Jake Dukes runs programs at Zac Brown's camp for veterans and kids. Years ago he came to me and said he didn't want to talk about money or sponsorship — he wanted us to show up. I stayed till one in the morning. Their chef is also unreasonably good.

Chapters

00:00:06 Pastor, camp, and a friendship that started on a beach

00:04:29 The mission: find what makes a person unique, then magnify it

00:07:30 What a data center has to do with a camp in Georgia

00:12:22 Warrior Week, Warrior Path, and the invisible wounds of war

00:16:56 A lumpy first eighteen months, and the go/no-go stations

00:21:23 Why trust is the hardest thing to rebuild

00:26:31 Don’t scrap who you were — reforging instead of starting over

00:35:39 What the week is actually for: making one real friend

00:39:41 Zac Brown’s heart for veterans and at-risk kids

00:42:07 Who pays for it: 93% of the kids are on scholarship

00:43:35 The light in the eyes, and a cucumber that tasted like a Kit Kat

00:45:50 Why kids and veterans belong in the same place, and what neurodiversity means

00:50:28 What a hiring manager should know about the veteran across the desk

01:06:48 Twenty years of building in communities, hiring from them, and being welcomed

01:09:30 How to tell whether a company that says it hires vets actually does

01:20:52 “I don’t want to talk to you about money”

Links & References:

Camp Southern Ground: https://campsouthernground.org/

Camp Southern Ground staff: https://campsouthernground.org/staff/

Jake Dukes, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jachindukes/

Mike Caimona, incoming CEO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbcaimona/

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