URGENT ADVISORY FOR VETERANS

URGENT ADVISORY FOR VETERANS

ATTENTION: Calendar, Event, Business & City Editors

Keywords: Jobs, Opportunity, Business, Veteran, Contractor, Vendor, Disability

Disabled Veterans Bring Entrepreneurial Opportunity

to the greens of Camp Pendleton

The leadership and local chapters from across Southern California are mobilizing to join forces for a special quarterly meeting of the statewide non-profit CA Disabled Veteran Business Alliance (http://www.cadvbe.org). Taking opportunity directly to veterans at Camp Pendleton’s Eagle’s Nest Event Center, located on the Marine    Memorial Golf Course, 4^th St and Golf Course Rd.

Not only does this event continue to support our State’s DVBE community in Southern California, but with dismal unemployment statistics for veterans, those returning now from service in Afghanistan are urged to attend to consider creating their own jobs. The opportunity for entrepreneurial veterans has never been greater and the CA DVB Alliance is ready to help businesses get started by taking opportunity directly to the troops. The Camp Pendleton event is set for Monday, November 5, 2012 from 11 am-3 pm.

A free lunch will be provided sponsored by Southern California Gas Company. 

The State of California is a leader in providing direct contract support to disabled veteran business and works directly with the CA DVB Alliance to assist disabled veterans.

Together with state agency buyers, diversity specialists, finance, business education and training experts and disabled veteran leadership from the CA DVB Alliance, any veteran or disabled veteran, can come learn directly from experts how to get certified and get into business for themselves. Speakers at Camp Pendleton interested in contracting with veteran-owned companies at this meeting include Lockheed Martin, VISN21, San Diego Unified School District, DGS and representatives from Southern California Gas and Metropolitan Water District (MWD).  CA DVB Alliance Executive Director Rich Dryden will be on hand to personally cover issues in Sacramento that affect the DVBE programs, as will Alliance Board members, past and present.

Anyone who served in the U.S. Armed Forces should learn more, as many of the programs providing goals for purchasing from veteran firms were created in the early 90’s, but are available to all Californians who served, and current veteran or disabled veteran business owners.

For more information contact the Alliance at 916-446-3510 or visit www.cadvbe.org.

Media contact: Rick Reed 916-704-0080