Generosity Highlights RG Work in St. Louis
BVA’s St. Louis Area Regional Group demonstrated its generosity
with a number of donations to assist disabled veterans during
the month of March.
According to Harvey Boots, regional group secretary, $300 was
donated to the St. Louis Disabled Veterans Honorary Sports Team.
Regional group Vice President Sherri Craven presented the funds
to Amy Will, team coach, at a special ceremony at the Jefferson
Barracks VA Medical Center on March 31.
The regional group also donated $300 to support the National
Blinded Veterans TEE Tournament in Iowa City and made still another
donation to the New Athens Senior Citizens Community Center for
transportation of a World War II visually impaired veteran to
his VA Medical Center appointments.
WV Blinded Vet Featured in Media
BVA life member and Korean War veteran Harold Hill of the Mountain
States Regional Group (West Virginia) was recently spotlighted
on the WOWK-TV news in Huntington, West Virginia. He was
also interviewed and featured by the Huntington Herald-Dispatch
and the Wayne County News.
According to Dalene Renfroe, Harold’s VIST Coordinator,
the coverage demonstrated the effectiveness of the ScripTalk Audible
Prescription Reader in helping blinded veterans exercise greater
independence. Harold was the first veteran at the Huntington VA
Medical Center to receive the device.
The television news story pointed out a parallel between Harold’s
fight for his country, freedom, and independence 50 years ago
in Korea and the independence for which he must fight today.
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