In partnership with VA, Prudential Financial, Outreach, Transition, and Economic Development (OTED) offers veterans, transitioning service members, spouses, other family members, and caregivers a Wellness Wednesday Financial Educational series on the third Wednesday of each month beginning August 16.  The series has resumed to address financial literacy gaps across the military and veterans community and is comprised of two programs: first, an online website portal that contains a roster of financial literacy information and resources […]

At OrCam’s invitation, BVA Executive Director Donald D. Overton, Jr. met and led a discussion this week with members of the company’s U.S. sales team from throughout the country at their semi-annual training session (see accompanying photo).  The meeting, held in Annapolis, Maryland, just 45 minutes from BVA National Headquarters, offered the OrCam team a general orientation about BVA—the organization’s history and relationship to the Department of Veterans Affairs, its recent partnership with OrCam, current […]

Gary Schoelerman and Joe Burns of the Louisiana/Mississippi Regional Group, were recently interviewed for an award-winning local radio program and podcast entitled The Tactile Traveler that began airing on Apple Podcasts on August 1 and will eventually be broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR) and other outlets and platforms.  The subject of the podcast was “Visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall” during which both veterans recounted their tactile experiences and the emotions they evoked at […]

Join BVA’s VetTech Team as session participants welcome OrCam’s National Sales Director Michelle Mendez and a representation of her coast-to-coast team of regional sales managers. Thanks to the skills and capabilities of these managers based throughout the country, individuals with sight loss can leverage the strengths of the MyEye Pro and MyEye Read as they attend in-person training sessions and experience courteous troubleshooting responses.  Do not miss this VetTech session! Participants will receive: An overview […]

Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging Bob Casey (D-PA) and Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), responding to BVA’s call for equal access for all veterans to programs, services, and information at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), have introduced and cosponsored S. 2516, The Veterans Accessibility Act of 2023. BVA Executive Director Donald D. Overton, Jr. praised the bipartisan proposed legislation, at the same time affirming that veterans who have already sacrificed their sight […]