Monthly Archives: June 2012

BVA Announces Partnership with The Hadley School for the Blind

The Blinded Veterans Association and The Hadley School for the Blind have formalized a new collaborative relationship designed to help both organizations better fulfill their designated missions and offer improved services to the blind and visually impaired throughout the United … Continue reading

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Veterans To Receive Employment Assistance

A joint program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Labor (DOL) will now provide up to 12 months of job retraining assistance to veterans hardest hit by current economic conditions. The Veterans Retraining Assistance … Continue reading

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NAEVR Lauds Project Gemini Experience

by James Jorkasky I was honored as the Executive Director of the National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research (NAEBR)to participate in Project Gemini in late May, just prior to Memorial Day, in which blinded United States (U.S.) veterans travelled to England for a … Continue reading

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