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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Next weekend, there is yet another fun event being put
together by the Colorado Veterans Project. And joining me now
Bard President of the Colorado Veterans Project, Brandy Marinian. Welcome
back to the show, Brandy.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Oh thanks, Mandy, thanks so much for having us. We
really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Oh, no problem.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Let's start with there are always new people listening to
the show. They may not know what the Colorado Veterans
Project does. What exactly does your organization do?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh? Well, we are a nonprofit. Our mission is to
help veterans in the state of Colorado transition from their
military career into their civilian career. So we provide help
in entrepreneurship, career training for career in a corporate environment,
aviation skills and certifications. So we provide a lot of
(00:48):
benefits and training and it's our mission. We're all veteran board,
all volunteer. We've gone through this process ourselves, so we're
all passionate about it.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
A lot of people don't realize that a lot of
the trump that soldiers have often start in that transition.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It can be very, very jarring to.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Go from the structure of the military into the hot
mess that is civilian life.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I mean, I mean my husband struggled in his own way.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
He found it took him a really long time to
find a boss that he wanted to work for because
you just found everyone to be very unprofessional.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
So it's critical that.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
That kind of groundwork that you guys are laying gets
laid properly, so it can make it a little bit
easier to ease back into life.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Many and like I said, most veterans have gone down
this path, and the translation from the wartime mission and
that high intensity type of lifestyle and that and that
transition to a corporate life sometimes doesn't translate. And so
folks hiring veterans don't really know what they're getting and
veterans don't know what they're getting into. So we provide
(01:54):
a lot of that skills and training. I'll be talking
to some veterans this afternoon how them with their resume
and their LinkedIn profiles, and so we're just really passionate
about helping veterans find their way. It gives them health
benefits and secures them to provide for their families, and
there's just a whole bunch of positive things that happen
if they can transition to a great career.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
So let's talk about the event, not this weekend, the
following weekend, the Freedom Fest twenty twenty five. What are
we looking at for this day of fun.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, it is our first event, annual event. It's actually
an honor of celebrating Colorado's one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
as a state. So we're kicking that off with this
Freedom Fest. We start with a couple running events. We've
got a fifteen k rock March, which will tie out
with a food donation to some food banks in the
(02:49):
local area. We've got a ten k run and a
five k run walk, and so once we're done with
that though, the fun starts. We've got some live music
six million dollars, which is a local eighties fan.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Very hard in the area.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So good, I mean, they are so good. I love
this band. I mean, and it's all during the day,
so for us old people, you know, you can go
and you can actually hear this fantastic band.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
They are so good, and it's like at noon.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I mean, that's the whole thing, because it starts in
the morning, right, that's correct.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, So registration for the rock starts at seven. Doors
open at seven. The Rock starts at seven thirty and
then we just kicked KSK throughout the morning. Live music
I believe starts at ten. We're going till two. If
you do sign up for the run, it includes admission
to the band and also we are really happy to
(03:45):
announce that Molten Chorus is going to be our beverage sponsor.
We will have a beer garden hosted by them. The
run will also include a ticket for that. So it's
gonna be a lot of fun. I've already pre ordered
great weather.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Oh fantastic, how about that?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And we've got vendors coming, a lot of veteran owned vendors.
We've got food trucks. It's just going to be a
really good time.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
So well, if people don't want to participate in the run,
you can go for thirty bucks and go see the
band and hang out and go to the beer garden
in the middle of the day. I can't tell you
how I overjoyed this makes me. Even though I can't go.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
It's gonna be and it's in a beautiful park.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now, where are you guys running the where's the actual route?
Because I am very familiar with where this park is
and it's a really really pretty part of Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Salisbury Equestrian Park. It's a perfect venue for this. It's
a kind of a flat area, so the run will
be fairly easy. It'll be around that park and so yeah,
it'll be right around that whole area. It's fairly flat
over there. It's a great location centrally located between Castle Rock, Parker,
you know, all over the Denver metro area. So we're
(04:51):
looking for runners. We want it to be a great event.
All proceeds go to our mission and helping Colorado veterans,
so hopefully folks will come out and join us. We're
really looking forward to having a good time.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Brandy Buranian with the Colorado Veterans Project, first of all,
thank you for helping your fellow veterans, and thanks to
everyone on the board that just does all of this
as a passion project because you're making a difference. I
know you're making a difference, and hopefully you're gonna have
tons of people that put a link on the blog
today to the website with all the information you can
sign up for the run. You can sign up, just
buy a ticket to go see the band, Go and
(05:25):
support this worthy endeavor. They do a great job and
it'll be a really fun way with beautiful weather. That's
already been pre ordered by Brandy to go check out.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, there you go, Brandy, thanks so much for making
time for me.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
All Right, that's brand no problem with the Colorado Veterans Project.
Next weekend, there is yet another fun event being put
together by the Colorado Veterans Project. And joining me now
Bard President of the Colorado Veterans Project, Brandy Marinian. Welcome
back to the show, Brandy.
