Coming Together For Veterans
As a company, we hold a special reverence for Veterans Day, and we honor all men and women, who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
To all veterans, we say “Thank You.”
Thank you for standing strong and fighting for our freedom.
Thank you for your profound commitment and significant personal sacrifice.
Thank you for pursuing and upholding the cause of peace.
Many members of the Unplugged team, including multiple members of our co-founding team, gave military service.
Veterans Day transcends political and social divides. We ALL come together to show unified appreciation for a group that has pledged to defend the Constitution and the nation. It provides an opportunity to reinforce our sense of shared identity, and it serves as a reminder of our civic duty and privilege to support and honor those who have protected our way of life.
A Brief History
After World War II and the Korean War, the U.S. had millions more veterans. In the years following WWII, a national grass roots effort arose to expand Armistice Day to honor all American veterans. In 1954, Congress passed a bill, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it, officially renaming the holiday "Veterans Day."
Unplugged’s Veterans Initiatives
First, to express our deep gratitude for our veterans, we are offering our largest discount to date for the UP Phone. Veterans will receive $175 off the purchase of UP Phone. To receive the discount, use the code “VETERAN” at checkout. We will reach out to you for a live 5-minute verification call to complete the order. For a limited time, we are also extending the discount to active-duty members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Second, from now through November 16th, we will donate $50 from all other purchases of UP Phone (non-Veterans Discount purchases) to Valor Mission Project. We are proud to partner with this non-profit which brings a specific focus to veterans’ mental health programs, brain injury recovery and life-changing medical scholarships.
Third, as Unplugged grows, we are making specific and concerted efforts to hire veterans. We’re proud to open our doors to those who’ve served and to offer meaningful opportunities to keep making an impact. If you have an interest in working with Unplugged, please email us at jobs@unplugged.com.
Learn more at Unplugged Veterans page on our website. This will be the future home for all our Veterans' initiatives.
UP Phone is built for freedom-loving people. Everything about our engineering decisions, our design, our choice to open-source our code and even our business model is intended to restore digital freedom, privacy and dignity to the individual. Many valiant men and woman fought, sacrificed and died for these human rights and values.
To honor them, we’ll do our small part to build products which support and push forward the cause of freedom.