Big Lots Extends Partnership with the National Veterans Memorial and Museum to Support Veterans
This Memorial Day, national neighborhood discount retailer Big Lots, with the help of its customers, will be raising funds for the second year in a row for Veterans and their families through an in-store and online donation program
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Leading into the 2021 Memorial Day holiday, Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG) will be partnering for the second year in a row with the National Veterans Memorial and Museum (NVMM) in Columbus, Ohio, to support and impact the lives of Veterans and their families. As part of its ongoing corporate partnership, Big Lots will host an in-store and online fundraising drive from May 15 – 31, where customers nationwide will have the opportunity to donate to the organization at checkout. All proceeds will directly benefit the Memorial and Museum and its programming, while
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Depicting The Invisible: Portraits of Veterans Suffering From PTSD shares the experiences of Veterans with more than a dozen six-foot by six-foot works on canvas. Each one combines a photograph, paint, collage, and text to tell the story. Previously on display in New York, Florida, Washington D.C., and Tennessee, the exhibition opens Saturday April 3 at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus. Artist Susan J. Barron spent two years collecting the stories of Veterans, but she almost walked away from the project when tragedy struck.
Credit Susan J. Barron It was a Veteran named Damon Zeigler and right before the show was to open in New York, I got a call from his mother that he committed suicide, Barron said. That was a very dark time for me. The other Veterans reached out to me and said - you can t walk away, this is why you are doing this project because this happens 22 times every day. This is just the first time you knew somebody that this happened to.