loss. like to roll it over to an Edward Jones Individual Retirethese homeless veterans when it ment Account (IRA), we can help you do it without To learn why consolidating your retirement accounts its bicycle about to Edward started Jones makes sense, call your local ministry financial paying taxes or penalties. And you can feel confident advisor today. that someone is looking out for you and your 401(k). three years ago. But, the nineyear Navy veteran said he’s been Shane D Ireland To find out why it makes sense to talk with Financial Advisor Shane D Ireland pleased that itwww.edwardjones.com has. 1172 Sw 30th Streetoptions, Ste 3 Edward Jones about your 401(k) Palm City, FLFinancial 34990 Advisor “We do get a lot of veterans,” call or visit your local 772-219-4454 financial advisor today. he said. “All different life stories Shane D Ireland 1172 Sw 30th Street Ste 3 and situations. Sometimes it’s Financial Advisor Palm City, FL 34990 . substance abuse that got them 1172 Sw 30th Street Ste 3 772-219-4454 Palm City, FL 34990 in problems. Sometimes it’s 772-219-4454 (post-traumatic stress disorder) they couldn’t handle.” www.edwardjones.com www.edwardjones.com Member Member SIPC SIPC The ministry, the Bike Repair Team, does routine bicycle main*
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Staff photo by Tammy Raits ‘Tim’ Timothy, who runs the bicycle ministry with Mark Noegel, takes down a temporary sign from the top half of the Dutch door leading to the ministry’s workshop on a recent Saturday at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Cocoa Beach. Timothy said the ministry is particularly grateful to Mac’s Bike Shop, also in Cocoa Beach, whose owner has sold them parts at cost and donated bikes the business takes as trade-ins on new bicycles.
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at the church, 525 Minutemen Causeway. Bergstresser said he’s always up to counseling with any veterans regardless of their faith, or lack of it. Religiously-neutral listening and counseling was part of his military training. “I think there’s a lot of evil in the world; there’s a lot of bad,” he said. “I think the way through is to show (others) love.” He added, “Some of the Marines I was best friends with told me, ‘Look, I don’t believe anything,’ or ‘I don’t know what to believe.’ I was fine with that.” Timothy said that if folks want to donate bikes, but can’t get them to the church, they can call the office and leave a message for him. The number is (321) 783-0852. The church’s web site is lcrcb.org.
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WALMART from page 1 said information about the number of Florida veterans working at Walmart was impossible to gather before press time. Odaly Victorio, communications coordinator at Workforce Solutions, applauded Walmart’s commitment to hire more veterans. She said companies too often don’t fully understand veterans’ job skills. “A lot of the time employers don’t realize the assets that veterans bring to the table,” she said. “They understand rules, regulations and procedures.” She said Walmart stores in the Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties might have more competition hiring veterans than they expect. Last August, Workforce Solutions launched its 100 Heroes in 100 Days veterans-employment campaign. More than 250 found jobs through the campaign. At the time, it was estimated that about 5,000 veterans were looking for work in the four-county area. Victorio, however, said many area employers are responding to programs such as 100 Heroes and the state’s Hiring Florida’s Heroes. That program helped about 27,000 veterans and National Guard members find employment in 2012. At the time Hiring Florida’s Heroes was launched, the unemployment rate for the state’s veterans was slightly lower than that of the general population. However, the Florida National Guard estimated that about 17 percent of soldiers and airmen returning from deployments in Operation
Enduring Freedom were looking for work. The governor announced Hiring Florida’s Heroes at the Florida National Guard Day at the Capitol, Jan. 24, 2012. The workforce system had helped 12,776 veterans find jobs during the preceding 12 months. Workforce Solutions is one of 24 regional workforce boards that operate under the state’s Department of Economic Opportunity. According to the military-focused newspaper Stars and Stripes, while overall veteran unemployment is lower than the national average, newer veterans are still groping to fit into the civilian job market. It reports that in December more than 226,000 Iraq- and Afghanistan-era veterans had filed for unemployment. Additionally, the paper reports that more than 150,000 active duty troops left the services in 2012, adding to the employment pressure for younger veterans. Buchanan said veterans need not wait until Memorial Day to apply at Walmart. “(At) Walmartcareers.com, there’s a section for veterans,” she said. “That indicates to management when they’re looking at (their) application that they are veterans. It is a priority status.” At the BIG Show, Simon urged other retailers to join Walmart in making commitments to hiring veterans. “Imagine what retail could do together,” said Simon in a press release. “We could leave an incredible legacy as an industry. We can be the ones who step up for our heroes. And we can do this now.”
