makeHer Milspouse Annual Entrepreneur Retreat Goes Virtual
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The premiere military spouse entrepreneur retreat, makeHer Milspouse, held its second annual event virtually, April 29-May 2, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. TAMPA, Fla. (PRWEB) May 13, 2021 The premiere military spouse entrepreneur retreat, makeHer Milspouse, held its second annual event virtually, April 29-May 2, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event kicked off a week before Military Spouse Appreciation Day with a live DJ and opening remarks from title sponsor USAA. When you look at all the numbers around military spouse unemployment, what better way to take control than entrepreneurship. We re excited to be a part of makeHer and give you the opportunity to expand what you know, who you know, and how you do it, said JJ Montanaro, Certified Financial Planner, USAA Military Advocacy, during the event.
By Dianna Hawryluk
SU s Institute of Veterans and Military Families will be receiving a major donation.
JPMorgan Chase announced that $8 million will be spread out over the next 3 years to help fund research and training programs for vets nationwide. Some of the money will also help veterans struggling financially during the pandemic.
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JP Morgan Chase donated $8 million to further the programing at Syracuse University s Institute For Veterans and Military Families.
Monica Alvarado was in the technology sector for years beginning with her Air Force career. She attended a V-Wise conference at IVMF and then took a break from tech and rediscovered her love of cooking. Alvarado then opened Bread and Butter Kitchen, a breakfast café, in Annapolis, Maryland, but eventually came back to IVMF for seconds.
“About a year and a half ago I was at that point with the restaurant where I could figure things out, I knew how to manage my recipes and my staff, but I knew that if I wanted to grow I needed to extend my knowledge. That’s why I returned to IVMF,” Alvarado said.
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WASHINGTON – 80 Members of Congress called for funding to help Veterans with Gulf War Illness. Led by Representatives Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan (D-MP), the bipartisan effort in support of a treatment research program targeted at “improved health and lives of Veterans who have Gulf War Illness” comes in the midst of a series of Congressional hearings on military toxic exposures.
In a joint letter, the cosigners urged the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee to provide funding needed “to continue this vital and effective program and to support its progress into more advanced, larger-scale clinical trials,” calling it, “a model of how to conduct treatment-oriented research to address complex toxic exposure health outcomes.” The Congressional efforts were supported by 25 organizations, including Veterans and military service organization and toxic exposure advocacy organizations, who this week cosigned their own similar letter to th