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Pin-Up Calendar Shot In Manhattan Beach Now Available

Sep 16, 2024 11:32PM ● By Jeanne Fratello
The 2025 Pin-Ups For Vets calendar, which was photographed in Manhattan Beach this year, is now available for purchase for $17.

The calendar, now in its 19th year, will raise funding to support VA Hospitals, ill and injured veterans, homeless veterans, deployed troops and military spouses.

The calendar features 13 female veterans from across the country - with a combined 117 years of military service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard - who have traded in their military gear for 1940’s era fashions and hairdos.

This year's calendar models include two Purple Heart Recipients, a pilot who flew Seahawks in the Navy, and an Army Lt. Colonel who served 39 months total on three Iraq deployments.

Shot on location in Manhattan Beach, the calendar features shots of the pier, the beach, Mayor Joe Franklin’s 1955 Ford Thunderbird, and a historic home in the city.

"Being able to correlate beauty, brains and bravery in a calendar full of amazing women that are selflessly wanting to give back is such an honor," said 13-year Army veteran Arely Elrod, who can be seen as Miss February 2025. "I hope that our stories will encourage other military women to tell theirs and feel confident to show their beauty through such an extraordinary and giving organization."

Pin-Ups For Vets has donated more than $120,000 to purchase new rehabilitation equipment for VA hospitals nationwide, and Pin-Ups For Vets volunteer ambassadors have personally visited more than 20,000 ill and injured veterans on their 50-state VA Hospital Tour to deliver gifts of appreciation.

The 2025 calendar can be purchased at www.PinUpsForVets.com or by check to: Pin-Ups For Vets, PO Box 33, Claremont, CA 91711.

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