Day 2 and we have really seen some amazing support for The Patriot Coin.
Thank you all so much for your help!
An early bit of news, we have had some great conversations with a number of large charities the last few days and look forward to confirm a number of charities taking on our wallets very soon. Its a great time to get involved, particularly around the Christmas season.
Just so you are aware of some key stats that drive us to do the right thing for veterans, in 2014, Less than half of the country's 21.2 million veterans were employed — 573,000 were looking for work, while 10.5 million were neither employed nor seeking employment, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Veterans are twice as likely as the average American to be chronically homeless. In fact, more than a third of homeless individuals across the country are veterans — between 529,000 and 840,000, depending on the time of year, according to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans. At this point, the number of homeless Vietnam veterans, male and female, is greater than the number of soldiers who died during the war.
It's even worse for female veterans, for whom the risk of becoming homeless is four times greater than for male veterans.
These numbers are widely available on the web, if you get a moment please check them for yourself, these are some of the reasons for The Patriot Coin and why we want to Thank Them For Their Service. #thepatriotcoin
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