Donating to The Merivis Foundation on my page and your money will go twice as far!!!

For every dollar I raise, my employer will match 100%.

Chrissy Wojtewicz - How I transitioned:

I joined the military one month after my 17th birthday. 18 Years later, thinking about retirement I realized I was ill prepared for the task of leaving. Luckily my family members and directors of Bunker Labs Austin told me about Merivis. It was a whirlwind but I came out the other side, a shiny new job candidate and landed my first Salesforce job in 8 months of completing the program and finished out the remaining year of my National Guard contract.

Drink the Cool-Aid

Coming from the military I had a very jaded opinion of "people who wanted to help" and I was extremely skeptical. I was not used to people being so giving.

But things just started happening. FOR ME!   Merivis is the right decision. 100% The Cool-Aid is good!

Family

It wasn't just the Merivis people, it was all the Salesforce community who really showed me I could do this. Merivis was my catapult towards a career in Salesforce and a new kind of family. Currently I attend 2 to 4 events a week just to see my people. I try to encourage as many veterans as I can to take a look at this career. 

Merivis Foundation supports veterans preparing for their next missions through training, mentorship and job readiness for Salesforce cloud technology positions.  With a growing need for Salesforce certified professionals and an increasing number of underemployed veterans in the country, we bridge the gap to help veterans transition to civilian life and find great careers. Since we started in 2015, Merivis has impacted the lives of nearly 100 military veterans by supporting them in their transition to civilian careers. Through our Salesforce training programs, we've put them on the path to growing, in-demand technology roles and we couldn't have done it without every member of the Merivis community.

We invite those that have been a part of Merivis as students, alumni, volunteers, coaches, sponsors, advocates and friends to join the Merivis fundraising team in spreading the word and raising funds to host additional programs in support our veterans. Our goal is to have 30 individuals raise $1,000 each before Veteran's Day and celebrate with us on Saturday, November 10th at the Accenture Memorial Walk benefitting Merivis.

You can contribute to Merivis here or choose one of our Alumni or Advocates pages below to help them reach their goal. 

Thank you to KLRU for featuring Sheldon Simmons, our board member and graduate of the first Merivis cohort in their American Graduate series. To view more stories from the KLRU series "American Graduate: Getting America to Work" visit klru.org/americangraduate