VA’s Office of Outreach, Transition, and Economic Development has partnered with Prudential to offer a Wellness Wednesday Educational Series that began earlier this week and will continue throughout the month in recognition of April’s Financial Literacy Month. The program’s objective is to assist service members, veterans, family members, and caregivers in building strong financial foundations. The series consists of four online classes, each of which lasts an hour. Attendees can choose between two time slots: […]

Join VetTech this Wednesday, April 12, at 2:00pm Eastern Time as we welcome Liz Whitaker, Product Manager for User Education and Research at Vispero. Whether you are checking on your Social Security Administration claim or trying to access your Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health information, federal websites have adopted the public’s one account for government, login.gov in securing their sign-in portals. Liz and the VetTech team will explore these portals and discuss solutions to […]

Although they left the United States on different days, BVA members Lonnie Bedwell and Shawn Cheshire are both now in Nepal and on the brink of their historic ascent of Mt. Everest and Mt. Lhotse. Climbing Everest and Lhotse on the same journey, the latter of which is the world’s fourth largest mountain, has never previously been accomplished by a blind person, let alone two at the same time. In addition, Shawn’s successful attempt at […]

BVA extends kudos to members from the Richmond Chapter of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group and a strongly supportive cast from VA as they commemorated Blinded Veterans Day on March 28 at the Richmond, Virginia VA Medical Center. “It was a very successful and fun-filled day,” said Richmond Chapter member Vaneada S. Harvey, Ph.D., known also as Dr. Vee. “Our chapter president, Stevie Bradley, welcomed us and expressed excitement about the event being what he called […]

BVA members Anthony Woodson of the Illinois Regional Group, Michaun Harrison of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group, Robert Byrd, also of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group, and Yoneka Trent of the Carolina Regional Group, all of whom are BVA Ambassadors, were among the 79 veterans with a visual impairment who attended the recent National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic (WSC) in Snowmass, Colorado. “I encourage veterans of all skill levels to attend this life-changing event,” said Anthony, […]

Prospective attendees of the BVA 78th National Convention August 14-18 are encouraged to register with both BVA itself and the hotel to secure a reservation at the Marriott St. Louis Grand.  Individuals and families planning to attend this year’s activities—highlighted by educational sessions, an increasingly popular and busy Exhibit Hall, and official BVA business sessions—can now register online on BVA’s national convention webpage and link to a hotel reservation form that will allow them to […]

BVA’s long-tenured Kathern F. Gruber scholarship program will award five $2,000 tuition scholarships to spouses, dependent children, and grandchildren of blind and low vision veterans for the 2023-24 academic year. The deadline to submit applications for the scholarships is Friday, April 28.  The deadline for BVA’s awards program is also April 28. The awards honor each year the extraordinary professional achievements of a blind or low vision veteran, the outstanding level of service of a BVA […]

The Travis Manion Foundation (TMF) and Metrolina Association for the Blind (MAB) have announced a unique partnership to identify veterans with vision loss who could become youth mentors through the “Character Does Matter” program hosted by TMF.  Using a research-based curriculum designed specifically for youth audiences, the Character Does Matter program is founded on positive psychology and provides the framework for mentorship for youth and a renewed sense of purpose and camaraderie for veterans and […]

Join us this Wednesday, April 5, at 2:00pm Eastern Time as the VetTech team welcomes OrCam’s Joshua Rivera and Corinne Nero to its Weekly Wednesday Webinar. Joshua and Corinne will focus on the company’s dynamic customer support team, which seeks to help veterans take advantage of the award-winning Artificial Intelligence capabilities offered by the OrCam Read and the OrCam MyEye Pro.  Do not miss this VetTech session! Participants will learn:                                                                        Contact information for OrCam’s customer […]

In order to assist service members, veterans, family members, and caregivers in building strong financial foundations, VA’s Office of Outreach, Transition, and Economic Development is offering a Wellness Wednesday Educational Series beginning next week and continuing each Wednesday throughout the month in recognition of April’s Financial Literacy Month.  The series, consisting of four online classes, has been refined to address financial literacy gaps across the military and veteran community. Dates and titles of the classes […]