September 11, 2024 • 4 mins
HOW ABOUT SOME GOLF FOR VETERANS? The Colorado Veterans Project is out raising money for veteran causes and you can join their upcoming golf tournament if you'd like to join. Brandy Maranian, the Board President, will join me at 2:30 with details but you can sign up here.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm pleased. It's much to be joined with the executive
director of Oh my gosh, I almost said the wrong
thing Colorado Veterans Project, Brandy Moriiny and welcome back to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh thanks Mandy, Thanks thanks for having us on, and
thanks for all your supportive veterans as well.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Well, I'm married to one and I'm a mom of one,
so this is definitely a near and dear to my
heart's situation. Tell me listeners a little bit about the
Colorado Veterans Project.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
What do you guys do?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Sure, we are a nonprofit. We've been in the state
of Colorado for about ten years. Our main primary focus
is helping veterans transition out of the military and kind
of find their next mission. You know, what do they
want to do next? Make some of those connections, provide
some training, we give scholarships, and we support other veteran
run organizations that also help with that mission.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So what are we doing to raise a little money
and have a little fun coming up here in a
what about a week?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yes, So what I want wanted to share with your audience.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
There's some information about our let Freedom and Swing Golf government.
It is next week Thursday, September nineteenth. It's at the
Ridge at Castle Pines North and Castle Pines, which is
a beautiful, beautiful course, and you know it's all the
proceeds will go towards our mission that I mentioned before
in regards to betterm transitions. We host a couple events
(01:23):
a year. This one is a big fundraiser for us.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
So you have a couple of sponsorships available. I was
looking at the whole registration thing. You've got some the
big sponsorships are sold out, which is great for you guys.
But there are whole sponsorships, there are lunch sponsors, there's
various sponsorships that if you would like to get together
with some friends or maybe have your company sponsor a
whole or something, there are opportunities to do that, or
(01:48):
you can just come and play.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
What does a foursome cost for this?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
A foursome is a little over eight hundred dollars, so
it's actually pretty reasonable to go out and play at
the It's quite a fun event.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
We've got a lot of competitions, longest.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Drive, We've got some beat the pro kind of competitions,
So it's just gonna be a lot of fun out there.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
And it's a beautiful course as well.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So now, Brandy, I was never in the military, but
my husband was, and after spending some time with him
and his colleagues that he served with at various functions,
they're the most mouthy, competitive group of people I've ever
met in my entire life. Is this tournament inhabited by
similar people? Because I enjoy that, I'm not gonna lie.
(02:35):
I mean, there's a lot of competitiveness among the military branches.
Do we see this at this golf tournament.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Well, you definitely see it in the military, and you
definitely see it on the golf course. So there'll be
some competitions. We do have some prizes for first place winners.
And like I said, there's longest drive, there's closest to
the pen. There's quite a few different opportunities for those
who are very competitive.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Brandy Meridian with Colorado Veterans Project is my guest, how
when do people need to sign up by? Because it
is a week from tomorrow, so obviously you guys have
a drop dead date here coming up pretty quick.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
We do, I would.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Say probably by Monday mayor Tuesday next week at the latest.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
But you can go to Colorado Veterans Project dot org.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Go to our events tab and you'll see our golf
tournament there and just click through some of those and
you can. If you can't play, there's opportunities, as you mentioned,
to be a sponsor or just donate. We've had some
of those opportunities to come through as well. Well. Get that.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I also put a link to it on the blog today,
so if you can't remember that, you can go to
mandy'sblog dot com and click right over. Brandy Marini and
I hope that you guys have beautiful weather. First of all,
I think you should have beautiful weather, and I hope
you raise a ton of money for the Colorado Veterans
Project and the veterans who.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Will be helped by that. Thank you so much, Mandy,
thanks so much for having us on. All right. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
That is b Mauranian with the Colorado Veterans Project. They
do really, really, really good work over there.
I'm pleased. It's much to be joined with the executive
director of Oh my gosh, I almost said the wrong
thing Colorado Veterans Project, Brandy Moriiny and welcome back to
the show.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
Oh thanks Mandy, Thanks thanks for having us on, and
thanks for all your supportive veterans as well.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Well.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
Well, I'm married to one and I'm a mom of one,
so this is definitely a near and dear to my
heart's situation. Tell me listeners a little bit about the
Colorado Veterans Project.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
What do you guys do?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Sure, we are a nonprofit. We've been in the state
of Colorado for about ten years. Our main primary focus
is helping veterans transition out of the military and kind
of find their next mission. You know, what do they
want to do next? Make some of those connections, provide
some training, we give scholarships, and we support other veteran
run organizations that also help with that mission.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So what are we doing to raise a little money
and have a little fun coming up here in a
what about a week?
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Yes, So what I want wanted to share with your audience.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
There's some information about our let Freedom and Swing Golf government.
It is next week Thursday, September nineteenth. It's at the
Ridge at Castle Pines North and Castle Pines, which is
a beautiful, beautiful course, and you know it's all the
proceeds will go towards our mission that I mentioned before
in regards to betterm transitions. We host a couple events
(01:23):
a year. This one is a big fundraiser for us.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
So you have a couple of sponsorships available. I was
looking at the whole registration thing. You've got some the
big sponsorships are sold out, which is great for you guys.
But there are whole sponsorships, there are lunch sponsors, there's
various sponsorships that if you would like to get together
with some friends or maybe have your company sponsor a
whole or something, there are opportunities to do that, or
(01:48):
you can just come and play.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
What does a foursome cost for this?
Speaker 2 (01:54):
A foursome is a little over eight hundred dollars, so
it's actually pretty reasonable to go out and play at
the It's quite a fun event.
Speaker 3 (02:02):
We've got a lot of competitions, longest.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Drive, We've got some beat the pro kind of competitions,
So it's just gonna be a lot of fun out there.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
And it's a beautiful course as well.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
So now, Brandy, I was never in the military, but
my husband was, and after spending some time with him
and his colleagues that he served with at various functions,
they're the most mouthy, competitive group of people I've ever
met in my entire life. Is this tournament inhabited by
similar people? Because I enjoy that, I'm not gonna lie.
(02:35):
I mean, there's a lot of competitiveness among the military branches.
Do we see this at this golf tournament.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Well, you definitely see it in the military, and you
definitely see it on the golf course. So there'll be
some competitions. We do have some prizes for first place winners.
And like I said, there's longest drive, there's closest to
the pen. There's quite a few different opportunities for those
who are very competitive.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
Brandy Meridian with Colorado Veterans Project is my guest, how
when do people need to sign up by? Because it
is a week from tomorrow, so obviously you guys have
a drop dead date here coming up pretty quick.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
We do, I would.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
Say probably by Monday mayor Tuesday next week at the latest.
Speaker 3 (03:18):
But you can go to Colorado Veterans Project dot org.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Go to our events tab and you'll see our golf
tournament there and just click through some of those and
you can. If you can't play, there's opportunities, as you mentioned,
to be a sponsor or just donate. We've had some
of those opportunities to come through as well. Well. Get that.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
I also put a link to it on the blog today,
so if you can't remember that, you can go to
mandy'sblog dot com and click right over. Brandy Marini and
I hope that you guys have beautiful weather. First of all,
I think you should have beautiful weather, and I hope
you raise a ton of money for the Colorado Veterans
Project and the veterans who.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Will be helped by that. Thank you so much, Mandy,
thanks so much for having us on. All right. Thank you.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
That is b Mauranian with the Colorado Veterans Project. They
do really, really, really good work over there.
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