[ourplace] Re: National Blinded Veterans Day March 28 Recognizing 72nd Anniversary.., from Dennis O'connell
- From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2017 00:15:51 -0800
I may forward this to my cousin. Her brother was a disabled veteran, and she
might not be aware of the blinded veterans organization. Thanks for this. I've
sort of been aware of specific rehabilitation centers for blinded veterans, the
first one being in Chicago, and then another which has served many in Palo Alto,
I think near Stanford.
Linda G.
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Subject: [ourplace] National Blinded Veterans Day March 28 Recognizing 72nd
Anniversary.., from Dennis O'connell
On April 7 of 2010, President Obama signed House Joint Resolution 80
congratulating BVA on its 65th anniversary. The resolution had been
drafted and introduced by then Representative Debbie Halvorson
(D-IL-11) in early March and passed the House of Representatives on
March 18.
With major assistance from then Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Chairman
Daniel Akaka (D-HI), the resolution was also approved in the full Senate on
March 26, the day before Congress adjourned for Easter recess.
Besides acknowledging the Association�s humble beginnings and
65-year history, the resolution also calls upon all Americans to remember
�National Blinded Veterans Day� on March 28 in future years.
Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Eric K. Shinseki also
wrote a letter to Tom Miller, BVA Executive Director at the time, offering
�warm best wishes to you and all members of BVA on the occasion of your
organization�s 65th anniversary.�
Secretary Shinseki continued: �On behalf of the Department, and as a fellow
veteran, thank you for your service from a grateful nation and for the
inspiration your membership has given to all who serve in the defense of
freedom. Happy Anniversary and best wishes for many more years of success
representing blinded veterans.�
Although as an organization we have commemorated this event from within and
rather privately since 2010, we have not invited our fellow Americans to
remember National Blinded Veterans Day on March 28. We wish to extend our
outreach this year by inviting our BVA regional groups, their chapters, VIST
Support Groups, and Board members to inform their communities of these unique
Congressional resolutions that permanently established Blinded Veterans Day
nationally on March 28, the day of our founding in 1945.
Please find attached a number of supporting documents to assist in this
effort, among them Blinded Veterans Day March 28 Proclamation.docx. This is
perhaps the most significant of all of the documents as it provides specific
suggestions to you, our members and constituents, with a sample resolution that
could be issued or passed by a local legislative body anywhere in the country.
We have also included a sample press release with an open paragraph filled with
�x�s� in which local information can be inserted, copies of both the House
and Senate resolutions passed in 2010, and two documents that outline BVA�s
achievements. Although both of the achievement documents communicate similar
ideas, one of the two documents lists BVA�s accomplishments in bullet form and
the other document is a narrative history. If the press release is used, local
groups may wish to use a local contact rather than Stuart Nelson.
Thank you very much for your collaboration in this effort to celebrate and
commemorate BVA�s long history of service to our Nation�s blinded veterans.
Please contact any one of us if you have any questions.
> Paul Mimms, National Secretary
Dr. Thomas Zampieri, Director District 6
Stuart Nelson, Manager of Communications
Stuart Nelson
Manager of Communications
Blinded Veterans Association
125 N. West St, 3rd Floor
Alexandria, VA 22314
(800) 669 7079
(202) 371 8880, Ext. 316
(202) 371 8258 (fax)
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