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LVMAC News — Rodale Institute Speaks to Council About Its Veterans Programs
On 16 August 2017, Lyndsey Antanitis from the Rodale Institute spoke to the Council on its relatively new veterans farming initiative. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — Rodale Institute Program Updates: May
Click here for the articles on veterans: Rodale Institute Program Updates: May Rodale Institute, a member organization, is a good organization to check out for its programs if you are interested in farming, especially organic farming. They have tailored their efforts to help veterans (read the article on the Veteran Read more…
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LVMAC News — Information Technology and Selected Impacts on Veterans
The presentation below was given by Scott Gingold at our 17 May 2017 Council Meeting. Thought you might be interested. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — VA’s new online tool helps Veterans make informed health care decision: VAntage Point
This is a step forward which local health networks might want to emulate. They should at least participate. Regardless of the controversy which stimulated it, such willingness on the part of the VA to be transparent should prove useful to toward improving the quality of and the understanding of the Read more…
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LVMAC News — Scholarship Season Has Begun, Suspense is 31 May 2017
Mr. Richard Moore, the Chairman of our Scholarship Committee, has announced that the LVMAC scholarship application period started 15 March and will end 31 May 2017. Applications postmarked after 31 May will not be considered. Some changes have been made to the program for this year. Among them, military veterans’ Read more…
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LVMAC News — A’s for Vets Partnering with CareerLink
A Unique Education to Employment Fair to Occur
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Academics for Veterans (A’s for Vets) had approached and the CareerLink Lehigh Valley has agreed to a joint event, an Education and Employment Fair, at the CareerLink on Union Boulevard, Allentown. It will occur on 10 November 2016 between the hours of 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. It is but another unique offering from A’s for Vets — something for which it is becoming known. This event is open to any veteran seeking education and/or employment. It is not open to the general public. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — Ritter Elementary School Seeks Veterans to Interview Now!
Whereas this once again a last minute notification for finding veterans to interview, the Ritter Elementary School in Allentown does conduct a well-regarded program worth a veteran’s contribution of his or her time to its students. Interviews occur 4 October. Therefore, sign up now. See below for more information and who to contact.
The result of your effort will ultimately lead to one of the premier, annual Veterans Day period events in the Lehigh Valley. This award-winning program was started over thirty years ago by a Principal and his teachers — well before the current war made appreciating our veterans popular — and has become part of the institutional culture of the school. Help make that continue.
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LVMAC News — Volunteers Again Needed for the Veterans Reading Brigade
Volunteers are needed for the Veterans Reading Brigade. The demand has been increasing and we now have too few volunteers. The concept is simple. Each reader is provided a book to read to a class of school children. Often the children enjoy asking questions about your military service. The book Read more…
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LVMAC News — Roll Call! Community Banquet to Honor Those Who Serve
The Lehigh Valley Military Affairs Council’s annual “Salute to the Troops” dinner will be held on 13 May, starting at 6 p.m., at a new location this year: the Holiday Inn at 7736 Adrienne Drive in Breinigsville. Our member organizations are strongly encouraged to attend, but the event is open to any member of the community wishing the recognize the service of the current military and recently returned veterans. Now the the time to reserve your seat(s). We ask that you do this no later than 4 May. (more…)
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LVMAC News — Scholarship Application Suspense is 31 May 2016
Mr. Richard Moore, the Chairman of our Scholarship Committee, has asked we announce that the LVMAC scholarship application period starts on 1 February and ends 31 May 2016. Applications arriving after 31 May will not be considered. For details and application forms, click here. ### As of 29 January 2016