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BOOKS from page 6 magazine to give enough coverage to the burgeoning number of books we wanted to review, so we started the on-line column. Before, we were forced to run the briefest of reviews —sometimes just a sentence or two — in The VVA Veteran. Now we can run longer reviews on the web, and also include an image of the cover of each book.”
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“We’re very pleased with Books in Brief on the web,” said VVA Veteran editor Michael Keating. “The page gets about 100 visits a day and is available to everyone on the Internet. It also allows us to publish in-depth reviews in the print edition of the magazine.” A subscription to The VVA Veteran is included in membership in Vietnam Veterans of America. To join, go to www.vva.org
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Editor’s note: This event occurs on Thursday, Feb. 7, and although we are a Friday publication, many of our editions are delivered to our Martin County readers Wednesday afternoon or Thursday.
during the Travel for the Troops “Fun”-Raiser, 3 p.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 7 in the Palm Room at Harbour Bay Plaza, Sewall’s Point. The charitable travel show is organized by Fun Tours Travel and is designed to build a veterans fund at House of Hope, a nonprofit agency that provides food,
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clothing, financial assistance and case management to Martin County residents in need. Fun Tours Travel has lined up 20 tour operators and cruise lines who will offer travel deals to attendees and incentives that support the veterans fund. The travel vendors include: Avalon Waterways, Azamara Club Cruises, Celebrity Cruise Line, Crystal Cruises, Cunard Line, Disney Cruise Line, General Tours, Globus Vacations, Holland America Line, Hurtigruten Voyages, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Seabourn Cruises, Seadream Yacht Club, Silver Sea Cruises, Uniworld River Cruises, Viking River Cruises and Windstar Cruises. Advance tickets are $20 (or $25 at the door). Tickets are available at Fun Tours Travel, 3748 SE Ocean Blvd., Stuart. Contact (772) 287-8200 or travelaine@ hotmail.com. They also are available at House of Hope, 2484 SE
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Bonita St., Stuart, or online at www.hohmartin.org/troops. Renato’s, The Prawnbroker and Importico’s Bakery Café will provide food, and DJ Dennis from Devine Entertainment is supplying entertainment. There will be a silent auction featuring wine tasting, televisions, artwork, dining and pampering packages, and more. Travel for the Troops is the brainchild of Fun Tours Travel owner Kathleen Padova and travel consultant Elaine Hirsch. The travel agents had read about the plight of local veterans and wanted to do something to benefit people past and present who have served in the military. They began planning the event and forged a partnership with House of Hope. Veterans have always been among the people helped by House of Hope, but this is the first time that the agency will be establishing a fund specifically dedicated to helping veterans and their families. The fund will help cover such costs as rent, utilities and medicine.
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Important numbers ... County Veterans Service Officers St. Lucie County, Donna Carlsen Phone: (772) 337-5670 Fax: (772) 337-5678 veterans@stlucieco.org Dorothy J. Conrad Building (formerly the Walton Road Annex Bldg.) 1664 S.E. Walton Road, Suite 205 Port St. Lucie, FL 34952 By appointment Mon., Tues, Thurs, Fri * 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wed * 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. St. Lucie County Community Services Bldg. (Corner of Avenue D and 7th Street) 437 N. Seventh St., Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Walk-ins Mon. and Fri. * 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Brevard Veteran’s Services Office 2725 Judge Fran Jamieson Way, Bldg. B, Suite 102 Viera, FL 32940 Office: (321) 633-2012 Fax: (321) 637-5432 Mon., Tues. and Thurs., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wed. and Fri, 8 a.m.-noon Manager: Glenn McGuffie
Martin County Tony Reese, Veterans Service Office Supervisor Nick Ciotti, Veterans Service Officer (772) 288-5448 Veterans Services Office Martin County Community Services 435 S.E. Flagler Ave., Stuart, FL 34994 Office Hours: Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. VA Life Insurance Ctr., Phil., PA 1-800-669-8477 VA Regional Office - 1-800-827-1000 VA Medical Ctr, W. Palm Beach 1-800-972-8262 Pharmacy, VA Medical Center 1-800-317-8387 Military Retired Pay Activities, Cleveland, OH - (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force ONLY) 1-800-321-1080 Military Retired Pay Activities, Topeka, KS - (Coast Guard ONLY) 1-800-772-8724 Survivor Benefits (SBP), Denver, CO - 1-800-435-3396 Stuart VA Clinic - (772) 288-0304 Okeechobee County Veterans Services office (863) 763-6441, Ext 5. Fax: (863) 7630118.
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