{"id":4249,"date":"2019-10-09T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T21:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fueltransport.com\/20-mile-ruck-march-for-veterans-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2025-01-21T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:12:40","slug":"20-mile-ruck-march-for-veterans-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fueltransport.com\/fr\/20-mile-ruck-march-for-veterans-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Hope: 20-Mile Ruck March for Veteran\u2019s Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Fuel Logistics Coordinator and U.S. Military Veteran Brandon Spakowski shares his passion for supporting veteran\u2019s mental health and his involvement with the Chicago Veterans Ruck March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"20-Mile Ruck March for Veteran\u2019s Mental Health\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/365383842?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"212\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every single day in the U.S., according to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 20 veterans commit suicide. It\u2019s a harrowing statistic, and one that veterans, family members and friends aim to raise awareness about and work to change.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandon Spakowski, Logistics Coordinator at Fuel\u2019s Chicago office, and a veteran himself, is passionate about the issue, \u201cTwo doors down from me in barracks, a soldier committed suicide. I knew the guy. Soldiers come home with PTSD and don\u2019t know where to go for support.\u201d <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the goal of ending the current epidemic, every Memorial Day weekend, the Chicago Veterans association puts on the 20-mile Chicago Veterans Ruck March to raise awareness and funds that go toward creating more resources for veterans.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fueltransport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4393-769x1024-2-769x1024-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" width=\"330\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fueltransport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4393-769x1024-2-769x1024-2.jpg 769w, https:\/\/fueltransport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_4393-769x1024-2-769x1024-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A ruck march, as Spakowski explains, refers to a training exercise used to prepare soldiers for combat and involves walking and jogging with rucksacks weighing up to 120 pounds for more than 20 miles. \u201cBecause of the statistic, [at the march] people walk for 20 miles carrying 20-pound rucksacks to represent the 20 veterans a day who have suffered,\u201d says Spakowski. \u201cWith each mile, you get that strong emotional feeling that you\u2019re carrying them on your back, each step, each mile.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spakowski hopes advocacy will raise awareness and encourage others to participate. \u201cI want to bring people to the event. I want them to see what I see, and I want them to pay it forward like I am,\u201d he explains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.chicagovets.org\/Ruck2020\">Chicago Veterans<\/a> to sign up or donate.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuel Logistics Coordinator and U.S. Military Veteran Brandon Spakowski shares his passion for supporting veteran\u2019s mental health and his involvement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-4249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-employee-stories-fr"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finding Hope: 20-Mile Ruck March for Veteran\u2019s Mental Health - 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