Cintas Opens Doors on New Mobile Health Unit for Veterans.Farmer Family Foundation Funds Custom-Built Van to Serve Tri-State CINCINNATI -- Cintas Corporation today unveiled a 40-foot mobile health unit that will serve Tri-State military veterans. The mobile health unit will be operated by the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, and it was built through the generosity of Cintas founder Richard T. Farmer Richard "Dick" Farmer is an American businessman whose fortune is self-made through his development of the Cintas Corporation. The company started out as his grandfather's industrial rag cleaning business but today is the nation's leading corporate uniform provider company in the and the Farmer Family Foundation. "Our family has a long and active history of supporting veterans' issues," said Cintas CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Scott Farmer. "We believe our citizens and our government can't do enough for the brave men and women who defend our nation. When we learned of the need for funds for this project, we were honored to step in and help." On Dec. 10, 2007, Dick Farmer saw a news story in The Cincinnati Enquirer En`quir´er n. 1. See Inquirer. Noun 1. enquirer - someone who asks a question asker, inquirer, querier, questioner on the Thank You Foundation's dream for the mobile health unit. He took the need to the family foundation's board the very next day. As a result, the Farmer Family Foundation donated do·nate v. do·nat·ed, do·nat·ing, do·nates v.tr. To present as a gift to a fund or cause; contribute. v.intr. To make a contribution to a fund or cause. - in the name of Cintas - the entire $313,000 cost of the van. "The mobile health unit will raise awareness for veterans' healthcare services and facilitate treatment for those who need it," said Todd Sledge, public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. officer for Cincinnati's VA Medical Center. "Instead of veterans having to come to us, the van will allow us to come to them, to meet them where they are and where they gather, to get them enrolled and screened, to get them started on the path toward healing." Veterans who enter the van will be able to enroll in the VA healthcare system, obtain physical and mental health screenings, get dental exams, and obtain referrals to the appropriate VA facility for care. They also will be able to get walkers, wheelchairs and scooters List of scooter models per manufacturer Aprilia
Cintas unveiled the mobile health unit today at an employee-partner event at the corporation's headquarters. The company actively recruits military veterans and offers multiple programs that recognize and assist military families. For the past four years, Cintas has been among G.I. Jobs' list of the top 50 Military-Friendly Employers, ranking No. 11 last year. "We're proud of our country's service men and women, and proud of our corporate record of supporting the troops," Scott Farmer said. "This new mobile health unit starts a new chapter in the story of our commitment, and we're confident it also starts a new chapter for veterans as they go about obtaining the services they so richly deserve." The public can see the mobile health unit at the "Welcome Home Celebration" on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 16, 2009 at Lunken Airport. The event will run from 4:30-9:30 p.m. For more information on Cintas' commitment to working partners and the community, visit www.cintascares.com. For general company information, visit www.cintas.com. About Cintas Corporation: Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. , Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. services to businesses of all types throughout North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services to approximately 800,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS CTAS Center-TRACON Automation System CTAS Create Table As Select (Oracle database) CTAS County Technical Assistance Service CTAS Cornell Taiwanese American Society CTAS Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=5966501&lang=en |
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