{"id":1349,"date":"2011-03-10T06:29:52","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T13:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.periniassociates.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2025-10-30T20:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T20:11:33","slug":"gratitude-trust-patriotism-why-not-buy-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/index.php\/2011\/03\/10\/gratitude-trust-patriotism-why-not-buy-veteran\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude. Trust. Patriotism. Why Not Buy Veteran?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<html><body><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1351\" style=\"width: 187px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/BuyVeteranBADGE2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1351\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1351\" title=\"BuyVeteranBADGE2\" src=\"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/BuyVeteranBADGE2-177x300.gif\" alt=\"Veteran Owned Business logo with a red star and blue circular design.\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are a Veteran Owned Business<\/p><\/div>\n<p>by Michael B. Perini, <a href=\"http:\/\/iabc.com\">ABC<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/periniassociates.com\/?page_id=245\"> perini &amp; Associates<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buyveteran.com\/About.aspx\">Buy Veteran<\/a><\/em> is a national campaign spearheaded by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) to bring the success and momentum of the National Veteran Business Movement to all of America&acirc;&euro;&trade;s 3 million veteran-owned businesses.<\/p>\n<p>In 1999, the federal government passed Public Law 106-50 that set a mandate to award 3 percent of all federal contract and subcontract dollars to service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_RootMasterContent_TwoColumnContent_pnlAboutMore\">\n<p>In addition, nearly 15 percent of FORTUNE&Acirc;&reg; 1000 companies set goals to include veteran-owned businesses in their supply chains as part of their supplier diversity programs.<\/p>\n<p>Recent nationwide polling revealed that it&acirc;&euro;&trade;s not just the government and large corporations that want to Buy Veteran &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; <strong>the average American consumer wants to Buy Veteran too!<\/strong> In fact, two-thirds of respondents said they&acirc;&euro;&trade;d rather purchase from a veteran-owned business than a non veteran-owned business.<\/p>\n<p>This is where the <em>Buy Veteran<\/em> campaign comes in. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buyveteran.com\/Search.aspx\">Buy Veteran<\/a><\/em> lets everyday, Main Street, consumer-facing veteran-owned businesses in every city and small town in America capitalize on the trust and gratitude to help their businesses grow.<\/p>\n<p>Perini &amp; Associates is a veteran-owned business. &Acirc;&nbsp;I am proud of my 30 years in the United States Air Force. &Acirc;&nbsp;That experience has taught me leadership and what it takes to provide timely advice and council at the highest standards.<\/p>\n<p>The message is simple: &#8220;Hey America&#8221;, you trust veterans and want to thank them for bravely serving our country? Then support the 3 million American businesses owned by military veterans. Buy Veteran.&acirc;&euro;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_RootMasterContent_TwoColumnContent_pnlWhyMore\">\n<p>A recent nationwide poll revealed that 95 percent of American consumers feel a sense of gratitude toward veterans and two-thirds said they&acirc;&euro;&trade;d be more likely to buy from veteran-owned businesses. Americans trust veterans who trained under a strong code of ethics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ctl00_ctl00_RootMasterContent_TwoColumnContent_pnlWhyMore\">\n<p>The American people want to &acirc;&euro;&oelig;thank&acirc;&euro; veterans, not &acirc;&euro;&oelig;donate&acirc;&euro; to them. Big difference.<\/p>\n<p>Eat at a veteran-owned restaurant. Let a veteran-owned contractor remodel your house. Hire a veteran-owned tax preparer or lawyer. Drop off your laundry at a veteran-owned drycleaner. And, when you need public relations\/marketing advice find a veteran-owned firm. &Acirc;&nbsp;It&acirc;&euro;&trade;s good business. And it&acirc;&euro;&trade;s good for our economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>You can easily tell a veteran-owned &Acirc;&nbsp;business when you see this badge &#8212; &Acirc;&nbsp;pictured here in this post and on the front page of the website &#8212; on display in the most obvious location on a storefront so passers-by and all &Acirc;&nbsp;customers will know they can trust that business because it is veteran-owned.<\/p>\n<p>Buy American. Buy Local. Now Buy Veteran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Michael B. 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