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FINDING THE CHAPTER NEAREST YOU
State Chapters of the United States Navy Veterans Association
are designated as such in the Constitution of the Association. To become an official state chapter involves a certain amount
of diligent work. The resident members of the Association in a particular state must first petition the National Association
to form a local state chapter. The National Association then has a lengthy period of discussion with that emerging local
leadership as to their will and abilities to fulfill the responsibilities of a state chapter charter from the National Association.
Those discussions are in-depth as to local legal responsibilities, projected activities and finances. If, and after,
those hurdles are passed, organizing documents are drawn up. When these meet with the approval of both the National Association
and the prospective State Chapter leadership, the documents are submitted to the IRS for official IRC Sec. 501(c)(19) recognition
of the State Chapter. It is only at that stage that the official appellation of "State Chapter" of the Association applies,
and is recognized by, the National Association, and the local organization is considered to be chartered by the National Association
as a State Chapter and "Service Foundation" of the National Association. (Constitution of the United States Navy
Veterans Association, Amendment 2).
State Chapters of the Association are separate legal entities
from the National Association under federal and state law, with their own Bylaws and Boards of Directors, but are subject
to the general supervision of the National Association. Additionally, since they are integral parts of the National Association,
they are permitted in their own right to use the name "United States Navy Veterans Association" and the official logo or logos
of the Association, at will.
Readers should also note that State Chapter "Squadrons" listed
are officially committees of the pertinent State Chapter, as provided in their Bylaws, and can be created, terminated or de-activated
at any time by the State Chapter leadership.
WHAT ARE CONTRIBUTION PROCESSING CENTERS?
Contribution Processing Centers (CPCs), sometimes also
referred to as Donation Processing Centers (DPCs), are physical facilities leased by the National Association, the
pertinent State Chapter or an arms' length retained privatized independent accountancy entity. They are used
to initially process and sort incoming campaign contributions, which are then forwarded separately to an independent
accountancy entity for further processing, compilation, accounting and reporting.
Neither the National Association nor any of its subordinate organizations ever rent
a "mere maildrop" as a Contribution Processing Center. In all cases, Association representatives have a key to the door of
the privately rented facility, 24-7-365 access to the facility; and the facility holds furnished business equipment,
e.g., a fax, computer with online capability, desk or deskspace, chair or chairs, stationary, writing materials, etc.,
plus retained personnel assistance. The facility also serves as a place for the segregated physical receipt and accounting
for incoming contributions, as well as for the forwarding of such contributions to any central accounting facility the National
Association or its subordinate organization may be using.
The use of segregated mail facilities, be they "post office boxes" or otherwise, just
for the receipt of contributions, is done with a view
of security for the contribution itself and with a view of security for the contribution processing activity as well.
Attempts to disparage such facilities, or the process of using them, are, quite frankly, misguided at best. The Better Business
Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance addresses this very subject in one of its FAQs and Answers for Donors appearing on www.bbb.org, January 8, 2010:
" The charity appeal I received asks that donations be sent to a P.O. Box in a city that
is different from the organization's street address. Is this cause for concern?
Generally no. Charities that conduct major direct mail compaigns frequently
hire outside firms to collect and deposit funds on behalf of the organization. Soliciting organizations often contract with
banks or other parties to ensure all checks are accounted for and promptly deposited. These firms may be located in other
areas. As a result, the PO Box may in fact be a means to ensure greater security and control over contributions."
The Association concurs fully in this explanation.
A CPC may or may not be located in the state in which the
donor resides. In certain cases, where nearby states do not have, considered separately, sufficient donor populations
to economically justify separate CPCs for each state, the CPC utilized may be a regional one for all those states, located
in one of those states, or in Washington, D.C. Utilizing Regional CPCs, as opposed to utilizing a CPC for each state, also
has the effect of cutting down on administrative costs to the National Association or State Chapter, costs which, in one form
or another, are passed on to us, so that more net proceeds from a given campaign can be used for Association program
services.
