Mobility Devices to be Repaired Without Appointment or Consult Today, VISN-4 announced that the VA has partnered with Scootaround, the nation’s leading personal transportation solutions company, to provide a single point of contact for the repair of VA-issued wheelchairs, powerchairs, Read more…
Senator Coleman’s Office Talks About a Study of the Unified Judicial System and Justice-Involved Veterans Substituting for Senator Coleman of Pennsylvania District 16, Leo Knepper, his chief of staff, spoke to the Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council on 16 October Read more…
Respond Before 10 October 2024 From Ritter School: For over thirty years, the fifth grade students at Allentown’s Ritter Elementary School have had the honor of learning about the invaluable contributions of our nation’s veterans. Each October, Ritter reaches out Read more…
A New Program Comes to the Lehigh Valley On 18 September, Megan McCuen, Veterans Wellness Program Coordinator, spoke to the council on the topic of “River Crossing YMCA Gives Back to Those Who Served and Their Families.” The newly formed Read more…
Some Simple Wisdom In the world of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the federal government’s observances, this is Suicide Prevention Month. National Ice Cream month probably gets greater attention. Current efforts to reduce suicides in our nation have been Read more…
Taking Applications Now! The Rodale Institute Veteran Farmer Training Program is once again taking applications for its innovative Veteran Farmer Training Program, an intensive, 35-week paid training opportunity for veterans who are interested in becoming organic farmers. Apply immediately, for Read more…
Turning Trauma into Triumph David and Danielle Alercia, two of the founding members of St. Michael’s Warriors, a recent start-up nonprofit based in the Lehigh Valley, spoke to the LVMAC Council about the origins, mission and intended direction of this Read more…
Helping Disabled and Aging Veterans to Live a Better Life Fatima Nabavian, Coordinator of Community Accessibility and Related Programs, spoke to the council at its 17 July 2024 meeting in Hellertown about the assistive technology services LVCIL can provide to Read more…
The surge of new VA benefits have made veterans, servicemembers and their families targets for bad actors, more and more. The result has been recent federal, intragovernmental efforts to provide better knowledge and tools to avoid fraud and scams because Read more…
Apparently, the first effort to find two Commissioners-at-Large for the state’s most important legislatively-recognized advisory group on veterans matters — from those most affected — needs a second try. One wonders why this is so. Nevertheless, LVMAC is first and Read more…