June 28, 2013 (Seattle) – Brown Paper Tickets has made it easy for anyone to donate tickets to the men and women of the U.S. armed services through a crowdfunding program called “Brown Paper Tickets Salutes.” The Not-Just-For-Profit ticketing company has helped event producers to give more than 21,000 event tickets worth $364,000 to active U.S. Military … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2013
Bureau Orders Refunds for Troops After Faulty Car Loans
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 – About 50,000 service members will get refunds averaging $100 -- though some will be far higher --- after an enforcement action involving auto loans that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officials announced today. The bureau is ordering U.S. Bank and one of its nonbank partners, Dealers Financial Services, to return about $6.5 million to … [Read more...]
Labor Department Awards $29 Million in Grants to Help Veterans
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2013 – More than 14,000 veterans across the nation will benefit from job training, job placement, housing help and other services, thanks to 121 grants totaling almost $29 million announced today by officials of the Labor Department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service. The grants were awarded through the Homeless Veterans … [Read more...]
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius statement on PTSD Awareness Month
June 27, 2013 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can occur when people experience a traumatic event. PTSD can affect anyone – from service men and women returning from the horrors of war to abused children and the survivors of rape, domestic violence, or natural disasters. June is PTSD Awareness Month, which serves as an important … [Read more...]
Statement by the President on the Supreme Court Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act
I applaud the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act. This was discrimination enshrined in law. It treated loving, committed gay and lesbian couples as a separate and lesser class of people. The Supreme Court has righted that wrong, and our country is better off for it. We are a people who declared that we are all created equal – and … [Read more...]