Where an accounting firm has been retained by the Association
or State Chapter, and the firm has clients other than the Association, the firm may opt to utilize the same CPC,
but not the same mailstop within the CPC, for more than one of its non-profit organization (NPO) clients. This practice
may appear awkward to some, but in fact it creates a more efficient relationship between the firm and the CPC, an efficiency
which eventually can also result in lower administrative costs being passed on to all the NPO clients of that accountancy
center.
Neither the National Association nor any of its State Chapters
does fundraising campaigns in conjunction with any NPO outside the Association family. In the latter case the words "United
States Navy Veterans Association" will appear in the title of the organization. Neither the National Association nor any of
its subordinate organizations has any cross-controlling relationship of any kind with any other NPO, regardless of whether
the other NPO may utilize the same CPC or not. The fact that an established accountancy firm elects to contract
with more than one NPO (in which case two or more separate and independent NPOs may be using the same CPC, but not the same
mailstop within that CPC) is both a right given such a firm under the Contracts Clause of the United States
Constitution, and also entirely proper in the eyes of the Association. Such a practice also has the additional benefit of
permitting an NPO to research and investigate the bona fides of such a firm through previous clients, something urged
on all NPOs in advance by numerous government regulatory bodies.
Please DO NOT USE the Contribution Processing Center addresses listed on the
State Chapters Page to mail in a written Do Not Contact request, or for any form of correspondence other than to mail in contributions.
The Contribution Processing Centers are not set up to process such requests or to handle such correspondence. Instead, use the instructions found
on our Contributions Page to make your Do Not Contact request, or use the mailing address for other
forms of correspondence for the pertinent State Chapter found at the bottom of this page, and also on the Contact Us Page.
FINDING THE CHAPTER NEAREST YOU:
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ALABAMA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Gaither Longfellow
Contribution Processing Center:
23 Alafaya Woods Bl #263
Oviedo, FL 32765-6335
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ALASKA CHAPTER
Commander: Bob "Boats" Rankles, USN (ret.)
Contribution Processing Centers:
645 G Street, Site 100, #688
Anchorage AK 99501
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ARIZONA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Ben Sanchez
Phoenix Tel: (602) 230-4130
Phoenix Fax (602) 212-4145
The Arizona Chapter proudly donated $5,000 to restore the debilitated
flagpoles at the Sunland Memorial Park Veterans' Cemetery at Sun City in 2006:
Arizona Department of Veterans' Services
The National Association also does its own vehicle and boat donation program to
benefit its California Chapter, in the area Phoenix west to the Colorado and south to Yuma, and we do our
own pickups. For more information about this program, or to make a vehicle donation, you can call our Car Donation
Program toll free at
1-888-250-4490.
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ARKANSAS CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Joseph Bondy
Contribution Processing Center:
334 E. Kearney #303
Springfield, MO 65803-3018
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CALIFORNIA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Raul Hernandez
San Diego Tel. (858)492-8095
San Diego Fax (858)492-8460
Veterans who are residents of California who are rated 40% overall disabled by the VA as a result of a service connected (SC) determination are entitled to the following state and federal benefits, lisyed together. This list was last updated October 6, 2007: 1. Eligibility for additional allowance
for dependents—spouse, children, dependent parent(s). 2. Eligibility for additional aid and attendance
allowance for disabled spouse. 3. VA fee basis outpatient medical card
for SC condition(s) requiring treatment. 4. Enrollment in VA Healthcare Priority
Group 2 (no healthcare co-payments required; pharmacy co-payments
required for NSC medications, except for former POWs). 5. Eligibility for sensorineural aids—hearing
aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses—without regard to whether the
condition producing need for such is service-connected. 6. Eligibility for Service-Disabled Veterans’
Life Insurance (RH). 7.
Possible eligibility for special monthly compensation for loss or loss
of use of a creative organ; loss of a female breast; or, loss or loss
of use of one foot or one eye. 8.
Possible eligibility for payment of annual clothing allowance for specified
SC disorders resulting in need for prosthetic appliance or use of a
wheelchair, or for certain skin conditions. 9. Possible eligibility for one-time assistance in purchase of specially-adapted automobile. 10. Possible eligibility for Automobile Adaptive Equipment Allowance. 11. Eligibility for education or training under
VA Vocational Rehabilitation. 12. Golden Access Passport for U.S. National Parks. 13. Eligibility for 10-point preference for Federal
Civil Service employment. Under certain circumstances, may be
employed on a noncompetitive basis. 14. Eligibility for 15-point preference for State
of California employment. 15.
