WORCESTER – For the second year in a row, the Worcester Police Department [WPD] is among 30 finalists for the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award and is the only employer in Massachusetts remaining in the running for the award.
The Freedom Award is the highest recognition given by the Dept. of Defense to employers that support their employees that are National Guard and Reserve members.
The WPD was selected among 2,000 employers across the country by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve [ESGR] to the narrowed down field of 30. The ESGR National Selection Board will select and announce the 15 recipients of the 2019 Secretary of Defense Freedom Award by mid-June.
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The finalists were nominated by more than 2,415 Guard and Reserve employees. The Freedom Award recognizes those employers who provide the most outstanding support for these citizen warriors. Up to 15 employers are selected each year for the award and honored at the Pentagon in an official ceremony in August.
The Freedom Award began in 1996 by ESGR to draw attention to support from the employer community. To date, only 265 employers have received the award.
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Here are this year’s Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award finalists:
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Employer Name |
Employer City, State |
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Archer Daniels Midland |
Chicago, Illinois |
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Barclays |
New York, New York |
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Battlefield Vegas |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
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Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLC |
Columbia, South Carolina |
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Central Washington University |
Ellensburg, Washington |
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Chevron |
San Ramon, California |
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Cleveland Cavaliers |
Cleveland, Ohio |
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores |
Lebanon, Tennessee |
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Delta Solutions & Strategies, LLC |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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Direct Supply, Inc. |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Eversource Energy |
Berlin, Connecticut |
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Houston Police Department |
Houston, Texas |
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Kauai Auto Repair |
Kalaheo, Hawaii |
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League of Minnesota Cities |
Saint Paul, Minnesota |
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Levi Rodgers Real Estate Group @ RE/MAX Military City |
San Antonio, Texas |
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LG&E and KU Energy, LLC |
Louisville, Kentucky |
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Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company |
Columbus, Ohio |
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Sanford Health |
Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
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Sparta Police Department |
Sparta, Wisconsin |
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State of Nevada |
Carson City, Nevada |
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The Independence Fund |
Charlotte, North Carolina |
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The Steel Network |
Durham, North Carolina |
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Topeka Police Department |
Topeka, Kansas |
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Travis Manion Foundation |
Doylestown, Pennsylvania |
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University Health System |
San Antonio, Texas |
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U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee |
Columbus, Ohio |
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Village of Ladd |
Ladd, Illinois |
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West Valley City |
West Valley City, Utah |
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Worcester Police Department |
Worcester, Massachusetts |
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Yankton School District 63-3 |
Yankton, South Dakota |
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