Current:Home > NewsMaryland’s Moore joins former US Sen. Elizabeth Dole to help veterans-LoTradeCoin
Maryland’s Moore joins former US Sen. Elizabeth Dole to help veterans
View Date:2024-12-23 20:36:29
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore joined former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole on Tuesday to announce that Maryland will work with her foundation to support military and veteran caregivers.
Moore, who served as a paratrooper and captain in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, said joining the Elizabeth Dole Foundation Hidden Heroes campaign will help raise awareness about resources available for families of veterans and to expedite those resources to them.
“This opens up access and resources to military families in a way that they need and deserve,” Moore, a Democrat said.
Dole, who served as a Republican North Carolina senator from 2003 to 2009, established the foundation in 2012 to help the spouses, parents, family members, and friends who care for the nation’s wounded, ill, or injured veterans. She was the wife of Kansas U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, a longtime leader in Congress and World War II veteran who died in 2021.
She joined Moore at a news conference to hold a proclamation announcing Maryland’s participation in her foundation’s Hidden Heroes campaign.
Steve Schwab, the CEO of the campaign, said Hidden Heroes works with community leaders around the nation to address challenges that people who help veterans face. He thanked Moore for efforts he has taken during his governorship to help veterans and their families, and he said he hoped the step taken by Maryland will become a model that other governors will follow.
“It takes a coalition approach to do this work,” Schwab said.
First lady Dawn Moore said initiatives to help veterans and their families was personal to her, having been a military spouse.
“It is our responsibility as a state to support the whole family and that’s why Maryland is leaning in,” she said.
veryGood! (3)
Related
- What is best start in NBA history? Five teams ahead of Cavaliers' 13-0 record
- Inside Clean Energy: Who’s Ahead in the Race for Offshore Wind Jobs in the US?
- The 'Champagne of Beers' gets crushed in Belgium
- New Federal Anti-SLAPP Legislation Would Protect Activists and Whistleblowers From Abusive Lawsuits
- Ford agrees to pay up to $165 million penalty to US government for moving too slowly on recalls
- Well, It's Still Pride Is Reason Enough To Buy These 25 Rainbow Things
- 1000-Lb Sisters Star Tammy Slaton Mourns Death of Husband Caleb Willingham at 40
- Warming Trends: Laughing About Climate Change, Fighting With Water and Investigating the Health Impacts of Fracking
- Waymo’s robotaxis now open to anyone who wants a driverless ride in Los Angeles
- Kate Spade 24-Hour Flash Deal: Get This $250 Crossbody Bag for Just $59 and a Free Wallet
Ranking
- Stop What You're Doing—Moo Deng Just Dropped Her First Single
- The Year in Climate Photos
- North Carolina’s Bet on Biomass Energy Is Faltering, With Energy Targets Unmet and Concerns About Environmental Justice
- Inside Clean Energy: Here’s What the 2021 Elections Tell Us About the Politics of Clean Energy
- US wholesale inflation picks up slightly in sign that some price pressures remain elevated
- This Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Is Pitched for Washington State. Can it ‘Change the World’?
- Netflix’s Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Movie Reveals Fiery New Details
- Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt Is Engaged to Shannon Nelson
Recommendation
-
'Climate change is real': New York parks employee killed as historic drought fuels blazes
-
Bud Light sales dip after trans promotion, but such boycotts are often short-lived
-
In South Asia, Vehicle Exhaust, Agricultural Burning and In-Home Cooking Produce Some of the Most Toxic Air in the World
-
‘Delay is Death,’ said UN Chief António Guterres of the New IPCC Report Showing Climate Impacts Are Outpacing Adaptation Efforts
-
Who will save Florida athletics? Gators need fixing, and it doesn't stop at Billy Napier
-
Little Big Town to Host First-Ever People's Choice Country Awards
-
Environmentalists in Chile Are Hoping to Replace the Country’s Pinochet-Era Legal Framework With an ‘Ecological Constitution’
-
What Does Climate Justice in California Look Like?