Home loan guaranty funding fee exemption. 16. Possible eligibility for Home Improvement and Structural Alteration (HISA) home modification grant. 17. Eligibility for CAL-VET College Tuition and Fee Waiver for children (Plan B). 18.
Possible eligibility for DMV Disabled Person Parking Placard. 19. If a 20-year military retiree, possible eligibility for CRSC. 20. Possible eligibility for the California Disabled
Veteran Business Enterprise
(DVBE) and the Federal Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) programs.
Veterans who are residents of California who are rated 50% overall disabled by the VA as a result of a service connected (SC) determination are entitled to the following state and federal benefits listed together. This list was last updated October 6, 2007: 1. Eligibility for additional allowance
for dependents—spouse, children, dependent parent(s). 2. Eligibility for additional aid and attendance
allowance for disabled spouse. 3. VA fee basis outpatient medical card
(all conditions requiring treatment, whether SC or not, except dental).
4. Enrollment
in VA Healthcare Priority Group 1 (no co-payments required). 5. Eligibility for sensorineural aids—hearing
aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses—without regard to whether the
condition producing need for such is service-connected. 6. Eligibility for Service-Disabled Veterans’
Insurance (RH). 7.
Possible eligibility for special monthly compensation for loss or loss
of use of a creative organ; loss of a female breast; or, loss or loss
of use of one foot or one eye. 8.
Possible eligibility for payment of annual clothing allowance for specified
SC disorders resulting in need for prosthetic appliance or use of a
wheelchair, or for certain skin conditions. 9. Possible eligibility for one-time assistance in purchase of specially-adapted automobile. 10. Possible eligibility for Automobile Adaptive Equipment Allowance. 11. Eligibility for education or training under
VA Vocational Rehabilitation. 12. Golden Access Passport for U.S. National Parks. 13. California
State Park pass (requires SC wartime-incurred disability) ($3.50 one-time fee). Entitles the holder to the use of all basic State Park System operated facilities at no further charge. Not valid at units operated by local government, private agencies or concessionaires." 14. Reduced fee for hunting license. 15. Reduced fee for basic sport fishing license.
16. Eligibility
for 10-point preference for Federal Civil Service employment. Under certain
circumstances, may be employed on a noncompetitive basis. 17. Eligibility for 15-point preference for State
of California employment. 18.
Home loan guaranty funding fee exemption. 19. Possible eligibility for Home Improvement and Structural Alteration (HISA) home modification grant. 20. Eligibility for CAL-VET College Tuition and Fee Waiver for children (Plan B). 21.
Possible eligibility for DMV Disabled Person Parking Placard. 22. If a 20-year military retiree, possible eligibility for CDRP or
CRSC.
Veterans who are residents of California who are rated
60% overall disabled by the VA as a result of a service connected (SC) determination
are entitled to the following state and federal benefits, listed together. This list
was last updated October 6, 2007: 1. Eligibility for a rating of total disability because of individual
unemployability. 2.
Eligibility for additional allowance for dependents—spouse, children,
dependent parent(s). 3.
Eligibility for additional aid and attendance allowance for disabled
spouse. 4.
VA fee basis outpatient medical card (all conditions requiring treatment,
whether SC or not, except dental). 5.
Enrollment in VA Healthcare Priority Group 1 (no co-payments required).
6. Eligibility
for sensorineural aids—hearing aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses—without
regard to whether the condition producing need for such is service-connected.
7. Eligibility
for Service-Disabled Veterans’ Insurance (RH). 8. Possible eligibility for special monthly compensation for loss or
loss of use of a creative organ; loss of a female breast; or, loss or loss
of use of one hand, one foot, or one eye. 9. Possible eligibility for payment of annual clothing allowance for
specified SC disorders resulting in need for prosthetic appliance or use of a
wheelchair, or for certain skin conditions. 10. Possible eligibility for one-time assistance in purchase of
specially-adapted automobile. 11.
