2009
Monthly Newsletter
Newsletter Submittals Due on the 20th of each month, by Noon. Members entry space first come first serve!
Standing Events Sundays Bingo 5 pm – 5 pm
Mondays & Fridays Bingo 5pm – 9 pm
Tuesdays Dinner, Drawing and Dance 7:00 pm
Thursdays (2nd and 4th) PTSD Counseling By Appointment
Thursdays (2nd and 4th) PTSD Group Counseling 11:00 am
Saturday Karaoke 7:00 pm
A Small Thank You to Veterans
Nov 7th – Veteran Parade in Weatherford
Nov 11th – Free entrée @ Applebee’s all day
Nov 11th 10% of purchase @ Home Depot
Nov 11th 10% of purchase @ Lowes
Nov 16th – Free meal @ Golden Corral 5-9pm
Volunteers needed to take vets to
appointments at Fort Worth or Dallas VA. Please call Lee and get your name on the list.
Service Officer Sez
VA extends ‘Agent Orange’ benefits to more veterans.
Other illnesses previously recognized under VA’s “presumption” rule as being caused by exposure to herbicides during the Vietnam War are:
· Acute and Subacute Transient Peripheral Neuropathy
· Chloracne
· Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
· Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2)
· Hodgkin’s Disease
· Multiple Myeloma
· Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
· Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
· Prostate Cancer
· Respiratory Cancers, and
· Soft Tissue Sarcoma (other than Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma, or Mesothelioma)
For more details check with Lee Downs, SO
Veterans Day is next month November 11th. This video salutes our troops today and from the past.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38nx3mjXJMk