{"id":504,"date":"2011-04-13T09:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T13:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/?p=504"},"modified":"2011-04-13T09:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T13:13:09","slug":"helping-families-of-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/activistfaith\/2011\/04\/helping-families-of-veterans.html","title":{"rendered":"Helping Families of Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/activistfaith\/files\/2011\/04\/g2images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-506\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/209\/2011\/04\/g2images-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Goodwill Industries President Jim Gibbons is on a mission to help America&#8217;s military veterans. How? By helping their families. In a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/jim-gibbons\/want-to-support-the-troop_1_b_847872.html\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>, he notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At Goodwill Industries, we raise money by selling donated items in  more than 2,500 retail stores and online, and we use the revenue to fund  job training and placement programs, including placing workers in  positions at our own stores. In response to the Obamas&#8217; call to action,  Goodwill Industries International has launched Goodwill for America&#8217;s  Heroes and Their Families, an initiative that extends Goodwill&#8217;s  existing programs to military spouses and families. We will also target  more than 20 percent of our new positions this year (1,300 jobs) to  military spouses, veterans and their families, and we will provide  career counseling and family strengthening services to thousands more.<\/p>\n<p>This is just one approach to better supporting our military families.  There are many more ideas out there &#8212; ideas that you can be a part of  and help to implement.<\/p>\n<p>We all like to say we support our troops. Now it&#8217;s time to take it  one step further and actually support them by first helping their  families.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A great example supporting a great cause. What can you do to help a military family today? Maybe you&#8217;re already doing it. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p><strong>DILLON BURROUGHS<\/strong> is an author, activist, and            co-founder of Activist      Faith. Dillon served in Haiti following   the          epic 2010 earthquake and    has   investigated modern   slavery  in    the    US   and internationally. His    books   include <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Undefending-Christianity\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9780736937023\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Undefending Christianity<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Not-in-My-Town\/Dillon-Burroughs\/e\/9781596693012\/?itm=3\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Not in My Town<\/em><\/a> (with Charles J. Powell), and <em>Thirst No More<\/em> (October). Discover more at <a href=\"http:\/\/activistfaith.org\/\">ActivistFaith.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goodwill Industries President Jim Gibbons is on a mission to help America&#8217;s military veterans. How? By helping their families. 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