Possible eligibility for Automobile Adaptive Equipment Allowance. 12. Eligibility for education or training under VA Vocational
Rehabilitation. 13.
Golden Access Passport for U.S.
National Parks. 14.
California State Park
pass (requires SC wartime-incurred disability) ($3.50 one-time fee). Entitles
the holder to the use of all basic State Park System operated facilities at
no further charge. Not valid at units operated by local government, private
agencies or concessionaires.15.
Reduced fee for hunting license. 16. Reduced fee for basic sport fishing license. 17. Eligibility for 10-point preference for Federal Civil Service
employment. Under certain circumstances, may be employed on a noncompetitive
basis. 18.
Eligibility for 15-point preference for State of California
employment. 19.
Home loan guaranty funding fee exemption. 20. Possible eligibility for Home Improvement and Structural Alteration
(HISA) home modification grant. 21.
Eligibility for CAL-VET College Tuition and Fee Waiver for children
(Plan B). 22.
Possible eligibility for DMV Disabled Person Parking Placard. 23. If a 20-year military retiree, possible eligibility for CDRP or
CRSC. 24.
Possible eligibility for the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) and the Federal Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) programs.
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
120 South Church St #131
Visalia CA 93291
California Department of Veterans Affairs
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COLORADO DIVISION
Denver Tel. 303.352.1965
The Colorado Division is an intergral division of the National Association
and not a separately recognized IRS 501(c)(19) organization in its own right. Only the National Association conducts solicitation
campaigns in Colorado.
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CONNECTICUT DIVISION
Hartford Tel. (860) 586-1100
Connecticut State Veteran's Benefits
The state of Connecticut provides several veteran benefits. This
section offers a brief description of each of the following benefits.
- Housing Benefits
- Financial Assistance Benefits
- Employment Benefits
- Education Benefits
- Other State Veteran Benefits
Connecticut Veteran Housing Programs
Connecticut Veterans’ Home
The Department has a health care center with a capacity of 250 beds, a
50-bed substance abuse recovery program and a 500-bed Residential Program. Professional services are provided by staff
physicians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, OT, PT, RT, dieticians and social workers are augmented by community specialists,
as well as, networking to local VA and major area hospitals when appropriate. By Statute, veterans who are able to pay
in whole or in part for programs or services determined by the applicable fee schedule will receive a monthly bill for such
services rendered.
Learn more about the Connecticut Veterans’ Home
Property Tax Exemptions
Veterans, who have
ninety days of wartime service, including Merchant Marines, who served during WWII, are eligible for a $1,500 exemption for
property tax purposes (e.g., real property or automobiles). You have the option to choose to apply this exemption to your
real estate or automobile tax. Certain veterans, who do not own real property or a motor vehicle, may be eligible for
a tax refund if they are leasing a motor vehicle.
Veterans below a certain income level and/or service connected
disabled veterans are eligible for additional property tax exemptions (up to $10,000 for paraplegics). Surviving spouses of
veterans may also be eligible for this benefit. Contact your municipality’s Tax Assessor Officer for specific details.
Learn more about Property Tax Exemptions
Connecticut Financial Assistance Benefits
The Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines’
Fund
The Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines’ Fund (SSMF) is a state fund administered by the American Legion
for the purpose of providing temporary financial assistance for veterans with ninety days of wartime service, who are disabled,
unemployed or for sickness. An applicant must be a resident of the State of Connecticut at the time of application for
benefits. SSMF provides funding for emergency needs such as clothing, food, medical and surgical aid, and general care
and relief. For further information please call 860-296-0719.
Learn more about The Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines’ Fund
Connecticut State Employment Benefits
Employment Assistance
An employee who leaves
any public authority or public agency to enter the armed forces can be reinstated in their former position. Veterans
must reapply within ninety days following receipt of a certificate from the armed forces confirming satisfactory service.
For classified competitive state exams, a wartime veteran eligible
for or receiving VA compensation receives an additional ten points. A wartime veteran not eligible for VA compensation or
pension receives five additional points. A spouse of a qualified veteran is also eligible for additional points. However,
to qualify, the veteran or spouse must achieve a passing grade on the examination score. If an honorably discharged veteran
has served in a military action for which he/she received, or is entitled to receive, a campaign badge or expeditionary medal,
he/she qualifies for five additional points if they receive a passing grade on their examination.
