INSPIRE UP FOUNDATION

Awards

2020
Maria, Samantha, and Jessica were honored with the Daily Point of Light Award on April 24th, 2020 for their work on #GivingTuesdayMilitary.
​You can read all about the award here.

Maria was named Hiring Our Heroes Entrepreneur of the Year
2018-2019
Maria, Samantha, Stacy, and Jessica were each honored with the Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year Award for their service and dedication to military families.

Press

Jessica was on the Kelly Clarkson Show on November 11, 2020 to discuss Inspire Up and GivingTuesdayMilitary.

The GivingTuesdayMilitary hashtag reached 1 million users on Twitter alone. From November 1-December 1, 2020 the Inspire Up, the message of kindness and the GivingTuesdayMilitary movement reached 73 MILLION individuals through national media coverage.


Maria was on the Today Show with Hoda and Jenna on May 25th, 2020. Her show, Moving With The Military, did an incredible makeover for an Air Force child. In the interview, Maria discusses her passion of improving the quality of life for military families. Check out the whole interview here.

Samantha was on the Today Show with Hoda & Jenna on April 30th, 2020 to discuss her COVID-19 diagnosis,
recovery, and to share her experience of joy and hope through it all.
​She also shares the mission and why behind creating Inspire Up! You can watch her interview here.
Samantha, Maria, and Jessica were invited to be on the Kelly Clarkson Show which aired on December 2nd, 2019. In their segment they explain why they started #GivingTuesdayMilitary and the vital importance of kindness and giving back.
On December 3rd, 2019 Jessica was invited to ABC News The Briefing Room to discuss #GivingTuesdayMilitary and the impacts of kindness. She shared the "why" behind its creation and the importance of intentional acts of kindness.
Maria and Samantha were invited to the Today Show to celebrate #GivingTuesdayMilitary on December 3rd, 2020.
The founders of Inspire Up have also all been featured in multiple print and digital publications:
Better Homes and Gardens, Military.Com, Military Spouse Magazine, Military Families Magazine, Reserve and National Guard Magazine, Military Times, Army.mil, We Are The Mighty, Task and Purpose, Connecting Vets, and Defense.Gov.
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