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LVMAC Tidbit: Tax Assistance for 2018
By now, most have their W-2’s, 1099’s and what else they need to file their taxes. Therefore, we thought this webpage might be of use to you or some of your comrades. ### As of 22 February 2018
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LVMAC News: “Warmth for Warriors” — An Example of How the Lehigh Valley Can Care
Occasionally, a local business comes to us in hopes of reaching out to our military-veterans community with a benevolent idea of worth not tied to the need to improve their business — in other words, playing their part in supporting those who often selflessly defend us with an act of selfless community-service of their own. Jack Lehr, Inc. is one of these. Its particular focus is on helping those Lehigh Valley families where a spouse has orders for deployment with a year’s worth of heating maintenance services at no charge. The problems and impositions of call-up on the families of reservists are little discussed topics. Jack Lehr “gets it.” (more…)
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LVMAC News — Help Us with a Spark Grant from the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
Source: Spark Grants – Veterans Affairs | Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
We could use your help from 6 November through 17 November by the mechanism of voting on a Lehigh Valley Community Foundation webpage. As an organization of organization with no paid employees, we do not ask for ourselves, but instead (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — A Useful Program for this Time of Year: Operation Ride Home
Jack Daniel’s and the Armed Services YMCA Operation Ride Home program helps bring military families together for the holidays. Operation Ride Home sponsors travel for eligible service members and their dependents to travel from their duty station back home to spend time with their families. Reconnecting military families during this special time of year is one small way Operation Ride Home is strengthening military families. (more…)
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Forward Observer — LVHN’s MAVRIC Opens on 10 November
Yet another glitzy and confusing acronym has appeared on the veterans scene: MAVRIC, which stands for “Military and Veterans Information/Resource Center.” But as our combat buddy, Bill Shakespeare, once said, “What’s in a name? that which we call a rose … By any other word would smell as sweet …” And, indeed, this one smells sweet. To fanfare (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — Department of Banking and Securities Offers Financial Management Conference
Register for 9 June Event Now
Although originally created to address a Pennsylvania Guard “Family” need, the program has application to veterans and their families as well. In fact, the Pennsylvania’s Department of Banking and Securities is offering the event to both groups. Click here to go directly to the registration site. After attending, give us your feedback. Perhaps an event can be arranged in the Lehigh Valley in the future, if we hear good words about it. (more…)
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LVMAC Tidbit — Do You Know About Operation Homefront’s Mission2Honor?
During Military Appreciation Month, Operation Homefront is asking for your help in various ways to recognize our military families and thank them for their service. It is more than about fundraising. As a note, this is one national organization with a primary mission of serving military families (and recently disabled Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit — Free Tickets for Military Appreciation Day at Coca Cola Park
From: Jones, Samuel Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2017 12:29 PM Subject: Vet Intel and New JPs 5 18 17 Afternoon, May 29th is Military Appreciation Day at Coca Cola Park and LTC (RET) Frank D. Nacci, of Nacci printing, has graciously given me tickets to share with fellow veterans and Read more…
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LVMAC Tidbit — 2016 marks first year of zero combat amputations since the start of the Afghan, Iraq wars | Health.mil
An analysis by the Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR) recently reported 2016 marks the first year of zero combat amputations since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began. Source: 2016 marks first year of zero combat amputations since the start of the Afghan, Iraq wars | Health.mil ### As of Read more…
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LVMAC News — Lehigh Valley Magazine Talks About LVMAC
It is good to see a homegrown association such as ours — one born of true, community need — get some recognition because they rarely do. LVMAC is an organization which often works behind the scenes. It does not replace or infringe on other organizations but instead tries to get Read more…