Michael Berry Talks To Veteran Business Owner Jerry Lamont
The Michael Berry Show
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🗓️ 10 November 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:22.0 | I'm going to be a There is an issue that is near and dear to my heart. One of them, as you know, with regard to veterans is veterans coming home with PTSD. |
| 0:23.0 | And there is hope at Camp Hope as part of the PTSD |
| 0:25.9 | foundation of America based in Houston. |
| 0:27.7 | We take in people from all over the country |
| 0:30.2 | and they heal. |
| 0:31.0 | It's veteran to veteran peer counseling that saves lives and if you know a veteran it costs you not a penny we raise all the money |
| 0:38.4 | 877717 PTSD 87717 PTSD. |
| 0:42.8 | I want to be clear, we don't raise their entire budget. |
| 0:46.0 | We raise a part of their budget. |
| 0:47.2 | A lot of other people pitch in that aren't necessarily listeners of our show and didn't find |
| 0:51.5 | out about them, but we're proud to play the part |
| 0:53.7 | that we do in that. But there is something else related to veterans. You know we |
| 0:59.2 | we think of Veterans Day as a time that you sell products to veterans. |
| 1:04.8 | Hey, if you're a veteran, you'll get X percent off. |
| 1:08.3 | We think of veterans as consumers when they come home. |
| 1:11.5 | And I'm all for that. Thank them for their service by giving them a discount, patting them on the back, |
| 1:16.0 | moving them to the front of the line, buying them a cup of coffee. |
| 1:18.0 | But if you really want to make a difference, empower them. I don't know about you, but when you have a job or a business, |
| 1:29.1 | when you're making money, you can afford to be a lot more free. You can afford to have hobbies. You can afford |
| 1:35.9 | to but when you're struggling financially it takes over your physical life and |
| 1:41.0 | your mental life support businesses that are veteran-owned. This year I asked |
| 1:49.7 | two twin brothers, Jerry and Mel Lamont, to be our guest and give me about five minutes to profile their business. |
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