On a competitive municipal examination, a wartime veteran eligible
for VA compensation or a pension, who has received a passing score, receives ten additional points.
A wartime veteran not eligible for compensation or a pension,
who has received a passing score, receives five additional points.
Learn more about Employment Benefits
Connecticut Veteran Education Benefits
Educational Benefit/Tuition Waivers
State law
provides that tuition fees at state educational institutions be waived for certain veterans and certain dependents.
Approved institutions for this benefit are:
- State Regional Community/Technical Colleges
- State Universities
In order to be eligible for a tuition waiver, one must:
- Be a veteran who served 90 days of active duty during a period
of war as defined in; and
- Have been accepted to an approved institution; and
- Be a Connecticut resident at the time of acceptance to the
institution.
- A veteran’s dependents can also qualify for tuition waiver
if the veteran is declared missing in action while serving in the armed forces after January 1, 1960.
Learn more about Educational Benefit/Tuition Waivers
High School Diplomas and Veterans of WWII
Local
Boards of Education may award diplomas to those WWII veterans who did not receive them when they left high school before graduation
for military service.
Learn more about High School Diplomas and Veterans of WWII
Other Connecticut State Veteran Benefits
Burial in Connecticut’s Veterans’ Cemetery
Any
veteran discharged with other than a dishonorable discharge is eligible for burial in a state veterans’ cemetery. Spouses
are also eligible for this benefit.
Learn more about Burial in Connecticut’s Veterans’
Cemetery
Motor Vehicles Waiver
State law provides for free motor vehicle registration and special plates to
former prisoners of war and recipients of the Medal of Honor.
Veterans, who were state residents at the time of induction
and who apply within two years of receiving an honorable discharge, are exempt from paying for an operator’s license
and examination fees for one licensing period.
State law also provides that fees may be waived for the following registration
items, subject to a formal determination by the Department of Motor Vehicles:
- Special License plates for disabled veterans
- Special fee license plates for certain disabilities (loss of
use or loss of limb, or blind) handicapped and overtime parking.
- If receiving auto grant from the VA or Medal of Honor recipient,
exemption from registration fees.
Learn more about the Motor Vehicles Waiver
Retirement
Members of The Municipal Employees’
Retirement System, who leave municipal employment to enter the armed forces while the United States is at war, engaged in
hostilities, or during national emergencies and are re-employed by the municipality within six months of discharge, are credited
with the period of service as though they had been continuously employed. This six-month limitation can be extended due to
service-related disability. Learn more about Retirement Benefits
Connecticut Department of Veterans' Affairs
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DELAWARE CHAPTER
Contribution Processing Centers:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, Delaware Chapter
4600 Wisconsin Ave NW #262
Washington DC 20016
Wilmington Tel. (302) 295-7051
Chapter Commander: Jim Anderson
The Delaware Chapter is recognized by the State of Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs on its official Veterans
Service Organization List in The Centurion as providing services of merit to Delaware veterans.
VETERANS ENTITLEMENTS
COVERED BY DELAWARE LAW
EDUCATIONAL
BENEFITS FOR
CHILDREN OF DECEASED
VETERANS, ETC.
The State of Delaware provides educational benefits for the children of deceased veterans of the military
services of the United
States, military service personnel held prisoner of war and military service personnel officially declared to be missing in action. In order to qualify for this entitlement
an applicant shall be: the child of a member of the armed forces who was killed
while on active duty or who died from disease, wounds, injuries or disabilities
arising or resulting from performance of duty; a member of the armed forces who is being held, or who was held prisoner of war;
or a member of the armed forces officially declared missing in action; a person
who at the time of application for benefits is at least 16 years of age, but
not more than 24 years of age, and who shall have been a resident of the State for at least three (3) years prior to the date
of application; attending or admitted for attendance at an educational institution
beyond the high school level in a program not to exceed four (4) years in duration.
The per pupil benefits may include funds for the payment of room, board, tuition and required institutional fees for an academic year.
