Boeing Announces Orange County Veterans Grant Partners

IRVINE, CA — Boeing Corporation announced a $14.2 million charitable grants package Wednesday supporting nearly 100 veterans organizations worldwide, including many in Southern California.

In Orange County and the Inland Empire, Boeing will support:

Easter Seals Southern California ($50,000), US Vets ($100,000), and Irvine based Working Wardrobes for a New Start ($50,000).

Boeing has awarded Working Wardrobes for A New Start them with $50,000 toward their veteran's programs. Working Wardrobes assists veterans with finding employment. Their over 3,000 volunteers help at-risk clients find jobs, rebuild careers, and dress for success.

In Los Angeles, Boeing supports the Headstrong Project, Inc. with a $125,000 donation. Boeing's funding will help to deliver cost-free, bureaucracy-free, stigma-free and confidential mental health care to nearly 100 new veterans and establish over 30 new clinical partners in Southern California, Washington, Colorado and the Potomac region, a spokesperson wrote. Also in Los Angeles, these organizations received support for their Veterans causes: Century Villages at Cabrillo Inc. ($100,000), JVS SoCal ($125,000), and the UCLA Foundation ($100,000).

The investments package each receives will help to fund veterans workforce transition services and recovery and rehabilitation programs through 2021 and beyond.

They bring the company's four-year total of contributions to veterans groups to more than $41 million.

"Boeing has a strong and storied history of supporting veterans during and after their time of service," said Boeing's Director of Veterans Outreach Jason Pak. "Through our new, industry-leading workforce training program, we will help thousands of veterans and military spouses transition into better jobs, which in turn creates better opportunities for them, their families, Boeing and the entire aerospace industry."

The aerospace giant said the grants would also "build on Boeing's commitment to combat racism and advance racial equity and social justice at all levels."

The package includes a previously announced $1 million investment in The Mission Continues and a new $500,000 investment in U.S.VETS. Organizations receiving funding will direct Boeing dollars to programs that increase the number of underserved and minority veterans receiving support.

Boeing also announced a partnership with the Institute for Veterans & Military Families to establish Future Force, a workforce training, recruitment and placement program for veterans. The program will offer certification and training courses focused on the aerospace and defense industry, complemented by networking and employment opportunities for qualified transitioning service members, veterans and military spouses.

"During this challenging time, Boeing is proud to partner with leading veterans organizations to provide our global veteran communities and their families with essential workforce transition support, and recovery and rehabilitation programs that address mental health," Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun said.

More information can be found at www.boeing.com