Disabled American Veterans
Blind Veterans
National Chapter #1
OFFICERS
OF THE BLIND CHAPTER
Commander
Dennis O’Connell
Phone
516 328-3438
Email:
bvnc1@verizon.net
Senior
Vice Commander Richard Bugbee
1st
Junior Vice Commander Joe Wallace
2nd
Junior Vice Commander Ralph Barrett
Judge
Advocate Dave May
Chaplain
Tony Martino
Phone 847 736 2111
Deaconmart@wi.rr.com
Phone
904 291-0576
Immediate
Past Commander Eddie Humphrey
If
you know of any member who is sick or deceased please inform one of the
officers whose contact information is listed above.
MESSAGE
FROM THE COMMANDER
It was
a honor and a privilege to be elected as Commander to the Blind Veterans
National Chapter #1 on August 21 at the 88th DAV National Convention
in Denver, CO.
I
hope to be able to meet the challenge and obligation as Commander, and with
your help it shouldn’t be too difficult. At the Convention we passed some bylaw
changes and after DAV National approves them they will be posted at our web
site and sent out to the membership. The other main course of business was
membership. The members in attendance approved a motion, for this fiscal year, to
pay half of a new member’s first year initial payment of $80. This means if a
new member joins the DAV Blind Veterans National Chapter #1 (BVNC #1) he/she
won’t have to pay the initial payment of $80 but only half of that amount, $40.
The other $40 will be paid by the BVNC #1. Nothing was suggested for the second
or third year payment, but it will be brought up again at the 2010 DAV National
Convention in Atlanta. We hope this will help all current members use this $40
incentive to recruit new members to our chapter.
My last
comment is that I have created for myself a new email address about the BVNC#1.
It is bvnc1@verizon.net. Any thing you
want to send to me concerning our Blind Chapter send it to this address. This
includes articles for our newsletter or any questions or comments you have for
me.
WELCOME
ABOARD
Gerald
C. Kinkade
363
Idle Hour Blvd.
Oakdale,
NY 11769
REST
IN PEACE
Sterling
P Molloy
602
Showplace Gateway
Branson
MO 65616
Died
March 11, 2009
NOTES
FROM YOUR NEW BVNC ADJUTANT / TREASURER
Paul
Kaminsky
Thought
for September: Nothing in life is free! Especially from the Government.
Just
returned from our National Convention held in Denver, Colorado. The weather was
fabulous. In the morning the sun would rise casting a purple color over
the mountains. Made you think "Purple Mountains Majesty".
Our
newly elected slate of officers:
Dennis
O'Connell from New York, Commander.
Paul
Kaminsky from Florida, Adjutant/Treasurer.
Richard
Bugbee from Arizona, Sr. Vice Commander.
Joe
Wallace from Florida, 1st Jr. Vice Commander.
Ralph
Barrett from Massachusetts, 2nd Jr. Vice Commander
Dave
May from Ohio, Judge Advocate.
Rev.
Anthony Martino from Wisconsin, Chaplain.
Dates
to Remember:
Feb.
28 – Mar. 3, 2010 DAV Mid-Winter, Conference,
Crystal
Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA
July
31 – Aug. 3, 2010 DAV National Convention,
Hyatt
Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
United
States Mint Announces Designs for Commemorative Coin
Honoring
Disabled American Veterans
August
22, 2009
The
United States Mint today announced the designs for the 2010 American Veterans
Disabled for Life Silver Dollar at the Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
National Convention in Denver. United States Mint Director Ed Moy unveiled the
designs. Under the
American
Veterans Disabled for Life Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 110-277), the
agency will mint and issue commemorative coins in honor of veterans who became
disabled for life while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
The
coin's designs, approved by Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner on
July 30, 2009, are emblematic of the service of our disabled veterans who made
enormous personal sacrifices defending the principles of our democracy. The
obverse (heads side) design depicts the legs and boots of three disabled veterans.
The inscription in the banner along the coin's upper rim, THEY STOOD UP FOR US,
pays tribute to the courageous disabled veterans who fought to
preserve
our freedom. Additional inscriptions on the obverse are IN GOD WE TRUST, 2010
and LIBERTY.
The
reverse (tails) design depicts a forget-me-not flower at the base of a wreath
wrapped in a ribbon that cradles and supports clusters of oak branches.
The
oak branches represent strength, while the forget-me-not is a widely accepted
symbol of remembrance for those who sacrificed their blood and their health for
our country's cause. The inscriptions are Take This Moment to Honor Our
Disabled Defenders of Freedom, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM and
ONE DOLLAR.
The
United States Mint will mint proof and uncirculated versions of the
commemorative $1 coin in 90 percent silver. The coins will bear the
"W" mint mark of the United States Mint at West Point. Mintage is set
at 350,000 coins across all product options.
Surcharges
collected from sales of the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver
Dollar coins are authorized to be paid to the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial
Foundation. The surcharges will help the Foundation support the construction of
the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial in Washington,
D.C.,
which was authorized by Congress in 2000.
The
United States Mint, created by Congress in 1792, is the Nation's sole
manufacturer of legal tender coinage. Its primary mission is to produce an
adequate volume of circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and
commerce. The United States Mint also produces proof, uncirculated and commemorative
coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver, gold and platinum bullion coins.
Digital
images of the 2010 American Veterans Disabled for Life Silver Dollar are
available at
http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=photo.
SOURCE
United States Mint