Benefits shall be limited to four (4) years of training or education. The amount
of benefit per pupil shall not exceed $525 per year or the amount of tuition per academic year, whichever is greater. Benefits are administered
by the Delaware Postsecondary Education Commission. (Title 14, Chapter 34, Sections
3451-3455)
EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS FOR
ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE
DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD
Any active member of a federally recognized
unit of the Delaware National Guard, who
meets the requirements for satisfactory membership
as defined by the Adjutant General of the
Delaware National Guard, shall be eligible for
funding support by the Delaware National Guard for certain post-secondary education tuition and fees. (Title 14, Chapter 34, Sections 3480-3481)
COPIES
OF
STATEMENT OF SERVICE
The Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs
has established a repository for veterans'
"Statement of Service" or similar documentary
verification of active armed service. Records
maintained are World War I through the Vietnam era. In 1987 the State of Delaware again started keeping records and have records from 1987 to present. (Title 29, Chapter 87, Section 8721)
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA FOR WWII
VETERANS
House Bill No. 60 provides a High School
Diploma to those World War II veterans who
did not graduate from high school due to their military service. Any World War 11 veteran who performed wartime service between December 7, 1941 - December 31, 1946 shall
be eligible to receive a High School Diploma.
World War II veterans interested in receiving
their diploma, may contact the Delaware
Commission of Veterans Affairs at (800) 344
9900 or (302) 739-2792.
FREE DEATH CERTIFICATES
FOR VETERANS
The State Registrar shall furnish free of
charge to the relative of a veteran, one
time, a certified copy of the veteran's
certificate of death providing that said certified copy is essential to the settlement of a claim involving the settlement of the veteran's affairs. All other copies shall be issued at the statutory fee. (Title 16, Chapter 31, Section 3132c)
NO CHARGE FOR NOTARY SERVICES FOR VETERANS
Service organizations' appointed notaries
public may notarize documents and papers
in connection with and for the benefit of
any veteran, their families, or dependents. These
notaries public shall make no charge for any service rendered in connection with filing claims on behalf of the veteran, their families, or dependents. The Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs provides free notary service. (Title 29, Chapter 43, Sections 4305 and 4312)
STATE VETERANS HOME
FUND
House
Bill No. 500 establishes a Delaware Veterans Home Fund within the Secretary of State's office. The fund provides for individuals who claim an overpayment of taxes on their income tax return to voluntarily designate a tax deductible contribution to the Veterans Home. The fund will be used for the construction, operation and maintenance of
a Veterans Home in the State of Delaware.
All contributions can be forwarded to the
following address: Delaware Veterans Home
Fund, Department of State, 401
Federal Street, Suite 3,
Dover, DE
19901.
VETERANS
PREFERENCE -
ADMISSION TO
GOVERNOR BACON
HEALTH CENTER
The Department of Health and Social Services
shall give veterans of World War I, World
War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam era who are eligible for admission to the Health Center a preference over other persons with respect to admission thereto. (Title 16, Chapter 53, Section 5323)
PENSION BENEFITS FOR PARAPLEGIC VETERANS
Each paraplegic veteran eligible for benefits
hereunder shall receive a pension from
the State of $3,000 per year payable in
equal monthly installments at the end of
each month in which such veteran is eligible. The veteran must file evidence with the Pension Office that: he/she is a paraplegic and fully disabled to the extent that he/she has no voluntary control over either of his/her legs, and he/she is listed on the rolls of the U.S. Veterans Administration as totally disabled for the cause, and the disability is a direct result of service in the armed forces of the United
States while the United States was officially at war or during a period when the United States was engaged in hostilities with another nation as a member of the United Nations. (Title 20, Chapter 10, Section 1001).
