John Paul DeJoria Donating Fortune to Homeless Veterans, Like Him!

ROK Mobile’s Co-Founder, Billionaire John Paul DeJoria, to give his Fortune Away to Homeless Veterans Through ROK Mobile’s ‘Veterans Helping Veterans’ program - #Vets2Vets

LOS ANGELES, July 13, 2017 -- ROK Mobile announced today the launch of the “Veterans Helping Veterans” (#Vets2Vets) initiative where ROK Mobile will be giving away mobile and telemedicine services to approx. 50,000 homeless veterans throughout the United States. 

The #Vets2Vets program, which has two phases, will start with the pilot launch donating FREE mobile service to the 1,200 homeless veterans within Greater Los Angeles in August 2017.

This comes on the heels of the release of billionaire John Paul DeJoria’s recent documentary “Good Fortune,” which chronicles John Paul DeJoria’s own journey from being a homeless veteran (twice) to the billionaire founder of Paul Mitchell Systems, Patrón Tequila and now ROK Mobile. John Paul DeJoria’s philanthropic dynamics drive his philosophy of doing good by giving away his fortune in ways that empower those who need it most. This has been the core of all his business endeavors. read more here


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If you don't understand something like this, then watch this video. It is about a homeless Vietnam veteran who wanted nothing more than some food to feed his cat. The pastor of a church took him in and so did the rest of the church. When I went to his funeral, I couldn't believe how many people were there for this very humble man. 

Well, I wrote about it and it turned out his son was a Marine serving in Iraq. He never knew what happened to his Dad, or that his Dad never gave up trying to find him. Sadly, he was in Iraq when he discovered his Dad died but then he met the church family and that his Dad died well loved.

Texas Vietnam Veteran Doesn't Want You To Miss His Truck

Have you seen it? The story behind a patriotic truck rolling around North Texas
WFFA ABC 8 News
Hannah Davis
July 13, 2017

It's hard to miss Everett Floyd especially when he's in his truck. The Vietnam veteran and his pickup have become local celebrities across North Texas. The F-150 is covered from top to bottom in medals, flags and military ornaments.

It's hard to miss Everett Floyd especially when he's in his truck. The F-150 is covered from top to bottom in medals, flags and military ornaments.

(Photo: Plano Health and Fitness, WFAA)

"They all have a meaning," Floyd said.

Floyd says hundreds of people have asked to take pictures over the years, but few ask the story behind the head-to-toe decorations. He says it's a symbol for the sacrifices all soldiers have made, but especially the men and women who served in Vietnam.

"Some mark the men who didn't come home," Floyd said.

Floyd served two tours in Vietnam in the Marines. He says he suffered from agent orange while there, and now has disabilities from his service.
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Dying Iraq Veteran Just Wants to Know Someone Cares

UPDATE from USA Today July 19

"The 47-year-old is under hospice care in New Braunfels, Texas. His dying wish is to receive text messages and phone calls from anybody willing to talk to him. So far, his wish has been granted thousands and thousands and thousands of times over."

How many times have you heard someone died and thought how nice they were to you? Remembered some times you shared? Thought about how they mattered to you? How many times have you been to a funeral and regretted not letting them know any of it?

In this country we talk a lot about how much our veterans matter to us but over and over again, they discover they do not feel as if they do matter. 

We build homes for some disabled veterans and feel good about it, but others lose their homes and we do nothing for them.

We run around the country screaming about "raising awareness" on veterans killing themselves, write checks, do pushups, take walks, whatever makes us feel as if we did something. Hey, as long as it doesn't take too much time out of our lives, that's all that matters. And then they kill themselves and we wonder why.

We talk about a lot of things, but as they say "talk is cheap" when we don't have to invest anything to back it up. Well here's your chance. Let this dying Iraq veteran know he matters!

ARMY VETERAN'S DYING WISH: CALL OR TEXT ME
WSB RADIO 95.5
By: Bob D’Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
July 14, 2017

A dying Army veteran from Texas has a final wish: He wants to hear from you.

Lee Hernandez, who is in hospice care at his home in New Braunfels, has undergone three brain surgeries and has suffered several strokes, the Arizona Republic reported.

His wife, Ernestine Hernandez, said she found a therapeutic way to brighten her husband’s day: Phone calls and text messages from others. Lee Hernandez asked his wife to hold his phone one day “in case someone calls,” the Republic reported. Two hours later, he was despondent.

“I guess no one wants to talk to me,” said the 47-year-old veteran, who served 18½ years in the Army including a tour in Iraq.

“It broke my heart,” Ernestine Hernandez told the Republic. “(Lee’s) speech is not very well, so many people didn’t take much interest or want to talk with him.”

That is, until she contacted Caregivers of Wounded Warriors.
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Jacksonville Navy Petty Officer Killed in Crash

U.S. Navy petty officer killed in crash in Jacksonville
Action News Jax
by: Brittney Donovan
Jul 13, 2017

Family and friends are mourning a U.S. Navy petty officer who was killed in a crash July 4 in Jacksonville.

Petty Officer First Class David Dake, 24, leaves behind a 4-year-old daughter and pregnant wife.

He was killed in a crash on Dunn Avenue and Young Road just after 3 a.m.

Dake grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, where he met his high-school sweetheart, Darcie.

He joined the Navy in October 2012 and was stationed at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
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Florida Marine Killed in Plane Crash

Florida Marine among 16 killed in Mississippi military crash

Associated Press

7:37 AM, Jul 13, 2017

Joseph Murray

The 15 Marines and a Navy sailor killed in a plane crash Monday in Mississippi came from all over the country, including Florida. 

Six of the Marines and the sailor were from an elite Marine Raider battalion at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. 

Nine were based out of Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, home of a Marine Aerial Refueling and Transport Squadron.

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