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Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley Launches Uniforms for the Final Salute Program with Local Partners
Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley Launches Uniforms for the Final Salute Program with Local Partners
Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley , Inc . recently announced the launch of the Uniforms for the Final Salute program . This program is made possible by Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley , Inc . and its incredible sponsors : Roark Sullivan Lifeway Center , LM Communications , Kanawha Valley Regional Transportation Authority , Snodgrass Funeral Home , Mound / NuWay Cleaners and the Donel C . Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery .
Uniforms for the Final Salute honors unaccompanied veterans — those who are homeless or without family / loved ones when they pass away . Unaccompanied veterans receive a dress uniform from their branch of service to ensure they are buried with honor and respect for serving our country .
“ Uniforms for the Final Salute is a program that started at Goodwill Industries of South Texas , and we are honored to bring the program to the Mountain State . Our veterans deserve to be honored and respected , even after they leave this earth . This final salute we can give to them is the least we can do to honor those who made heroic sacrifices for our country ,” says Megan Diehl , director of marketing and communications for Goodwill Industries of Kanawha Valley .
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