Speaker 2 (00:14):
Oh thanks, Mandy, thanks so much for having us. We
really appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (00:17):
Oh, no problem.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Let's start with there are always new people listening to
the show. They may not know what the Colorado Veterans
Project does. What exactly does your organization do?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
Oh? Well, we are a nonprofit. Our mission is to
help veterans in the state of Colorado transition from their
military career into their civilian career. So we provide help
in entrepreneurship, career training for career in a corporate environment,
aviation skills and certifications. So we provide a lot of
(00:48):
benefits and training and it's our mission. We're all veteran board,
all volunteer. We've gone through this process ourselves, so we're
all passionate about it.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
A lot of people don't realize that a lot of
the trump that soldiers have often start in that transition.
Speaker 3 (01:04):
It can be very, very jarring to.
Speaker 1 (01:06):
Go from the structure of the military into the hot
mess that is civilian life.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I mean, I mean my husband struggled in his own way.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
He found it took him a really long time to
find a boss that he wanted to work for because
you just found everyone to be very unprofessional.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
So it's critical that.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
That kind of groundwork that you guys are laying gets
laid properly, so it can make it a little bit
easier to ease back into life.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Many and like I said, most veterans have gone down
this path, and the translation from the wartime mission and
that high intensity type of lifestyle and that and that
transition to a corporate life sometimes doesn't translate. And so
folks hiring veterans don't really know what they're getting and
veterans don't know what they're getting into. So we provide
(01:54):
a lot of that skills and training. I'll be talking
to some veterans this afternoon how them with their resume
and their LinkedIn profiles, and so we're just really passionate
about helping veterans find their way. It gives them health
benefits and secures them to provide for their families, and
there's just a whole bunch of positive things that happen
if they can transition to a great career.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
So let's talk about the event, not this weekend, the
following weekend, the Freedom Fest twenty twenty five. What are
we looking at for this day of fun.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Well, it is our first event, annual event. It's actually
an honor of celebrating Colorado's one hundred and fiftieth anniversary
as a state. So we're kicking that off with this
Freedom Fest. We start with a couple running events. We've
got a fifteen k rock March, which will tie out
with a food donation to some food banks in the
(02:49):
local area. We've got a ten k run and a
five k run walk, and so once we're done with
that though, the fun starts. We've got some live music
six million dollars, which is a local eighties fan.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Very hard in the area.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
So good, I mean, they are so good. I love
this band. I mean, and it's all during the day,
so for us old people, you know, you can go
and you can actually hear this fantastic band.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
They are so good, and it's like at noon.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
I mean, that's the whole thing, because it starts in
the morning, right, that's correct.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Yeah, So registration for the rock starts at seven. Doors
open at seven. The Rock starts at seven thirty and
then we just kicked KSK throughout the morning. Live music
I believe starts at ten. We're going till two. If
you do sign up for the run, it includes admission
to the band and also we are really happy to
(03:45):
announce that Molten Chorus is going to be our beverage sponsor.
We will have a beer garden hosted by them. The
run will also include a ticket for that. So it's
gonna be a lot of fun. I've already pre ordered
great weather.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Oh fantastic, how about that?
Speaker 2 (03:59):
And we've got vendors coming, a lot of veteran owned vendors.
We've got food trucks. It's just going to be a
really good time.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
So well, if people don't want to participate in the run,
you can go for thirty bucks and go see the
band and hang out and go to the beer garden
in the middle of the day. I can't tell you
how I overjoyed this makes me. Even though I can't go.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
It's gonna be and it's in a beautiful park.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Now, where are you guys running the where's the actual route?
Because I am very familiar with where this park is
and it's a really really pretty part of Parker.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Salisbury Equestrian Park. It's a perfect venue for this. It's
a kind of a flat area, so the run will
be fairly easy. It'll be around that park and so yeah,
it'll be right around that whole area. It's fairly flat
over there. It's a great location centrally located between Castle Rock, Parker,
you know, all over the Denver metro area. So we're
(04:51):
looking for runners. We want it to be a great event.
All proceeds go to our mission and helping Colorado veterans,
so hopefully folks will come out and join us. We're
really looking forward to having a good time.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Brandy Buranian with the Colorado Veterans Project, first of all,
thank you for helping your fellow veterans, and thanks to
everyone on the board that just does all of this
as a passion project because you're making a difference. I
know you're making a difference, and hopefully you're gonna have
tons of people that put a link on the blog
today to the website with all the information you can
sign up for the run. You can sign up, just
buy a ticket to go see the band, Go and
(05:25):
support this worthy endeavor. They do a great job and
it'll be a really fun way with beautiful weather. That's
already been pre ordered by Brandy to go check out.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Yeah, there you go, Brandy, thanks so much for making
time for me.
Speaker 1 (05:36):
All Right, that's brand no problem with the Colorado Veterans Project.
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