Report

DAV Minneapolis Chapter #1

Annual Report

For the year 2006-2007 the Chapter has been involved in the following programs through participation of members' time, skills and also through financial support.

Veterans Administration Medical Center

Monthly Donations

· • Visitation at hospital monthly and on Christmas morning to visit and give gifts to the hospitalized veterans
· • TV reception and satellite hook up.
· • Rehabilitation for patients at the hospital through the programs, a monthly activity night and a Carnival night.
· • Bus tokens for the Psychology Partial Hospitalization program.
· • 6-5-4 Program.
· • Financial aid to needy veterans and their families.

· Yearly

· • Mid Winter Sports Clinic (Special Olympics)
· • Special program for Martin Luther King Day.
· • Auxiliary Christmas Party.

· One Time

· • "Cyber Cafe" on unit 1D for recreational and therapeutic rehabilitation of patients.

· Minnesota Veterans Home, Minneapolis

· Monthly

· • Rehabilitation for residents of the home on a monthly basis.

· Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans

Monthly

· • Homeless Program.
· • Personal Incidentals.

· Minnesota Deer Hunt for Disabled Veterans at Fort Ripley

· Disabled American Veterans Charitable Trust Fund
· FUNCTIONAL EXPENSES
· 2006 2007
· Program – Chapter Fund $ 90,644 $ 60,559
· General & Administrative 9,080 10,642
· Fundraising – Chapter Fund 4,392 7,076
· Total Support Services 13,472 17,718
· Gambling Expense 740,964 842,418
· Total Expense 845,080 930,695
· DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
· MINNEAPOLIS CHAPTER #1
· :
· BOARD MEMBERS
· Elizabeth Brandt Commander
· Yvonne Bradford Senior Vice Commander
· Rosemarie Ulven Junior Vice Commander
· Richard Turpen Treasurer
· Wayne Blue Adjutant
· Rueben Johnson Chaplin
· Robert Dahlberg Judge Advocate
· TRUSTEES
· Henry Fisher
· Dick Haan
· Ray Collins

· FINANCE COMMITTEE

· Robert Hartley
· Henry Fisher
· Richard Turpen
· JoAnn McCauley
· GAMBLING MANAGER
· JoAnn McCauley
· DAV MISSION STATEMENT
· Made up exclusively of men and women disable in our nation's defense, the
· Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is dedicated to one, single purpose:
· building better lives for all of our nation's disabled veterans and their
· families. This mission is carried forward by: providing free, professional
· assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services
· earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans
· Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government; providing outreach
· concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to
· disabled veterans and their families specifically; representing the interests of
· disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses, and their orphans
· before Congress, the White House, and the Judicial Branch, as well as state
· and local government; extending the DAV's mission of hope into the
· communities where these veterans and their families live through a network
· of state-level departments and local chapters; and providing a structure
· through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their
· fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.