Education

Chapter 907 Supports Scholarship Fund

January 26, 2017

Chapter 907 donated $2, 000 to the Mount Wachusett Community College Foundation’s Veteran’s Memorial Scholarship Fund in Gardner, MA . The chapter has been supporting the scholarship for several years. The scholarship also serves to…

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Chapter 933 Awards Scholarship

January 3, 2017

Fresno, California, Chapter 933 recently presented its annual $500 scholarship award to Harry Khattavong, who came to this country with his family from Laos. The young man served for three years in the U.S. Army…

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Principal Butcher addresses the assembly with veterans and students

Chapter 195 Donates Walk-A-Thon Proceeds to Widows and Elementary Schools

November 28, 2016

Pathfinders Chapter 195 held a Walk-A-Thon in Zephyrhills, FL and raised over $1400 from pledges. Chapter 195, an incarcerated Vietnam Veterans of America chapter, is located in the Zephyrhills Correctional Institution (ZCI). Mrs. Maynor, the…

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Food Donation

Chapter 628 Supports Canned Food Drive

November 23, 2016

Blue-Gray Chapter 628 of Princeton, WV helped sponsor a canned food drive at local schools in Virginia and West Virginia benefiting the outreach activities of Bluefield Union Mission. Bluefield Union Mission is a not for…

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Coloring Book

Chapter 89 Helps Color In Veterans Day for Students

October 20, 2016

Fourth grade students in Allen County, OH and Auglaize County, OH will receive coloring books from Chapter 89 in time for Veterans Day. The chapter will distribute over 2, 100 coloring books with pictures and…

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Library

Chapter 41 Assists with Veteran’s Project at Library

September 29, 2016

Central New Hampshire Chapter 41 is working closely with the Southern New Hampshire Library Collaborative’s project on Vietnam veterans called “Community Stories: Soldiers Home and Away” in Bow, NW . Nine libraries and one regional…

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The presentations covered somber issues such as coping with death while alone, to less serious issues such as their sometimes-embarrassing nicknames. (L-r) Joe Peck, Fred Elliot, Ron Trovato and Kenny Allocco. Provided photo

Chapter 20 Vets Welcomed Home by High School Students

May 2, 2016

The veterans from Chapter 20 in Rochester, NY have been volunteering their stories with the juniors of Churchville-Chili High School for seven years. It is an on-going tradition that was begun upon the invitation of…

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Chapter 1048 Helps Florida Classroom Understand the Vietnam War

April 5, 2016

Seven members of the Daytona Beach Chapter 1048 helped teacher Chase Tramont tell the story of sacrifice made by nearly 58, 000 Americans in the Vietnam War. At Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange,…

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Giving His Time, Talent and Self: VVA’s Lloyd Gray Taylor

February 3, 2016

BY JAKE SCHUESSLER “He’s a teacher, you know?” That was how Lloyd Gray Taylor’s wife, Linda, answered when I called to speak to him. I should’ve known better than to call before 3 p.m. on…

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Chapter 939 Awards $500 Scholarships to Area Students

November 6, 2015

Chapter 939 of Hays, KS recently awarded four $500 scholarships to area students.  For the past seven years,  the chapter has offered scholarships to high school students residing in a county with a paying VVA chapter member.  To…

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