Episode 12: The Mission Continues: Empowering Veterans To Keep Serving and Succeeding

Summary: <p>Since their founding, The Mission Continues has always been a nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to bringing together veterans and innovative community organizations to create transformational change for communities in need all across the country.</p> <p>Their operations in cities nationwide deploy veteran volunteers alongside non-profit partners and community leaders to solve some of the most challenging issues facing our communities: improving community education resources, eliminating food deserts, mentoring at-risk youth and more.</p> <p>Through this unique model, veterans build new skills and networks that help them successfully reintegrate to life after the military while making long-term, sustainable transformations in communities and inspiring future generations to serve. </p> <p>We interview an Indianapolis City Impact Manager (Emily) and regional Platoon Leader (Jonathan) to find out how Veterans can get involved and what the impact is to the community.</p><p>Special Guests: Emily Ferstle Angus and Jonathan Vatovec.</p><p>Links:</p><ul> <li> <a title="The Mission Continues" rel="nofollow" href="https://missioncontinues.org/">The Mission Continues</a> — The Mission Continues empowers veterans who are adjusting to life at home to find purpose through community impact. We deploy veterans on new missions in their communities, so that their actions will inspire future generations to serve.</li> <li> <a title="2018 Run As One" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.teamrwb.org/event/2018-run-as-one/">2018 Run As One</a> — Join us once again for the 7th Annual Run As One. Together with our friends from Team Rubicon and The Mission Continues, we'll run/walk/ride/crawl one lap (3 miles) around the Downtown Canal in Indy. Immediately afterward, we'll be hosting a lunch social at Burgerhaus right on the canal for all participants.</li> <li> <a title="The Mission Continues - Indianapolis" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/themissioncontinuesindianapolis/">The Mission Continues - Indianapolis</a> — Join the Indianapolis chapter page of Facebook to keep up on the projects that The Mission Continues regionally.</li> </ul>