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Chapter 607 Recognizes Ill Girl and Family

March 3, 2017

Central Alabama's Chapter 607 presented Lilly Stack, a 5 year old with Alopecia Areata, and her family with a Recognition Plaque after she and her fellow Girl Scouts troop helped during the VVA's annual flag…

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How AVVA's Diane Ficke helps Vietnam veterans

AVVA Supports Veterans in Alabama

January 6, 2017

Diane Ficke's first homework assignment in school was to go home and write about the Vietnam War. All she had to do was watch it on the news. Growing up during the war, news of…

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The Wall

Chapter 607 Sponsors its Fourth Vietnam Memorial

November 16, 2016

The Veteran Affairs medical center in Tuskegee, AL is the site of a new black granite Vietnam monument that was sponsored by Chapter 607 . The 3 feet tall monument bears the the names of…

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The liver

Chapter 607 Spreads Education and Awareness on Hepatitis C

July 26, 2016

In early July, Chapter 607 held a meeting on educating Vietnam veterans about hepatitis C in Montgomery, AL . It is estimated that over 80, 000 Vietnam veterans have the disease and are unaware of…

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