Mark Doyle, Founder of Rags Of Honor

Mark Doyle

Founder

Mark is the founder of Rags of Honor, Managing Member of Prairie Avenue Partner, Director of Prairie Community Bank in Marengo Illinois and Football coach at St. Pat’s high school in Chicago. In 2010 Mr. Doyle was engaged by the United States Army as financial subject matter experts and deployed to Afghanistan as part of Task Force 2010. It was in Afghanistan where he saw firsthand the sacrifice of servicemen and women in Afghanistan. He was sickened by the injustice of homeless veterans in Chicago and chose to make a difference. In response, Doyle created Rags of Honor as the only silk screen shop that is 100% operated by homeless and unemployed veterans with the mission to provide them with an opportunity to rebuild their lives after serving in the U.S. military. Mr. Doyle has written for the Chicago Tribune about the Afghanistan operations and is a frequent guest in Chicago on their flagship radio station WGN

Duane-Zoldak

Duane Zoldak

Design

Duane is a 3 year Army veteran served in the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, NY in 10th Aviation Brigade. Duane has operational deployments to both Somalia for “Operation Restore Hope”  and “Operation Continue Hope” and Haiti for “Operation Uphold Democracy”. After the Army Duane worked to become a top graphic designer and now creates the many unique apparel designs for Rags of Honor.

Tamika - Rags of Honor

Tamika

Director of Customer Service

A Navy Gunner 2nd Class, Tamika served for six years in the US Navy, including two years in Afghanistan as a small arms weapons instructor. Post Afghanistan and struggling with panic attacks, Tamika returned to her hometown of Chicago and her three children. Struggling with how to start over, she ended up living in her car for seven months while her children spent time with family members.  [Read Tamika’s Full Story]

Walter at Rags of Honor

Walter

Director of Training

After being laid off from his previous job in the fall of 2013 Walter answered the Rags of Honor ad for a Director of Training. Although not a military veteran, Walter was drawn to our mission at Rags of Honor because he wanted to use his fifteen years of screen printing experience in a more meaningful way.  [Read Walter’s Full Story]