Military Connection Vies for $250,000 Grant to Expand Services for Veterans
MilitaryConnection.com, one of the most comprehensive online directories of resources and information on the Internet, is competing for one of twelve grants being awarded to small businesses by Chase and Living Social.
Serving active duty military, Veterans, their families and supporters, MilitaryConnection.com, known as “The Go To Site” has thousands of pages of resources and information, It is also a Top 100 Employment site. Winning the grant will allow Military Connection to launch hiring and training programs to give back to those who have sacrificed so much.
Military Connection recently launched the “Hiring America”s Heroes” program. This program focuses on generating remote jobs especially for wounded warriors, disabled Veterans and military spouses. The grant will enable this program to ramp up at a much faster pace. Additionally, Military Connection will be providing online short targeted classes for Veterans that will be accessible 24/7 and help them in finding jobs and provide other valuable resources to them.
Military Connection is proud to be affiliated with a large number of non-profits and uses their significant reach to help non-profits get out the word.
“Working with such wonderful groups and non-profits is really the best part of what we do.”
– Debbie Gregory, Military Connection
It was through working with many of these groups that Ms. Gregory got the idea to launch the Hiring America”s Heroes program. Ms. Gregory also said “Not only will this program create jobs for American heroes, but it will also bring currently outsourced jobs back to our country.”
How To Support MILITARY CONNECTION With Your Vote
- Go to www.missionsmallbusiness.com
- Click on the button that says, “Log In & Support”.
- Log in with your Facebook Account.
- Type Military Connection in the company name.
- Select California in the Dropdown for the state.
- Select Simi Valley in the dropdown for the city.
- Click on “Vote”.
- You can only vote once so please pass on to your friends.
When the next tour of duty is back home, it”s on MilitaryConnection.com, “The Go To Site”.
Debbie Gregory is the CEO of MilitaryConnection.com and the founder of VAMBOA.org, the Veteran and Military Business Owners Association. Ms. Gregory won the 2011 Spirit of Small Business Award from Pacific Coast Business Times, and was the 2009 Woman Business Owner of the Year, NAWBO, Ventura County.
MilitaryConnection is on Twitter: www.twitter.com/thegotosite
Contact Debbie Gregory at (800)-817-3777 *or* (805) 306-0580 x124
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