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Veterans Green Jobs’ Mission : To engage, transition and connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
Helping military veterans
The Go Green Warehouse is sponsored by Veterans Green Jobs. All income from the store goes towards engaging, transitioning and connecting military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
ABOUT THEM
Veterans Green Jobs is a nonprofit organization, and our mission is to connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment. We help vets find career opportunities in stable economic sectors related to energy efficiency and energy conservation; clean and renewable energy; natural resource conservation; environmental restoration; and other sustainability sectors.
Founded in 2008, Veterans Green Jobs operates programs in a variety of sustainable fields. We believe that by equipping our nation’s military veterans with transferable skills, tools and resources, Veterans Green Jobs will enable veterans to maintain their sense of service, give back to their community, and contribute to a healthy, sustainable and secure future for people and the planet.
KEY FOCUS AREAS
Service Transition. Our award-winning service transition programs provide short-term, work-intensive projects for those just completing military service or veterans ready to make a transition to a new vocational path. Hands-on projects provide veterans with transferable skills and experience, and guide them toward exciting new career and education opportunities.
Outreach, Recruitment and Placement. We are systemizing a job placement agency model that will connect veterans with employers and certified training programs across the country. By building relationships with private companies and education partners, and by working with veterans to develop employable skills, we will help directly place veterans in career positions or provide an opportunity to join the Veterans Green Jobs workforce.
Enterprise. We are building a self-sustaining organization through revenue-generating enterprises in collaboration with the public sector, private businesses and other nonprofit organizations. We are exploring enterprise opportunities in industrial and commercial energy efficiency, recycled building materials and contract workforce deployments.
Education & Training. Working in partnership with higher education institutions, conservation groups, and public and private entities, we develop education and training programs in home energy efficiency and weatherization, land conservation and urban forestry to help vets prepare for careers in the green jobs economy.
OUR WORKFORCE
Throughout our programs, we make military veterans more employable by building their skill base and offering training and hands-on experience. Our training programs, designed exclusively for veteran participants, help veterans successfully transition to civilian society and create a pathway toward employment or education opportunities. Our weatherization program directly hires both veterans and non-veterans to fulfill our contract with the Governor’s Energy Office in cooperation with our service partner, EnergyLogic Solutions, a veteran-owned organization.
Regardless of their affiliation, all of our staff members serve our mission to connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Home Weatherization. Veterans Green Jobs has been awarded more than $11.8 million in contracts by the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office to provide home weatherization services to income-qualifying households in Denver, Jefferson County and the San Luis Valley. While creating new job opportunities, these services help residents stay comfortable in winter and summer, reduce utility bills, increase health and safety, and lower carbon emissions.
Veterans Green Corps. This unique program consists of veteran crews who learn how to protect and preserve natural resources. Through partnerships with conservation corps, national forests and parks, the Bureau of Land Management and other government agencies, these projects offer opportunities to take care of our national treasures while working alongside other vets. Each cohort gains firsthand experience in projects such as fire mitigation, trail building, noxious weed clean-up and more. Corps programs are offered in Colorado, California, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada – and are rapidly expanding.
Veterans City Canopy. In partnership with the City of Denver, Veterans City Canopy equips transitioning homeless veterans with the skills needed to green our urban neighborhoods through city-wide landscaping initiatives. Classroom coursework is complemented by field training, neighborhood canvassing and tree planting – ultimately preparing vets for career pathways in urban forestry. By 2012, 35 veteran crew members will have planted 4,600 free trees for Denver residents to help shade homes and lower utility bills.
Veterans Development. Recognizing a national need to help military veterans effectively reintegrate back into civilian life, we offer support services that link vets to important resources. These include education and training, vet benefits services, mental and physical health services, career counseling and placement assistance, and alternative tools for coping with stress.
Green Jobs Academy. In partnership with the Bucks County Community College Green Jobs Academy in Pennsylvania, we offer a training and pre-apprenticeship program that prepares military veterans for a career in electrical and solar work. The program covers instruction in electrical, solar photovoltaics and sustainability, as well as “hands-on” internships.
Green Force. We assist veterans individually by directing them to local training programs or to certification and graduate courses in higher education. Through partnerships with educators and employers, we advised more than 250 veterans in 2010 in industry sectors related to environmental sustainability, clean energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation.
