This year, Pendleton Whisky renewed its partnership with the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Pendleton Whisky is donating a portion of sales to the foundation, totaling $100,000. This money will go directly toward supporting local veterans’ organizations.
“The VA and other government services do a lot of great work for veterans, but the reality is they can’t do it all,” says Dave Woodruff, Bob Woodruff Foundation’s co-founder and chief development officer. “We come in and try to fill those gaps by getting dollars to people who are doing the work in local communities.”
That includes people like Brandon Davis, an eight-year U.S. Army veteran, who now serves as a senior care coordinator at Veterans Services of the Carolinas (VSC). Davis runs the largest veterans’ call center in North Carolina, connecting local veterans with assistance including housing, employment, food, and more.
More than a job, this work is personal to Davis. Following his first tour of duty in 2008, Davis struggled to reintegrate into society and fell into homelessness before eventually re-enlisting in the Army for another tour. That experience drove Davis to work tirelessly in service of fellow veterans, many of whom are facing the same situation he found himself in.
“Companies donating money to the Bob Woodruff Foundation are enabling those of us on the front lines to go out and fill those gaps where the needs are,” says Davis. “Hopefully this makes our communities healthier as a whole.”
Last year, Veteran Services of the Carolinas received a grant from the Bob Woodruff Foundation to support local veterans and their families who are dealing with food insecurity—one of the major challenges brought on by the pandemic. The impact from the Bob Woodruff Foundation partnership was immediate.