On September
2, 2011,
MSCCN was honored at the 11th Annual
Newman’s Own Award Ceremony. The ceremony was
held in Washington D.C. at the Pentagon in the
Hall of Heroes. The MSCCN was one of six
non-profit organizations chosen (out of 186
nominees) as 2011 grant recipients. Each
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From left: Admiral Mike Mullen,
then-Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff,
presents Newman’s Own Award to MSCCN’s
Executive Director Stacy Bayton; Thomas
Indoe, President of Newman’s Own. |
organization,
including MSCCN, was chosen for their passionate
and unique plans to support our nation’s heroes
by enhancing the communities in which they live
and serve.
This
annual grant competition is sponsored each year
by Newman’s Own, Fisher House Foundation, and
Military Times. These three corporations and
their panel of judges seek awardees each year
that have ingenious and innovative programs that
benefit service members and their families.
The MSCCN
received the award for their National Guard
Employment Program – Helping Our Heroes at Home.
It is the intent of this program to improve
National Guard force stability by improving its
members’ ability to seek, obtain, and retain
civilian employment after they return home from
overseas deployments.
The program
was created from a partnership that MSCCN
entered into with National Guard Bureau and
DirectEmployer’s Association in late 2010.
Together the three founded the National Guard
Employment Network to expand employment programs
and support to all National Guard by
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From left: Maj. Gen. Kelly K.
McKeague, Assistant to the Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for
National Guard Matters, Stacy
Bayton, and Mrs. McKeague.
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providing
employment readiness and job placement support
for all National Guardsmen and their families as
well as employment training and support for each
National Guard state Command and their
employment teams.
Thomas Indoe,
President of Newman’s Own served as the main
presenter for the event; special remarks were
given by Admiral Mullen; Ken Fisher, Fisher
House Foundation Chairman and CEO; Tobias
Naegele, Editor in Chief at Military Times; and
David Coker, President of Fisher House
Foundation.
Joining MSCCN
at the ceremony was Major General Carpenter,
Acting Director of the Army National Guard,
National Guard Bureau; Major General McKeague,
the Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff for National Guard and Reserve
Matters; Colonel Baldwin, Major Ellison, and
Kelly Loring from National Guard Bureau; and
Edward Greene, MSCCN Board of Directors Member.
