{"id":56462,"date":"2017-08-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-starkist-co-honors-the-korean-war-veterans-of-western-pennsylvania\/"},"modified":"2017-08-22T08:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-22T12:02:16","slug":"starkist-co-honra-a-los-veteranos-de-la-guerra-de-corea-del-oeste-de-pensilvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/starkist-co-honra-a-los-veteranos-de-la-guerra-de-corea-del-oeste-de-pensilvania\/","title":{"rendered":"StarKist Co. Honors The Korean War Veterans Of Western Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PITTSBURGH<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 22, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; StarKist Co., headquartered on <span class=\"xn-location\">Pittsburgh&#8217;s<\/span> North Shore, and its parent company, Dongwon of <span class=\"xn-location\">Seoul, South Korea<\/span>, are proud to announce their long-standing commitment to the local Korean War Veterans of Western Pennsylvania.\u00a0 On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, August 22, 2017<\/span>, at <span class=\"xn-chron\">1:00 p.m.<\/span> at the Sheraton Station Square, the company, as part of StarKist&#8217;s 100<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary celebratory year, will host its annual luncheon to honor area Korean War Veterans who served so valiantly in what has been called &#8220;The Forgotten War.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Freedom is not free and the Korean War Veterans of Western PA are heroes,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Andrew Choe<\/span>, StarKist President and CEO.\u00a0 &#8220;These veterans have given much to protect and preserve freedom for <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and South Korea.\u00a0 We appreciate this opportunity to show our appreciation for their service and sacrifice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As part of the program, the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA) of Western PA will present Service Award of Merit medals to a group of Boy Scouts, ages 11 -14, representing Troop 437.\u00a0 The troop continues to dedicate hours of service, cleaning and beautifying the Korean War Memorial on <span class=\"xn-location\">Pittsburgh&#8217;s<\/span> North Shore.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Dedicated in 1999, the memorial honors the spirit and sacrifice of the brave men and women who served in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> Armed Forces during the Korean War (1950-1953).\u00a0 North Shore-based StarKist Co. recruited the Boy Scouts in 2016 to help the aging members of KWVA by assisting StarKist&#8217;s volunteer team charged with ongoing routine clean-up of the site.<\/p>\n<p><b>About StarKist Co.:<br \/><\/b>StarKist Co. is a food company that provides trusted, healthy, and shelf-stable seafood products in\u00a0the <span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span>. An industry innovator, StarKist was the first brand to introduce StarKist single-serve pouch products, which include Tuna Creations<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> and Salmon Creations<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>.\u00a0 As America&#8217;s favorite tuna, StarKist represents a tradition of quality, consumer trust and a commitment to sustainability. StarKist&#8217;s charismatic brand icon, Charlie<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> the Tuna, swam into the hearts of tuna fans in 1961 and is still a fan favorite today. StarKist Co. is a subsidiary of the Dongwon Group.<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Media Contact: <\/u><\/b><br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Michelle Faist<\/span> <br \/>412-323-7457 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:Michelle.Faist@StarKist.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michelle.Faist@StarKist.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  StarKist Co.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">PITTSBURGH<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 22, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; StarKist Co., headquartered on <span class=\"xn-location\">Pittsburgh&#8217;s<\/span> North Shore, and its parent company, Dongwon of <span class=\"xn-location\">Seoul, South Korea<\/span>, are proud to announce their long-standing commitment to the local Korean War Veterans of Western Pennsylvania.\u00a0 On <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, August 22, 2017<\/span>, at <span class=\"xn-chron\">1:00 p.m.<\/span> at the Sheraton Station Square, the company, as part&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}