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All BVA
Field Representatives are blinded veterans. They travel throughout
the United States finding and counseling blinded veterans and
their families. BVA Field Reps act as role models. They encourage
fellow veterans to take charge of their lives. They link veterans
with services, rehabilitation training and other benefits. When
blinded veterans are ready to go back into the work force, BVA
Field Reps can help them find jobs.
Volunteer
Service Program (BVA's arms and legs)
Blinded veteran volunteers work out of offices located in VA
medical centers and outpatient clinics. They help fellow blinded
veterans and family members get the assistance they need to cope
with blindness.
Volunteers talk one on one with individual blinded veterans,
or they listen and share ideas in groups. They provide information
on programs and services, encouraging blinded veterans to enter
blind rehabilitation programs. They demonstrate equipment and
aids used by the blind. Volunteers are active in their communities
and are good sources of information about
local programs and services.
Kathern
F. Gruber Scholarship Program (BVA's vision for tomorrow)
Since
the early '80s, BVA has offered spouses and dependent children
of blinded veterans a chance to continue their education through
the Kathern F. Gruber Scholarship Program.
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