Go Green Warehouse. Slated to open to the public in 2011, our Go Green Warehouse will be a discount home improvement materials store and an energy efficiency education center. It will help do-it-yourself homeowners, home-flippers and builders save money, conserve resources and protect the environment, while financially supporting our programs that train and employ military veterans.
Home Improvement Materials Store Offers Up to 75% Off Retail, Benefits Military Veterans
In addition to offering deep discounts and supporting a mission focused on helping military veterans, the store’s unique aisle displays will feature educational tips and tricks about energy conservation and money savings. Informational topics include heating and cooling systems, plumbing, doors and windows, lighting, lawn and garden, and more.
The store plans to employ four military veterans in the first year of operations, and seven next year. Income from store sales will funnel directly into Veterans Green Jobs’ programs that prepare military veterans for career opportunities in energy efficiency and energy conservation, clean and renewable energy, natural resource conservation and environmental restoration.
Since 2009, Veterans Green Jobs has trained 150 military veterans in land conservation work serving contracts with the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; employed more than 35 veterans in its low-income home weatherization program, which serves households in Denver, Jefferson County and the San Luis Valley through a contract with the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office; trained 65 veterans in home energy efficiency and solar/electrical programs in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia; and helped hundreds of others through referral services and transitional support.
Financial and in-kind support for the Go Green Warehouse has come from the Walmart Foundation, the Sierra Club Foundation, Walsh Environmental, First Western Trust Bank, Ken Elliott, David and Michelle Baldacci, and dozens of product suppliers and community members. Members of AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps have supplied hundreds of hours of volunteer work to ready the store for opening. The building’s owner, R.W. Properties, generously abated Veterans Green Jobs’ rent by $75,000 in order to support the nonprofit’s new social enterprise initiative.
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Source: http://veteransgreenjobs.org
I encourage all Colorado Veterans to contact them and see if there is anything you can donate including your time and talents to helping you and your fellow soldiers re-integrate, heal and rebuild.
I can confirm first hand getting services from the Veterans Administration is a nightmare, and any opportunities like this should not be overlooked.
Soldiers helping soldiers
Helping military veterans
The Go Green Warehouse is sponsored by Veterans Green Jobs. All income from the store goes towards engaging, transitioning and connecting military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
ABOUT THEM
Veterans Green Jobs is a nonprofit organization, and our mission is to connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment. We help vets find career opportunities in stable economic sectors related to energy efficiency and energy conservation; clean and renewable energy; natural resource conservation; environmental restoration; and other sustainability sectors.
Founded in 2008, Veterans Green Jobs operates programs in a variety of sustainable fields. We believe that by equipping our nation’s military veterans with transferable skills, tools and resources, Veterans Green Jobs will enable veterans to maintain their sense of service, give back to their community, and contribute to a healthy, sustainable and secure future for people and the planet.
KEY FOCUS AREAS
Service Transition. Our award-winning service transition programs provide short-term, work-intensive projects for those just completing military service or veterans ready to make a transition to a new vocational path. Hands-on projects provide veterans with transferable skills and experience, and guide them toward exciting new career and education opportunities.
Outreach, Recruitment and Placement. We are systemizing a job placement agency model that will connect veterans with employers and certified training programs across the country. By building relationships with private companies and education partners, and by working with veterans to develop employable skills, we will help directly place veterans in career positions or provide an opportunity to join the Veterans Green Jobs workforce.
Enterprise. We are building a self-sustaining organization through revenue-generating enterprises in collaboration with the public sector, private businesses and other nonprofit organizations. We are exploring enterprise opportunities in industrial and commercial energy efficiency, recycled building materials and contract workforce deployments.
Education & Training. Working in partnership with higher education institutions, conservation groups, and public and private entities, we develop education and training programs in home energy efficiency and weatherization, land conservation and urban forestry to help vets prepare for careers in the green jobs economy.
OUR WORKFORCE
Throughout our programs, we make military veterans more employable by building their skill base and offering training and hands-on experience. Our training programs, designed exclusively for veteran participants, help veterans successfully transition to civilian society and create a pathway toward employment or education opportunities. Our weatherization program directly hires both veterans and non-veterans to fulfill our contract with the Governor’s Energy Office in cooperation with our service partner, EnergyLogic Solutions, a veteran-owned organization.
