In New England, the Easter Seals Veterans Count program is doing something just like this.
In New England, our affiliates are implementing Veterans Count, a one-of-a-kind care coordination program that provides free and confidential support to veterans and military families.
The radiothon will feature 12 hours about the great work of this group but it will also address the challenges faced by them and how Veterans Count and other organizations provide support.
And, in a state-wide, patriotic show of support for veterans, service members and military families, Easter Seals New Hampshire Veterans Count will take to the airways in a radiothon March 25 from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on News Radio 96.7, WGIR-AM 610 and iHeartRadio.com.
Because veterans' benefits count toward that 10 percent even though they come from the federal government, aggressive recruiting of students from the military has become the norm.
Many for-profit colleges struggle to meet this requirement, hovering around 86percentt, even though military and veterans benefits count on the non-federal side of the ledger.
For the brave men and women of our armed forces, this means that the very relationships veterans may be counting on to provide love and support during a time of transition are the same relationships that are the most vulnerable and at risk.
Given the shamefully rampant suicide rates in the United States Army, it is likely that at least another dozen or so United States active duty service members, not counting veterans, will commit suicide during the aforementioned period in which we have just demanded to be contacted by you.
"This is a Kucinich town, most definitely," said Gordon Shackelford, a Fairfield resident and Vietnam veteran who counts himself as a Wesley K. Clark supporter.
The win was a momentary salve for the Yankees, who learned earlier in the day that Derek Jeter, another veteran they were counting on to help rejuvenate their offense and their season, had injured his calf and would sit out Saturday's and Sunday's games here.
