{"id":162,"date":"2014-11-10T21:27:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T21:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2014-11-10T21:27:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T21:27:53","slug":"inspiration-veterans-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/inspiration-veterans-day\/","title":{"rendered":"An inspiration for Veterans Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"44 Business Capital\" href=\"http:\/\/www.44businesscapital.com\" target=\"_blank\">44 Business Capital<\/a> recently contributed to\u00a0<a title=\"Soldier Socks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soldiersocks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soldier Socks<\/a>, a great charity assisting veterans to re-acclimate to civilian life. \u00a0As a thank you for our donation, my partner and I were given passes to the Army Navy Cup soccer game held at PPL Park in Chester, PA. \u00a0I invited three of my high school soccer teammates to join me, two of which were veterans themselves. \u00a0Prior to the game, Soldier Socks introduced the crowd to Dan Rose, an Army veteran who served in the Kandahar Province in Afghanistan. \u00a0Dan was paralyzed from the chest down when an IED with over 1,000 lbs of explosives was detonated. \u00a0Sergeant Rose was at the Army Navy soccer game for the ceremonial coin toss but instead of approaching midfield in his wheel chair, Dan got to his feet and walked out for the coin toss thanks to\u00a0<a title=\"Soldier Socks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soldiersocks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soldier Socks<\/a>\u00a0who provided Sergeant Rose with\u00a0the Ekso Bionics GT\u2122 robotic exoskeleton, which enables individuals with any amount of lower extremity weakness or paralysis to stand up and walk. \u00a0\u00a0I encourage you to watch the <a title=\"Fox News Piece on Dan Rose\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soldiersocks.org\/?page_id=18\" target=\"_blank\">video from Fox 29 News<\/a>\u00a0and see the hope that abounds for all returning vets. \u00a0Dan has been on WWE Smackdown and may also be featured at the Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day game against our own Philadelphia Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many worthwhile organizations out there helping our Veterans and we&#8217;ve worked with many of them:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Fisher House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fisherhouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fisher House<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MARSOC Foundation\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marsocfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">MARSOC Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Soldier Socks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soldiersocks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Soldier Socks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wounded Warrior\" href=\"http:\/\/www.woundedwarriorproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wounded Warriors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please take some time this Veterans Day to give your time, reach into your pocket or simply say thanks to a Vet! \u00a0It&#8217;s the very least we can do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>44 Business Capital recently contributed to\u00a0Soldier Socks, a great charity assisting veterans to re-acclimate to civilian life. \u00a0As a thank you for our donation, my partner and I were given passes to the Army Navy Cup soccer game held at &hellip; 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