Regardless of their affiliation, all of our staff members serve our mission to connect military veterans with meaningful employment opportunities that serve our communities and environment.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Home Weatherization. Veterans Green Jobs has been awarded more than $11.8 million in contracts by the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office to provide home weatherization services to income-qualifying households in Denver, Jefferson County and the San Luis Valley. While creating new job opportunities, these services help residents stay comfortable in winter and summer, reduce utility bills, increase health and safety, and lower carbon emissions.
Veterans Green Corps. This unique program consists of veteran crews who learn how to protect and preserve natural resources. Through partnerships with conservation corps, national forests and parks, the Bureau of Land Management and other government agencies, these projects offer opportunities to take care of our national treasures while working alongside other vets. Each cohort gains firsthand experience in projects such as fire mitigation, trail building, noxious weed clean-up and more. Corps programs are offered in Colorado, California, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada – and are rapidly expanding.
Veterans City Canopy. In partnership with the City of Denver, Veterans City Canopy equips transitioning homeless veterans with the skills needed to green our urban neighborhoods through city-wide landscaping initiatives. Classroom coursework is complemented by field training, neighborhood canvassing and tree planting – ultimately preparing vets for career pathways in urban forestry. By 2012, 35 veteran crew members will have planted 4,600 free trees for Denver residents to help shade homes and lower utility bills.
Veterans Development. Recognizing a national need to help military veterans effectively reintegrate back into civilian life, we offer support services that link vets to important resources. These include education and training, vet benefits services, mental and physical health services, career counseling and placement assistance, and alternative tools for coping with stress.
Green Jobs Academy. In partnership with the Bucks County Community College Green Jobs Academy in Pennsylvania, we offer a training and pre-apprenticeship program that prepares military veterans for a career in electrical and solar work. The program covers instruction in electrical, solar photovoltaics and sustainability, as well as “hands-on” internships.
Green Force. We assist veterans individually by directing them to local training programs or to certification and graduate courses in higher education. Through partnerships with educators and employers, we advised more than 250 veterans in 2010 in industry sectors related to environmental sustainability, clean energy, renewable energy, energy efficiency and conservation.
Go Green Warehouse. Slated to open to the public in 2011, our Go Green Warehouse will be a discount home improvement materials store and an energy efficiency education center. It will help do-it-yourself homeowners, home-flippers and builders save money, conserve resources and protect the environment, while financially supporting our programs that train and employ military veterans.
Home Improvement Materials Store Offers Up to 75% Off Retail, Benefits Military Veterans
In addition to offering deep discounts and supporting a mission focused on helping military veterans, the store’s unique aisle displays will feature educational tips and tricks about energy conservation and money savings. Informational topics include heating and cooling systems, plumbing, doors and windows, lighting, lawn and garden, and more.
The store plans to employ four military veterans in the first year of operations, and seven next year. Income from store sales will funnel directly into Veterans Green Jobs’ programs that prepare military veterans for career opportunities in energy efficiency and energy conservation, clean and renewable energy, natural resource conservation and environmental restoration.
Since 2009, Veterans Green Jobs has trained 150 military veterans in land conservation work serving contracts with the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management; employed more than 35 veterans in its low-income home weatherization program, which serves households in Denver, Jefferson County and the San Luis Valley through a contract with the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office; trained 65 veterans in home energy efficiency and solar/electrical programs in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Virginia; and helped hundreds of others through referral services and transitional support.
Financial and in-kind support for the Go Green Warehouse has come from the Walmart Foundation, the Sierra Club Foundation, Walsh Environmental, First Western Trust Bank, Ken Elliott, David and Michelle Baldacci, and dozens of product suppliers and community members. Members of AmeriCorps’ National Civilian Community Corps have supplied hundreds of hours of volunteer work to ready the store for opening. The building’s owner, R.W. Properties, generously abated Veterans Green Jobs’ rent by $75,000 in order to support the nonprofit’s new social enterprise initiative.
===============================================
Source: http://veteransgreenjobs.org
I encourage all Colorado Veterans to contact them and see if there is anything you can donate including your time and talents to helping you and your fellow soldiers re-integrate, heal and rebuild.
I can confirm first hand getting services from the Veterans Administration is a nightmare, and any opportunities like this should not be overlooked.
Soldiers helping soldiers
