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Successes Through Service
ServiceNation has afforded me the opportunity to observe amazing acts of service by individuals on a daily basis. The importance and effectiveness of volunteerism has become more prominent over time as individuals endure natural disasters, war, and personal obstacles. Individuals that choose to serve their communities and nation through charitable work are finally receiving the recognition that they so rightly deserve. GQ Magazine has organized a Better Man Better World Search competition, in...
Prince William, Catherine paint with kids in Skid Row art program
Los Angeles (CNN) -- Before Prince William and his wife, Catherine, left Los Angeles to return to London on Sunday, they got their hands dirty with paint and putty at a children's art center and shook hands with military veterans looking for work.
"On behalf of us both, how grateful we are to have been welcomed so warmly in the Golden State and City of Angels," Prince William said at the last stop of the royal couple's three-day Southern California visit.
Prince William and Kate Give Back to Military Families in LA
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge participated in ServiceNation: Mission Serve's hiring fair for veterans and military spouses at Sony Pictures Studios in LA yesterday afternoon. The royal couple helped create 1,000 care packages for the sons and daughters of soon-to-be-deployed servicemen and women, and showed further support at a special reception for champions of the cause. William, who is an officer in the Royal Air Force, shared a few remarks about why the organisation is close to his...
Royals Push Vet Jobs at LA Event
LOS ANGELES -- About 2,000 veterans and military spouses attended a job fair here yesterday aimed at connecting them with military-friendly employers while raising awareness across the civilian workforce about the value of hiring vets.
“Veterans and military spouses have the kinds of skills that employers covet,” said Ross Cohen, director of the organization ServiceNation: Mission Serve, which helped organize the job fair. “They are dependable, they have incredible management experience – and...
Prince William Gives the ‘Most Important’ Speech of His American Trip
Before Prince William and Kate Middleton ended their North American tour, the royal couple had one last appearance to make—one that William dubbed their "most important.'
At the Service Nation: Mission Serve event Sunday afternoon in Culver City, William addressed the crowd with a gracious speech in which he thanked members of the military for their service, and California locals for their hospitality:
"This is the last event on our tour of North America, but to my mind, it is one of the most...
Royal Couple Visits Spouses, Veterans at Job Fair
CULVER CITY, Calif., July 11, 2011 – Calling the final stop of their whirlwind West Coast tour the “seriously most important,” Great Britain’s Prince William and his wife, Catherine, visited with military spouses and veterans and helped to shine a light on the importance of troop and family support at a hiring fair here yesterday.
The royal newlyweds -- also a military couple -- received a resounding cheer as they entered Stage 15 of Sony Pictures Studios here, where a crowd of more than 1,500...
Military Couple Benefit From Jobs Fair
The final stop of the Royal Couple's visit to California was with ServiceNation: Mission Serve, which helps veterans find jobs. The jobs fair, sponsored in part by NBC4 LA, was held on the Sony Studios lot in Culver City. Colleen Williams talked with a husband and wife military couple about looking for work after finishing active duty.
View more videos at: http://www.nbclosangeles.com.
Prince William and Kate Say Goodbye to America
After a whirlwind three-day Southern California tour that took them from the manicured polo grounds of Santa Barbara to the streets of L.A.'s Skid Row, Prince William and Catherine ended their North American trip.
Shaking hands and saying goodbye to officials on the tarmac, the royal newlyweds, both 29, who also traveled to Canada, boarded a British Airways flight at Los Angeles International Airport and flew away Sunday afternoon.
Prince William and Kate’s Last Stop: A Veterans Job Fair
For their last stop on their historic North American tour, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spent time with a group of people close both of their hearts: military veterans.
At the "ServiceNation: Mission Serve Hiring Our Heroes" job fair Sunday afternoon in Culver City, Calif., Prince William and Kate took an impassioned interest in everyone they spoke to from executives, veterans, and family members of veterans. As Van Halen's "Right Now" played over the sound speakers, the two arrived at...
From stars to Skid Row: Royals end California tour
(Reuters) - Britain's Prince William and wife Kate ended their southern California stay on Sunday, bearing witness to both the poverty of Skid Row and the power of Hollywood.
In their first trip to the United States since marrying in April, the royal couple chose to favor charity and business over celebrity in their three-day visit.
But the glitterati of Hollywood were never far away, as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge drew the movie stars and studio executives to help raise funds and...
Prince William addresses veterans at job fair
Addressing a group of veterans at a job fair in Culver City on Sunday, Prince William reiterated his support for members of the military and their families and said that the Sony Studios event was among the most important attended by the royal couple during a visit to Southern California this weekend.
The prince, who serves as a rescue helicopter pilot in the Royal Air Force, noted his own military service when speaking about the event.
Kate, William depart US after charming Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge headed back to the U.K. on Sunday, following a nonstop weekend that included a few chukkers of polo, time with Hollywood's own version of royalty and several events that raised millions of dollars for charity
Their Southern Californian stopover came at the end of a nine-day visit to Canada, the first tour Prince William and his bride Catherine have made since getting married in April.
So long: Prince William and Kate given a star-spangled send off
They were greeted by British Airways staff on a sun-drenched runway at Los Angeles airport - a marked contrast to their blustery arrival at Ottawa airport last week.
Arriving at LAX in a Range Rover, they said their goodbyes after their hugely successful tour of Canada and California, their first official royal...
Prince William, Kate conclude U.S. tour
LOS ANGELES — The royal hoopla is over for Hollywood.
Prince William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, departed Los Angeles International Airport Sunday evening, ending a three-day tour of Los Angeles and one polo adventure in Santa Barbara.
Early Sunday the royal couple attended a private reception for Tusk, an African environmental group.
This was followed by a trip to the Inner-City Arts center, a school for poor children, in the skid row area of Los Angeles.
Royals Charm Veterans and Military Spouses Seeking Jobs
Greeted by cheers and a forest of mobile phone cameras waved aloft, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took the stage on the historic Stage 15 of Sony Studios on Sunday afternoon to recognize the work being done by ServiceNation: Mission Serve, a civilian-military initiative to celebrate veterans and military families as civic assets.
"This is the last event of our tour of North America and to my mind, this is the most important," the Duke told the crowd in his brief remarks.
Good Will & Kate to attend Hiring Our Heroes job fair in LA
With the Unemployment rate well above the national average for our U.S. Military Veterans - many guestimating that it may be upward of 12 percent, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in partnership with ServiceNation is hosting a job fair for military personnel in California this weekend. While at first glance it may look like a typical career day event with an estimated 200 local companies registered as exhibitors and 1,500 pre-registered attendants, this will be an event like no other - one that is...
