Industry Raises $183,000+ To Support Canines To Help Veterans

Longtime Supporter & Renowned Trainer Joe Verde Donates $20,000 Joe Verde Sales & Management Training Inc. today announced that company president, Joe Verde, himself a U.S. Army veteran, continued his longtime support by donating $20,000 at the live auction that raised an all-time high $183,000+ for the Wounded Veterans Initiative of Canine Companions (CCI), a …

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CCI Auction Brings In $108,700

Joe Verde at the booth with volunteers and clients of CCI during the NADA Show. In case you missed the news from the recent NADA Show in Las Vegas…Joe Verde continued his ongoing support for Canine Companions (CCI) and it’s Wounded Veterans Initiative at the auction sponsored by BackLot Cars (formerly ADESA) during the show. …

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Law Passes to Fund CCI Trained Dogs To Help Veterans

CCI – Canine Companions for Independence – is an incredible nonprofit organization that turns puppies into trained Service Dogs for people with disabilities, and I just wanted to share the great news with you that they have just announced their new program, which is for veterans with PTSD. CCI took part in a 4 year pilot …

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Joe Verde Supports CCI at Virtual Auction

Joe Verde Sales and Management Training, Inc., today announced that company president, Joe Verde, himself a veteran, donated $10,000 to kick off the virtual auction that raised $40,000 for Canine Companions for Independence, (CCI) a national nonprofit organization which provides highly trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities, including veterans. At the 2021 National Automobile …

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Giving Back – Our Veterans, CCI, Dogs

Coverage of the ADESA auction to raise money for Canine Companions for Independence at the NADA Show continued with CBT News this week. Joe Verde, a longtime supporter of CCI, was interviewed, along with fellow Army veteran and CCI graduate, Ben Chavez, by CBT News founder, Jim Fitzpatrick. Both talked about the impact the non-profit …

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Joe Contributes to ADESA Auction at NADA for CCI and Wounded Veterans

Another successful auction raised $77,118 to benefit Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) was held at the ADESA booth on Saturday during the NADA Show in San Francisco. Also, through a GoFundMe page created by Joe Verde to benefit CCI, he contributed an additional $25,000 plus another $3,100 in donations from other generous contributors, totaling $28,100. …

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Getting Social…Puppy-Style

Espana, a Canine Companions for Independence (CCI) lab that the Joe Verde Group was honored to ‘name’, is in the first step of her ‘puppy training’ phase to become an assistance dog that will enhance the lives of people with disabilities, including wounded veterans… Her volunteer CCI puppy raisers sent over these pictures of Espana …

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$50,000 Raised For CCI’s Wounded Veterans Initiative

$50,000 — Another great auction at the ADESA booth during the NADA Show where $50,000 was raised to benefit Canine Companions For Independence on behalf of the NADA Charitable Foundation. Joe Verde, a longtime supporter of CCI’s Wounded Veterans Initiative, placed the first winning bid of $25,000, and then donated the motorcycle back to ADESA …

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