Hankook expands veteran service partnership

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Hankook Tire America Corp. continued its partnership with Disabled American Veterans by expanding the number of Hankook-sponsored DAV Mobile Service Office stops across the country.

The 2017 program provided free services to 355 veterans and their families, more than triple the number of veterans served since the partnership program began in 2015, according to a Hankook release.

As part of the program, Hankook hosted six DAV MSO stops this year at partnering tire dealerships, and brought free services directly to local veterans in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. At the MSO stops, certified DAV benefits advocates conducted interviews in the "office on wheels" and helped veterans and their families file 188 claims.

From August to October, Hankook-DAV MSO stops were held at Black's Tire in Fayetteville, N.C.; Discount Tire Center in Yucca Valley, Calif.; Major League Tire in Mentor, Ohio; CJ's Tire in Fairless Hills, Pa.; Gateway Tire in Clarksville, Tenn.; and Russo Tires in Doral, Fla.

The DAV MSO program brings claims specialists to veterans in their local communities, to reduce the distance that veterans need to travel to receive help in obtaining their VA benefits and other services needed to live higher quality lives.

As part of Hankook Tire's 2017 partnership, Hankook and DAV co-sponsored all five of the Cincinnati Reds' Military Appreciation Day baseball games throughout the 2017 Major League Baseball season. During a pre-game ceremony at Great American Ball Park, Jae Bum Park, Hankook Tire America Corp. senior vice president, presented Dave Riley, DAV national commander, with a $150,000 check to support veterans through mobility.