{"id":17718,"date":"2021-04-12T20:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/?p=17718"},"modified":"2021-04-12T20:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T20:01:16","slug":"celebrating-a-milestone-14th-annual-100-holes-for-our-heroes-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/celebrating-a-milestone-14th-annual-100-holes-for-our-heroes-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a Milestone: 14th Annual 100 Holes for Our Heroes Fundraiser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

14th Annual 100 Holes for Our Heroes Fundraiser<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Celebrating a Milestone<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Reflection by Allison Herbst, Director of Administration and Culture at Hire Heroes USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each July 4th for the last 14 years, Carl wakes up before dawn and begins golfing 100 holes to raise funds for Hire Heroes USA.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I first met Carl Meyer in 2007 at the annual MedAssets\u2019 Healthcare Business Summit meeting in Las Vegas. The Healthcare Business Summit was an annual event hosted by the then CEO of MedAssets, John Bardis. At this particular meeting, Mr. Bardis announced to 5,000+ healthcare industry leaders present that the purpose behind his newly formed nonprofit, Hire Heroes USA, was his passion for giving veterans the opportunity to be the first in line for a civilian career upon returning from service. Mr. Bardis further expressed that due to the sacrifices veterans have made, our businesses thrived. We were called on by Mr. Bardis to do our part, that it was our duty, as corporate America\u2019s decision-makers, to make this happen for our nation\u2019s heroes – to help give them opportunities to secure the success they have earned.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Bardis\u2019 passion for empowering veterans deeply aligns with Carl\u2019s passion in this area. It sparked Carl's idea to use his unique talents and combine his networking and sales skills with his love of golf – and the 100 Holes for Our Heroes fundraising was born that year. Each July 4th for the last 13 years, Carl wakes up before dawn and begins golfing 100 holes to raise funds for Hire Heroes USA. In his 10th year, Carl played 180 holes (10 rounds) and last year, to commemorate his 13th year, he played 113 holes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As one of Hire Heroes USA\u2019s first staff members, I\u2019ve had the privilege of working with Carl from the onset of his event. I recall the excitement in Carl\u2019s voice when he showed me the first event logo and postcard he created himself. The very first year, this event raised about $14,000 in support of Hire Heroes\u2019 mission. His network of friends, co-workers, family members, business associates and other supporters responded to his event with positivity and generosity. They still do to this day. We both quickly realized that his event would become something special. Each year moving forward, Carl\u2019s event would raise more funds, thus allowing Hire Heroes to assist hundreds of veterans, military members and their spouses into fulfilling careers. Here we are now, on year 14 of this special event and Carl\u2019s determination and dedication have achieved the amazing accomplishment of raising over $1,000,000! If that is not a testament to what one man with a big heart and a mean passion for golf can accomplish, I do not know what is. I look forward to many more years seeing Carl\u2019s event and passion thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click here<\/a> to learn more about the 14th Annual 100 Holes for Our Heroes Fundraiser and support Carl's efforts.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

14th Annual 100 Holes for Our Heroes Fundraiser Celebrating a Milestone Reflection by Allison Herbst, Director of Administration and Culture at Hire Heroes USA I first met Carl Meyer in 2007 at the annual MedAssets\u2019 Healthcare Business Summit meeting in Las Vegas. The Healthcare Business Summit was an annual event hosted by the then CEO […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,23,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-blog","category-latest-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hireheroesusa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}