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Westchester Vietnam vets meeting next week

February
29

Westchester’s Chapter 49 of Vietnam Veterans of America is meeting Thursday (March 6) in White Plains.

Longtime veterans activist Dan Griffin, the chapter’s executive director, says the group is starting a food drive to help stock the food pantry at the Montrose VA hospital.

Also on the agenda is a discussion on reviving the chapter’s security deposit program for homeless veterans. The program helps qualified,  pre-screened vets trying to get back on their feet by paying the security deposit when they find an appropriate apartment.

If you’re a Vietnam veteran and you haven’t joined the VVA, you should check it out. They’re all about veterans helping and supporting each other.  Take a look at the Chapter 49 website to see their newsletter and learn about their activities. Better yet, stop by next week’s meeting, which starts at 7:30 p.m. at the White Plains American Legion Post 135, located at 59 Mitchell Place.

This entry was posted on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm by Rich Liebson.
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KatieRich Liebson is a "military brat" who grew up on bases in the U.S. and Germany during his father's 23-year career as an Air Force enlisted man. Rich enlisted in the Army in 1976 and until his discharge in 1980 was assigned to the 78th Engineer Battalion in Ettlingen, Germany, as a public information specialist and translator. He's been a reporter at The Journal News and its forerunner, the Reporter Dispatch, for more than 20 years. During that time he's covered a variety of beats and has written frequently about veterans and veterans issues.
HemaHema Easley was born and raised in India, where she worked as a reporter for The Associated Press and United Press International. While in India she wrote about the insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir and covered the 1999 India-Pakistan conflict in the mountains of Kashmir. She joined The Journal News in 2002. She has covered municipal government in Westchester and now covers on social services in Rockland as well as military issues.

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