Joshua Chamberlain Society Trivia Night

The Joshua Chamberlain Society Raising Money to Help Our Veterans
Whole Foods Partnership on Nov. 7
Trivia Night Nov. 9 at the Overland Rec Center 7 – 11 p.m.

November 1, 2013, St. Louis, MO – The Joshua Chamberlain Society (JCS) is proud to announce two major Veteran’s Day events in the St. Louis area.

The Society is teaming up with Whole Foods Markets on Thursday, November 7. On that day all local Whole Foods Markets will donate 5% of all sales to the JCS.

This year the Joshua Chamberlain Society will also celebrate Veteran’s Day by hosting a trivia night. The event will take place Saturday, November 9, 2013 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. at the Overland VFW Hall located at 10815 Midland Blvd., St. Louis, MO  63114. The event includes a silent auction that will streamed live for online bids. In addition to the auction and the trivia night, the event will be highlighted by a local World War II and Korean War veteran leading the pledge of allegiance.

Both events support the mission of the JCS is to identify and adopt wounded or fallen military service members who have made such an extraordinary sacrifice for our country. In the same fashion that our service members have sacrificed for their country forever, the Society is dedicated to making an on-going commitment to our heroes for the remainder of their lives, or the lives of their families for fallen heroes.

One of St. Louis’ veterans with permanent injuries, Josh Eckhoff, was seriously injured when his vehicle hit an IED in Iraq on February 6, 2008 and left Josh with severe head injuries. “JCS is like a family to me and our six other adopted wounded warriors”, Josh says. “They provide assistance where other organizations do not. I have been helping spread the word of this great organization to anyone in the St. Louis community that will listen.’

For more information, please contact Gary Kellmann at (314) 680-2833 or by email at kellmann.gary@gmail.com.

The Bald Eagle at this event will be present through the generous help of World Bird Sanctuary.

About Joshua Chamberlain Society of St. Louis
The Joshua Chamberlain Society (“JCS”) is a grass roots 501(c) (3) federally tax exempt charity that was formed with the mission of providing long term support to veterans that sustained permanent combat injuries fighting the long war on terror for our nation.  JCS also provides long-term support to the children of veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice in our service.

About Whole Foods Market^®
Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM), is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company’s motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s more than 73,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 15 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2012, the company had sales of $11.7 billion and currently has more than 340 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.