Veterans Assistance Info
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I am
John Conway, a resident of Lenoir City and now a Board of
Directors member of the newly-established Knoxville Chapter of
the Vietnam Veterans of America organization.
My
purpose in writing you is to let you know that the VVA is
holding a community town hall meeting for the Knoxville area on
July 23rd for the purpose of informing veterans and
their families, especially offspring, of the benefits and other
assistance available to those suffering with the effects of
Agent Orange. We know from our experiences in other communities
that many, if not most, veterans are unaware of resources
available to them. We want to take this small step to begin
overcoming that ignorance in our area. The event will be on July
23rd, 6-9pm, at the Knoxville Community Action Center
(2247 Western Ave), also known as the LT Roscoe Bldg.
Presentations by the Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs
and the VSLVA and a presence by representatives of local, state
and national elected leaders will precede an anticipated Q and A
session.
The
success of this agenda will depend on getting the word out to
interested community members, especially veterans and their
families. That’s where you come in – we need your help in
distributing the details of this effort to those in your sphere
of influence who may be impacted by this information. I will
have colorful flyers available early next month that I can
deliver to you for this use and certainly a personal note to any
veterans’ family would be most appreciated. Press releases,
Facebook postings, timely membership announcements, resolutions
of support or just bulletin board placements where the intended
audience might be drawn to the information would be highly
appreciated.
On
behalf of the VVA, I am thanking you in advance and hoping that
together we can help rid the scourge of Agent Orange diseases
from veterans in this area.
John Conway
865/988-3473 |
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6/24/13