Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project Roundtable
Special Notes Please join us on Thursday, March 26 when LTC Travis Steigerwalt will share his U.S. Army experience from Afghanistan to Iraq to Europe. Please see attached Program Notes for more information of his career serving our country. It’s important that we recognize these 21 st Century Veterans who have Read more…
Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project Roundtable
Special Notes We’re looking for someone with computer skills to work with Mike Sewards on processing our speaker videos for the Library of Congress project. Please see Mike. All of our meetings are free and open to the public, but your support through donations and/or membership dues ($15/year) is Read more…
Lehigh Valley Veterans History Project Roundtable
Special Notes We’re looking for someone with computer skills to work with Mike Sewards on processing our speaker videos for the Library of Congress project. Please see Mike. All of our meetings are free and open to the public, but your support through donations and/or membership dues ($15/year) is Read more…
LVMAC NEWS
LVCIL Reveals Its Assistive Technology Offerings
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 disabled citizens, among them our veterans — both those significantly Read more…
Tidbits
Federal Government Offers More Fraud and Scam Advice
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 these bad actors who have become increasingly sophisticated. The most Read more…
VA “Wellness Wednesday” Financial Education Seminar
As a result of a partnership between the VA and Prudential Financial, the Office of Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) is offering to military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and their family members and caregivers, the opportunity to participate in a Wellness Wednesday Financial Educational series. The series addresses identified, financial Read more…
Tidbits
VA Offers Financial Literacy “Wellness Wednesdays”
In Partnership with Prudential Financial As a result of a partnership between the VA and Prudential Financial, the Office of Outreach, Transition and Economic Development (OTED) is offering to military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and their family members and caregivers, the opportunity to participate in a Wellness Wednesday Financial Educational series. Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: Harris Jewelry Makes Amends with FTC Settlement
From the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: ALERT REGARDING HARRIS JEWELRY Harris Jewelry was well-known in military towns due to salespersons attracting servicemembers with teddy bears dressed in military uniforms, and also for sale of items like the Mom’s Medal of Honor. Due to a court settlement Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: VA Offers Some Debt Relief When Natural Disasters Occur
The VA announced this week its commitment to extend debt relief to veterans impacted by natural disasters. The department recognizes veterans and their beneficiaries are negatively impacted by the wildfires and hurricanes prompting the offering of financial-debt relief. This includes the suspension of debt-collection actions for up to 90 days Read more…