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It may have been Halloween but members of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Group and staff of the Washington, DC VA Medical Center’s Vision Impairment Services Outpatient Rehabilitation (VISOR) Clinic had their minds on an equally important but different theme as they made their way to an all-day October 31 event promoting awareness of the White Cane and care of our nation’s blind and low vision veterans. 

Some 20 attendees (see accompanying photos) from the regional group were encouraged to attend the event with the following invitation: “Join Us in the Journey toward a Brighter Future—Where Vision Knows No Bounds.” Also collaborating with the VISOR Clinic and the regional group were the Veterans Benefits Association, the Vision Center of Excellence, Suicide Prevention, and Chaplain Services.

The event kicked off with a White Cane Walk at the medical center entrance. It also included the debut of a national VA video entitled “Beyond the Uniform” featuring a local veteran from the National Capital Region, lunch, a presentation on Compensation and Pension, and an opportunity to meet for a benefits review with a Veterans Benefits Claim Officer.

BVA members and VISOR staff stand in a large group photo outside of the brick VA Medical Center
BVA Mid-Atlantic Regional Group members and VISOR staff outside Washington, DC VA Medical Center during October 31 clinic. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Harrison.
Right to left, Mid-Atlantic Regional Group members Jim Vale, Wanda Grover, and Harvey Guary with VISOR Clinic Supervisor Deidre Dockery, MS, CRC. Photo courtesy of Lawrence Harrison.

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