BVA November-December 2015 Bulletin

Welcome to the online version of the November-December 2015 BVA Bulletin. An archive of previous issues is also available. For information or entries in issues prior to 2006, contact Stuart Nelson at BVA National Headquarters, 800-669-7079, Ext. 316. Please note that any contact details, including mailing addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and websites may now be out of date.

Regional group activities, White Cane Day events, and Veterans Day commemorations highlighted a busy post-convention autumn season for BVA members and their families throughout the country. This issue of the Bulletin reflects briefly on the national convention and reports on activities that followed. A Word document of the Bulletin is available for download after the Table of Contents.

Shown here, left to right, Mid-Atlantic Regional Group members Doris Jones, Hardy Alexander, Michaun Harrison, and Pete Davis at fall meeting.

In This Issue

Legislative Update - by Melanie Brunson

President’s Page - by Dale Stamper

BVA Members, Friends Honor All Veterans

At Biloxi BRC, Patience Trumps Stubbornness - by Kenneth Breakey

BVA Board Approves 71st Convention Site

A Review of iOS 9 - by Tim Hornik

And Whose Hand Would God Use? - by Edna Dixon

My First BVA Convention: What a Joy! - by Warner Murray

Around BVA

Auxiliary’s View - by Pam Hogan

From the Field Staff - by Wade Davis

Of Note

Letters to the Editor

In Remembrance

Final Thought


left to right, Charles Smith, guide dog Levi, and Wade Davis during White Cane Day walk in downtown Washington, DC