Tagged: Hurricane Sandy

Veteran Owned Business Project Celebrates its Fourth Anniversary

We at Veteran Owned Business love a great celebration, especially when milestones are being reached and the passion and vision continues to flow at full throttle.  As Thanksgiving Day approaches and we enter our fifth year of business, we would like to take a moment to reflect on our past, to share some of our immediate goals and, especially to… Read more

Disaster Response Team Rubicon Deploys to Eastern Seaboard

Superstorm Sandy has taken its toll on the northeastern states. In its largest mobilization to date — Operation Greased Lightning — Team Rubicon has called upon the skills and resources of 1000 veterans to take charge of response and relief operations throughout Long Island’s Nassau County.  In response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, Team Rubicon has also moved… Read more
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Home Depot’s Relief Fund Helps Veterans Recover from Superstorm Sandy

Home Depot® Foundation, the philanthropic arm of The Home Depot®, recently announced it will donate $1 million to the immediate relief, recovery and long-term rebuilding efforts in the Northeast in the wake Hurricane Sandy.  Donations are immediately being issued to the Red Cross, Team Rubicon, and Operation Homefront: Home Depot will give $250,000 to the American Red Cross for immediate… Read more

Thousands Fill D.C. Streets for 37th Annual Marine Corps Marathon

 37th Annual Marine Corps Marathon was held Saturday October 28th As the rest of the east coast bunkered down for Hurricane Sandy, thousands of runners and spectators poured into the streets of Washington, D.C. for the 37th Annual Marine Corps Marathon held Saturday October 28th. Published reports show 23,864 runners and thousands of spectators filled the streets of the nation’s… Read more