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Wounded warriors now eco warriors

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    Group hires vets as beach clean-up crews

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All right hey guys so you know we're out here in South Carolina folly beach this morning there's a great organization that is working on employing our military veterans as -- returned from battle.

As well as cleaning up -- is a great combination I'm joined by Rudy Scioscia.

You're the CEO of this organization.

Are telling about part of this need that veterans I have right now and coming back and finding employment obviously unemployment -- -- Across a ranks but it's especially high a months -- returning soldiers.

That's correct and right now it's currently approaching 30% for those under the -- point forum with our military downsizing.

Even though the unemployment rate for the United States start in the fall it's -- actually increasing for.

Errands -- -- it's it's an incredible problem and and you've come up with an organization you saw another need.

Which is is that beaches that have have a lot of debris and -- on them and they need some cleaning consider combining these two somehow.

That's correct what we planned reduced and we are planned to acquire five house -- each one -- represented a different branch or service.

We're looking for corporate sponsors for each individual house vote and then bull put veteran Sonny tells both they'll move up and down the East Coast for a hundred.

Each veteran will -- governor and twenty days on the boat they'll do beach cleanups do some PR work on -- weekends and make public appearances.

Not the reason why -- -- sponsors are -- because people can't.

Necessarily drive to all the beaches clean the beaches there's a lot of inlets in and causeway -- cleaning up.

-- correct in when sun -- right behind us here.

We'll see more silent which is -- very large island probably close 2000 makers.

And it's not accessible -- island.

-- by car and the only way to get there is by -- -- -- you've got something new your hand here when I was a kid growing up.

We always talked about that the six pack greens and they should cut him so that birds couldn't get in in and hurt themselves.

But you're saying that these bottle caps are a really dangerous to to see animals now.

That's correct that the bulk camps are very hard and what they'll do is they'll end up.

Moving down into the intestines of an animal they know clog the animal and everything behind it the animal consumes behind -- Will wind up ball -- Not being dissolved in the body as a result they end up start and -- death.

So I have multi -- purpose here this organization we're gonna be -- -- -- some some more guests all morning long thanks for what you're doing here.

And much more on this great organization and a guy's a great morning -- -- folly beach.

Temperatures this week climbing and a lot of people in spring break I can tell you that you beating out to these -- Get -- bottle caps into a secure place all right guys --

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