DELAWARE VETERANS MEMORIAL
CEMETERY - ELIGIBILITY
Veterans and members of the Armed Forces
of the U.S. who qualify under the following:
1. HONORABLE MILITARY SERVICE
A person who served on "active duty" 180 days or more other than for training, as defined -
Section 101(21) Title 38 U.S. Code, as a member of the Armed Forces of the U.S. and whose service was terminated Honorably; a person who dies under honorable conditions
while serving on active duty in an Armed Force of the U.S.; a member of the Merchant
Marines; a member of the Reserve component of the Armed Forces, the Army National
Guard, the Air National Guard, and the reserve of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard, who dies under honorable
conditions while serving on active duty for training or full-time service. Members
of the National Guard or Reserve forces of the U.S. who at the time of death was entitled
to retired pay under Chapter 67 of Title 10 USC or would have been entitled to
retired pay under that chapter but for the fact that the person was under 60
years of age; and provided that the Delaware residency requirements are met. Members of those organizations whose death occurs
while hospitalized or undergoing treatment at the expense of the U.S. for injury
or disease contracted or incurred under honorable conditions while serving on
such duty or performing travel directly to or from that duty or service may also be eligible, a member of the Delaware Army National Guard
or Air National Guard who has served on full-time duty as a member of the U.S.
Army or Air Force (Federalized) and was not under the direct order of the Governor of Delaware, may also be eligible.
2. LEGAL RESIDENCE IN DELAWARE
The term "Legal Resident" most usually means that residence
which is the principle residence or abode of the veteran, such as a residence used to establish voting and other rights in a State. The evidence must establish that the veteran was living (or had lived for the specific
period of time) in Delaware with the intention of living therein in the exclusion of legal residence
in any other jurisdiction. To meet the legal
residency requirement (in addition to the required active military service that was honorable) the veteran must have been: a legal resident of Delaware at the time of death, or a legal resident for a period of 10 years (or more), or a legal
resident of Delaware when he or she entered the Armed Forces of the U.S. or when an honorably discharged veteran was a legal resident of Delaware for less than 10 years, the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs, or its designee, may determine
whether there are compelling reasons for
waiving the 10 year resident requirement.
3. THE SPOUSE WIDOW, WIDOWER OR DEPENDENT MINOR CHILDREN
An eligible veteran's immediate family memberspouse, widow, widower, or minor children who are under
21, unmarried and dependent of the veteran-are
eligible for interment. In addition, an unmarried adult child of an eligible veteran, who became permanently incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental disability before attaining the age of 21 years, may also be eligible for interment. (Title
20, Chapter 12, Sections 1201-1204)
INDIGENT
VETERAN BURIAL
The Adjutant General shall provide out of funds appropriated to the Delaware
National Guard for the proper interment of each and every indigent soldier, sailor or
marine who shall have served in the Army, Marines, Navy or Air Force of the U.S.
in any war in which it has been engaged and been honorably discharged therefrom,
who shall at the time of his or her death be a resident of this State leaving
insufficient means to defray the expenses of interment. (Title 20, Chapter 9, Section 901)
SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES FOR
FORMER PRISONERS OF WAR,
MISSING-IN-ACTION,
PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS,
DISABLED
VETERANS,
MEMBERS OF THE DELAWARE
NATIONAL GUARD & RESERVES,
VALOR, RETIRED MILITARY &
KOREAN WAR VETERANS
The owner of any private passenger vehicle
or a truck with a 3/4 ton or less manufacturer's
rated capacity may apply to the Department
of Transportation for the assignment to that
vehicle of a special Prisoner-of-War (POW),
Missing-in-Action (MIA), Purple Heart or disabled veteran (DAV) registration number (Title 21, Chapter 21, S ions 2137 &
2138 and Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections 2
39, 2139(a), (b), (d), (e), (g) & 2164). Eligibility information available through the Division of Motor Vehicles at (302) 739-4440.
REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION
OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF
DISABLED VETERANS
Any motor vehicle owned by a disabled veteran
who shall ever have been eligible for "adaptive
equipment" benefits under Title 38 U.S.C.
(which includes, but is not limited to power
steering, power brakes, power window lifts,
power seats, and special equipment necessary to assist the eligible person into and out of the automobile or other conveyance) shall be registered, but shall be exempted from the payment of registration fees, provided that such exemption shall be limited to one (1) automobile per eligible veteran at any one (1) time. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall furnish, without cost, number and registration plates for all such vehicles of such design as will distinguish them from other plates for which fees
are paid. Nothing herein contained shall
be construed as exempting such vehicles from
the requirement of inspection. (Title 21,
Chapter 21, Section 2164)
STATE
EMPLOYMENT
VETERANS PREFERENCE
The rules shall provide for preference
to be given to veterans of the armed forces of the U.S. who served during wartime.
