{"id":11807,"date":"2022-07-26T17:23:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=11807"},"modified":"2022-07-26T17:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:23:49","slug":"san-mateo-county-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/san-mateo-county-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"San Mateo County veterans to recognize U.S. military servicemen and women."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-1024x682.png\" alt=\"San Mateo County Veterans\" class=\"wp-image-11808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-696x464.png 696w, https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evento-veteranos-1068x711.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The San Mateo County Veterans Commission is seeking nominations for three awards recognizing outstanding contributions by and for those who have served in the U.S. armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These nominations must be submitted no later than August 22, so there is still time for those who have been part of the country&#039;s army or navy and who have contributed with actions worthy of recognition to sign up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three categories of honorees are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cVeteran of the Year,\u201d dedicated to someone who lives in San Mateo County and has gone beyond the scope of his or her daily work in service to the community.<\/li><li>\u201cPatriot of the Year,\u201d for a non-veteran who lives in San Mateo County and works with veterans, veterans causes or organizations.<\/li><li>\u201cBusiness of the Year,\u201d dedicated to a for-profit or nonprofit company that has significant operations in San Mateo County working with veterans or improving their lives.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Veteran of the Year nominees must have been honorably discharged from branches of the U.S. armed forces, whether active duty, reserve or guard components, the Veterans Commission said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winners will be honored at the Seventh Annual Veterans Recognition Luncheon on November 10, 2022, at the Westin San Francisco Airport Hotel in Millbrae.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event marks a return to an in-person luncheon after COVID-19 caused last year\u2019s event to be held virtually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s keynote speaker will be U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Thomas A. Cropper, retired, president of the California State University Maritime Academy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nomination forms, further details and information on previous recipients can be viewed by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smcgov.org\/hsa\/celebrating-our-veterans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those with questions may contact Ed Kiryczun, San Mateo County veterans services officer, at 650-802-7930 or <a href=\"mailto:ekiryczun@smcgov.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ekiryczun@smcgov.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The San Mateo County Veterans Fund was established in 2017 and is administered by the San Mateo County Human Services Agency&#039;s County Veterans Office to support veteran initiatives and the needs of the County&#039;s veteran population.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates reported that there are 28,739 veterans residing in San Mateo County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>You may be interested in: <a href=\"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/community-through-the-arts\/\">Redwood City joins \"Building Community through the Arts.\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Comisi\u00f3n de Veteranos del Condado de San Mateo busca nominaciones para tres premios que reconocen las contribuciones sobresalientes de y para aquellos que han servido en las fuerzas armadas de EE. UU. Dichas nominaciones, deber\u00e1n presentarse a m\u00e1s tardar el 22 de agosto, por lo que a\u00fan hay tiempo de suscribir a aquellos que [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11809,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11807\/revisions\/11809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}