WASHINGTON 鈥� It鈥檚 the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and while many of us will be enjoying the beach or having a cookout, others will be taking advantage of the many sales that are going on.
One unique sale that’s happening at Macy鈥檚 allows you to save money while also helping our veterans.
For the fifth year, Macy鈥檚 is partnering with “,” a nonprofit veteran organization.
Now through Tuesday, July 4, customers can donate $3 at the register at any Macy鈥檚 store across the county and get a 25 percent discount.
Bill Rausch, executive director for Got Your 6, says 100 percent of the funds raised go to 鈥淕ot Your 6鈥� and its veteran-focused nonprofit partners.
Rausch says the Macy鈥檚 charity event is raising funds for Got Your 6 as well as for a coalition of 34 nonprofit partners that represent over three million military veterans, their caregivers and their families.
鈥淚t鈥檚 an opportunity to not only give back to our veteran community but really the entire military community 鈥� those in uniform, out of uniform and military families,鈥� he said.
According to Rausch, what鈥檚 remarkable is that, since 2013, the Macy鈥檚 event has raised $8.3 million.
Rausch gave a few examples of how the money has been used during that time: to house more than 41,000 chronically homeless veterans (Community Solutions), to provide more than 23,000 hours of mental health services (Give an Hour), to help more than 1,400 children and to help an equal number of mentors through programs that focus on grief and healing (TAPS 鈥� Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors).
鈥淥ur mission at Got Your 6 is to empower veterans to strengthen communities,” Rausch said.
The term Got Your 6 means 鈥淚鈥檝e got our back.鈥�
Rausch, who鈥檚 also a vet, says every year 200,000 men and women leave the military. 鈥淲e鈥檙e ready to continue our service and to strengthen communities in small towns and big cities across the country.”
He says by supporting Got Your 6, it empowers veterans to continue to lead once they leave the military.
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