Posted by davnews on 19-8-2010 10:42 am
Congrats to New Ulm Chapter 15, South Central Chapter 32 and Hutchinson Chapter 37 for already reaching their Membership Goal for 2010-2011!!!
Minnesota DAV lead the nation last year in Membership, looks like we are starting off on the right foot!
Posted by davnews on 3-8-2010 9:50 am
When Major League Baseball Umpire Jerry Layne talks, people listen. Whether calling balls and strikes in major league games or telling amusing baseball anecdotes to sick and disabled veterans at VA medical centers - he gets attention. He’ll be telling those stories and more to veterans on Saturday, August 21, 2010, during a special celebrity visit to the Minneapolis VA Medical Center.
Umpires have the reputation of being gruff, no nonsense guys who don’t want their judgment questioned, but Jerry’s heart overflows when he visits sick and disabled veterans in VA medical centers. He’s been umpiring in the majors since 1988, a profession which demands that he visit each city on the major league circuit. It’s during those trips that he takes time to visit sick and disabled veterans who are patients in VA medical centers as part of the Disabled American Veterans VA Voluntary Service (VAVS) program.
“I want to bring smiles and brighter days to those veterans who have given so much to our country,” Mr. Layne said. “I want them to know they are appreciated.”
There are 172 VA medical centers in the U. S. which treat the 2.3 million disabled veterans represented by the DAV. Many veterans spend long, lonely hours during lengthy hospital stays and Mr. Layne’s visits are enthusiastically welcomed. Major League Baseball Umpire Larry Barnett started the hospital visit program in 1977 as part of the DAV VAVS program and actively recruited Mr. Layne.
“We have a free country because veterans made it free and keep it free,” Mr. Layne said. “Brightening the lives of sick and disabled veterans with a friendly visit is a very small price to pay for what all Americans owe them.”
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