BVA staff members at the National Headquarters have been busy the past few weeks putting together and mailing a variety of White Cane Day resource materials and promotional items to VA Visual Impairment Services Team (VIST) Coordinators, regional groups, and individual BVA members who have requested them for activities and programs scheduled for the officially designated White Cane Day, October 15, or for Veterans Day on November 11. Items still available include a limited number

October is Medication Label Safety Awareness Month, encompassing an issue that cannot be given too much emphasis in the blind and low vision veteran community. When it comes to critical prescription label information, En-Vision America asserts that patients should receive a “perfect fit” label that addresses their needs, abilities, and health goals. Patients can talk to their pharmacist about audible, large print, Braille, and translated prescription labeling options. The ScripTalk audible prescription labeling system was

In 1936, Congress designated the last Sunday in September as Gold Star Mother’s Day. The observance continues today but includes the entire family, now officially designated as Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day by proclamation of President Barack Obama in 2011 to honor parents and families of service members who gave the ultimate sacrifice of their lives in defense of their country. The 2025 observance is this Sunday, September 28. For obvious reasons, the Gold

BVA Director of District 1 John O’Connell appeared by invitation at the Winding River Skating Center in his now hometown of Toms River, New Jersey, on September 13. The occasion was a Saturday launch of the Toms River Hockey Club’s 50th anniversary season. Prior to the drop of the puck, players welcomed both John and Alex DePalma, the latter of whom co-founded the Brick Starts Challenger Organization in 2009 to teach skating and hockey to