Our Team
Joseph Bogart
President
Email: joe.bogart.72@gmail.com
Phone: (573) 528-4960
Charles Knapp
Vice President
Email: chuckdelores@yahoo.com
Phone: (208) 880-9274
Walter Thornton
Secretary
Email: livelong1115@gmail.com
Phone: (208) 362-9107
Richard Griffin
Treasurer
Email: bluemustang70@outlook.com
Phone: (208) 573-3761
National Resources
Forms
- Membership Application (PDF) (DOC Fillable) (DOC Printable) (WEB)
- VA Membership Verification (VA Form 10-5345)
Documents
- Original Charter (PDF) (DOC)
- Revised Charter (PDF) (DOC)
- Bylaws (PDF) (DOC) (WEB)
- Proposed Bylaws and Resolutions Memo (Coming 2024)
- Proposed Bylaw Amendments (Coming 2024)
- Annual Proclamation (PDF) (DOC)
- Promotional Brochure (PDF)
- Historical Achievements (PDF) (DOC) (WEB)
- Historical Achievements Bulleted (PDF) (DOC)
- 2024 Official Convention Letter (Coming 2024)
- 2024 Convention Credentials Memo (Coming 2024)
- 2024 Convention Credentials Form (Coming 2024)
- 2024 Convention Proxy Form (Coming 2024)
- How to Host a White Cane Awareness Day Celebration (PDF) (DOC)
- Original Charter (PDF) (DOC)
VA Fact Sheets
- Special Mode Transportation (PDF) (DOC)
- Advanced Low Vision Clinic Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Center Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Service Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Intermediate Low Vision Clinic Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Visual Impairment Services Team Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Guiding Veterans with a Visual Impairment Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Assisting Veterans with a Visual Impairment Fact Sheet (PDF)
- Visual Impairment Services Outpatient Rehabilitation Fact Sheet (PDF)
Meeting Details
GEM State hosts the following support groups:
Virtual meeting via VA Webex and VIST Travis Wilson
Monthly, Every 2nd Wednesday
11:00am MST
Meeting at Garden Plaza of Valley View
Valley View Center’s TV Room
Monthly, Every 3rd Friday
11:00am MST
1130 Allumbaugh St, Boise, ID 83704
Meeting at VA Annex
Monthly, Every 3rd Thursday
11:00am MST
450 Falls Ave, Twin Falls, ID 83301
Meeting at Nampa Golden Corral
Monthly, Every 4th Friday
11:00am MST
2122 N Cassia St, Nampa, ID 83651
Quarterly, Every 3rd Friday
10:00am MST
Location Varies