United Veterans Committee

Dear UVC Friends, The Banquet As the banquet rapidly approaches, we are making the final days' push to sell raffle tickets for two $250 gift certificates from Frontier Airlines. Raffle tickets are $5, and the winners need not be present. If you want to purchase and/or sell raffle tickets, and do not have any, please contact UVC's Banquet Chairman Ken Melcher at kcmelcher@juno.com or call me (secretary) at (408) 800-2862. Your call will be returned within a day if I can not answer.

The Agenda Tuesday, 09 April Please review and/or print your agenda prior to coming to the meeting. From a friend of Combat Vets - TRYING TO FIND A VET WITH BOTH TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND EPILEPSY. Read on why: (From Ann Marie Bezuyen) I am the director of a program called Heads Up For Vets. It is about TBI, but TBI resulting in epilepsy. I work for the Anita Kaufmann Foundation. Here's the website: http://www.akfus.org/. Look in the program tab and you can see my program. We have collaborated with the VA and I developed the educational materials. What I've been looking for is a Veteran with TBI and epilepsy who is willing to talk about it. So far, no takers. TBI is an awful diagnosis and adding epilepsy to the mix is an unbelievable challenge. What we are afraid of is the soldiers being released with a TBI, knowing they may have a seizure, but they (and their families) really don't know what one can look like. It's not always convulsive. If you can be of help, please contact Jenn Latini by clicking this link: jennlatini@gmail.com.

Also from Combat Vets: One of our long-time members has been laid off and seeking employment for quite some time. This man is a leader in CVMA, Patriot Guard Riders, active with New England regional Veteran-oriented organizations (VSO’s, VA related, etc), and this man is the kind that would give the shirt off his back to a Vet in need. On Easter Sunday, he lost his father to sudden illness that has been deemed service connected, cancerous tumors due to Agent Orange. He is driving to Texas on Tuesday, April 3, to settle his father’s affairs as executor of the will, and escort his body to Arlington National Cemetery. If you can chip in, please visit CVMA Colorado’s web home page and click “Donate.” You can use this paypal button or write Ruffian. (That's Jenn Latini) Toward the end of your transaction (I think it’s the last page you go through) you may designate "Bob" and the funds will be seen to him ASAP. Sincerely, Jenn Latini, UVC Secretary