Gerdau Ameristeel and Enable America to Mentor Disabled Veterans in Charlotte
Disabled U.S. service veterans will get a helping hand in finding employment from Enable America and Gerdau Ameristeel, through on-the-job mentoring to be held at Gerdau's Charlotte steel mill on March 5.
Charlotte, NC, February 24, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Enable America will provide employment mentoring services to disabled veterans at Gerdau Ameristeel’s steel mill in Charlotte, NC, next month. Enable America is a non-profit organization devoted to helping people with disabilities, including disabled veterans, achieve independence through employment.
“We are blessed to have a corporate partner like Gerdau Ameristeel,” said Steve LaBour, Executive Director of Enable America. “We have worked with Gerdau on several other mentoring days, but this will be our first for Charlotte.”
The March mentoring program will target disabled military veterans in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region, an area of approximately 60,000 veterans, and the largest population of veterans not affiliated with a military installation in the state of North Carolina. Because of that, employment programs that assist these veterans in finding jobs are few in number and mostly decentralized. Enable America’s partnership with Gerdau Ameristeel will provide a more targeted path to career development for the participating veteran mentees.
“This event is a chance to give disabled veterans a hand up, not a hand out,” said Jack R. Holbein, Maj. Gen. USAF (R), a local advocate for the veteran community. “Support Enable America in this effort and you also support disabled veterans who are ready to go back to work and serve their country once again.”
Enable America’s mentoring program is designed to give people real-life work experience that can lead to employment. The organization matches mentor companies, such as Gerdau Ameristeel, with mentees from the community, people with disabilities or wounded veterans who often have difficulty finding work.
“Gerdau Ameristeel has a history of reaching out to veterans. We have found that military trained job seekers have the skills, discipline and drive needed to succeed in the workplace,” said Mario Longhi, CEO of Gerdau Ameristeel. “Our partnership with Enable America has improved our ability to find, support and mentor these service men and women who have so bravely and unselfishly served our nation.”
The mentoring will be the first for Enable America in Charlotte, but not in North Carolina. Enable America expanded operations into Raleigh and eastern North Carolina last year, adding a locally based program manager to oversee expansion of services to all people with disabilities.
Gerdau Ameristeel’s Charlotte mentoring program will be held on March 5. Registration for the program and more information on Enable America’s programs can be found on the organization’s web site, EnableAmerica.org.
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“We are blessed to have a corporate partner like Gerdau Ameristeel,” said Steve LaBour, Executive Director of Enable America. “We have worked with Gerdau on several other mentoring days, but this will be our first for Charlotte.”
The March mentoring program will target disabled military veterans in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg region, an area of approximately 60,000 veterans, and the largest population of veterans not affiliated with a military installation in the state of North Carolina. Because of that, employment programs that assist these veterans in finding jobs are few in number and mostly decentralized. Enable America’s partnership with Gerdau Ameristeel will provide a more targeted path to career development for the participating veteran mentees.
“This event is a chance to give disabled veterans a hand up, not a hand out,” said Jack R. Holbein, Maj. Gen. USAF (R), a local advocate for the veteran community. “Support Enable America in this effort and you also support disabled veterans who are ready to go back to work and serve their country once again.”
Enable America’s mentoring program is designed to give people real-life work experience that can lead to employment. The organization matches mentor companies, such as Gerdau Ameristeel, with mentees from the community, people with disabilities or wounded veterans who often have difficulty finding work.
“Gerdau Ameristeel has a history of reaching out to veterans. We have found that military trained job seekers have the skills, discipline and drive needed to succeed in the workplace,” said Mario Longhi, CEO of Gerdau Ameristeel. “Our partnership with Enable America has improved our ability to find, support and mentor these service men and women who have so bravely and unselfishly served our nation.”
The mentoring will be the first for Enable America in Charlotte, but not in North Carolina. Enable America expanded operations into Raleigh and eastern North Carolina last year, adding a locally based program manager to oversee expansion of services to all people with disabilities.
Gerdau Ameristeel’s Charlotte mentoring program will be held on March 5. Registration for the program and more information on Enable America’s programs can be found on the organization’s web site, EnableAmerica.org.
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