“Sounding Off”

for the Lehigh Valley’s Military and Veterans

• We are an organization of organizations that supports local veterans, military, and their families. Check us out and join us.
• Email us an event of interest to our members and, if it passes muster, we will post it.

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Upcoming LVMAC Meetings

Next Council Meeting:  Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 12 p.m. at the Hellertown’s American Legion Post 397, 935 Main Street.  Free street parking is all around.  Lunch provided starting about 11:30 a.m..  Meetings end absolutely no later than 1:30 p.m. 

• Speaker:  See Speaker’s List below.
  

Next Board Meeting:  Wednesday,  October 2, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. at the office.

Next Executive Committee Meeting:  Wednesday, November 6, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m.  at the office

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Council Meeting Schedule for 2024: always the third Wednesday of the month except for December, when there is no meeting.

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This Year’s Speakers

17 January:  Cancelled due to weather.

21 February: Jenny Pacanowski,  Director and Founder, Women Veterans Empowered & Thriving, Inc. (WVET),  on the subject of “WVET: What are We, What are We Up To?”

20 March:  John Kukitz of Veterans Brotherhood, on the subject of “Veterans Brotherhood?  What’s That About?”

17 April:  Judge Jennifer Sletvold, Court of Common Pleas, and Stephanie Spenser Stewart, Northampton County Problem Solving Court Coordinator, on the subject of “Why the Northampton Veterans Court is Needed. What Good Will It Do?”

15 May:  Margaret Maurer, Medical Foster Home Coordinator, Wilkes-Barre VAMC, on the subject of “Medical Foster Home: Why Now?  What the Heck is It?”

19 June:  Joseph Kornfeind and David Newton, Co-Chairs, Employment (JOVE) Committee, LVMAC, on the topic ” The LVMAC Veterans ePortfolio Project”

17 July:  Fatima Nabavian, Waiver and Accessibility Related Program Manager for LVCIL, on the topic of “Free Tools and Resources For Maintaining Independence”

21 August:  David Alercia, President of St. Michael’s Warriors, on the topic of “Turning Trauma into Triumph”

18 September:  Megan McCuen, Veterans Wellness Program Coordinator for River Crossing YMCA, on the topic of “River Crossing YMCA Gives Back to Those Who Served and Their Families”

16 October:  Robert Arena, Outreach Director for State Senator Coleman, 16th District, on the topic of veterans justice and other veterans-specific work of importance to the Lehigh Valley community

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Events to Note

See “Calendar“

Note: Other events, especially those not physically occurring in the Lehigh Valley, are posted on Facebook.

 

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