Press Releases
Helmets to Hardhats in the News
- Decorated General Joins Helmets to Hardhats in the Fight Against Unemployment Among Returning Military Servicemembers
Lieutenant General Ronald S. Coleman has been named the National Spokesperson for Helmets to Hardhats
- Aetna Presents $50,000 to Helmets to Hardhats
Helmets to Hardhats announced on November 14, 2008 that it would receive a charitable donation in the amount of $50,000 from the Aetna Foundation. The Aetna Foundation is the independent charitable and philanthropic arm of Aetna Inc.
- Sentinels of Freedom Group Offers Life Scholarships
The Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation is helping to ease the burden on wounded troops. The Danville, Calif.-based organization is offering four-year "Life Scholarships" to help smooth severely wounded servicemembers' transition to the rest of their lives.
- Union Sportsmen's Alliance Accepts First Members
North America's only national hunting and fishing club exclusively for union hunters and anglers accepts first members.
- Helmets To Hardhats Job Fair Benefits Veterans in Chicago
Hundreds of veterans attended a job fair designed to match military veterans with promising post-military careers.
- Helmets to Hardhats Launches Improved Program to Place Veterans into the Construction Industry
The Center for Military Recruitment, Assessment, and Veterans Employment (CMRAVE) today announced the launch of the revamped Helmets to Hardhats training and employment program
- Matching Today's Military With Tomorrow's Construction Industry
Helmets to Hardhats is a national program that was started in 2002 that connects National Guard, Reserve and transitioning active-duty military members with quality career training and employment opportunities within the construction industry.
- Some Veterans are Constructing a New Career
Launched in 2003 with funding from the Department of Defense, Helmets to Hardhats provides an important link between veterans and soon-to-be-veterans and 15 building and construction trade organizations.
- U.S. Military to Spend Billions on New Construction in the Coming Years
While America continues to spend billions of dollars a month on combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon is also spends billions more closing and realigning dozens of U.S. bases under Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) mandate.