Such rules shall provide that: Preference shall be confined to original entrance and shall not be applied to promotion within the classified service or to retention in case of reduction in force; Preference shall be granted only in the form of credits to be added to earned ratings in examinations, with disabled veterans receiving no more
than 10 points and other veterans no more
than 5 points. A definition of a disabled
veteran shall be set forth in the rules;
All veterans shall be required to obtain a passing examination mark before preference credits. Employees in the classified service who, while in good standing, leave or have left the state service to engage in military
service shall be given credit for seniority
purposes for the time served in the armed
forces not to exceed three (3) years. Any
preference points for which a veteran would qualify after complying with the provisions above, may be claimed by his or her unmarried widow or widower providing he or
she achieves a passing examination grade.
(Title 29, Chapter 59, Section 5935)
AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION
Disabled and Vietnam era veterans are included in the State Affirmative Action Plan signed by the Governor. (Executive Order 10)
CREDITED MILITARY SERVICE;
ELIGIBILITY
Credited service for veterans shall mean:
Those who first became an employee before
July 1, 1976, full-time active duty, not
in excess of 5 years, in the armed forces of
the U.S. during time of war or national emergency, provided that the individual became an employee within five (5) years after completion of his or her tour of duty; or within five (5) years after his or her completion of a course of professional or vocational training, if such course was begun within
five (5) years after completion of his or her tour
of duty, except that the aforesaid five (5) year period within which the individual must become an employee shall not apply to full-time officers and members of the National Guard of the State who were active members of the State Employee's Pension Plan on June 1, 1970. (Title 29, Chapter 55, Section 5501)
AUCTIONEER
AND BOOK AGENT
EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS
No honorably
discharged soldier or sailor shall bE required
to procure any license to follow the occupation of canvassing for the sale of books or for the occupatior
commonly known as that of "book agent" or
for the occupation of auctioneer. The certificate
of honorable discharge of any such soldier
or sailor shall be conclusive evidence of the right of such soldier or sailor to follow the occupations herein before mentioned without having procured a license thereof. (Title 30, Chapter 21, Section 2116)
HUNTING, TRAPPING AND FISHING
LICENSES
Any member of the armed forces of the United States; of America while actually stationed within the State shall) be deemed a resident of this State for the purpose of: obtaining a license to hunt, trap
and fish in this State. (Title 7, Chapter
5, Section 505)
Any veteran having at least a 60% service-connected
disability (certified by the Veterans Administration),
or 65 years or older, or are blind, are
exempt from the licensing requirements. (Title 7, Chapter 5, Section 502) (To obtain a permit please contact DCVA at (302) 739-2792)
MODIFICATIONS TO TAXABLE INCOME
Persons under age 60 receiving pensions
from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision thereof, may deduct up to $2,000 off of their federal adjusted gross income. Amounts received as pension by persons age 60 or older from employers, the United States, the State or any subdivision thereof may deduct up to $12,500 off of their federal adjusted gross income. For more information contact the Department of Revenue at (302) 739-5251. (Title 30, Chapter 11, Section 11 06(b)(3)
The information provided above is a consolidated version of Delaware Code and other Laws/Executive
Orders as they pertain to State Veterans Benefits and Entitlements. For further information about this or other questions
pertaining to Delaware Veterans Benefits please call (302) 739-2792.
DIRECTORY OF DELAWARE LAWS
RELATING TO
VETERANS
DELAWARE CODE
ANNOTATED
1. Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 501. Veterans Day - Legal Holiday.
2. Title 6, Chapter 33, Section 3336
to 5331. Unauthorized use of veterans organizations insignia - penalty.
3. Title 7, Chapter 5, Section 502,
paragraph g thru j and Section 505. Hunting, trapping, and fishing licenses.
4. Title 7, Chapter 47, Section 4701(a), (5), (A). State public park fee waiver for veterans organizations.
5. Title 9, Chapter 81, Sections 8103-8104. Property tax exemption - organizations.
6. Title 14,
Chapter 34, Sections 3480-3481. Education benefits
for active members of the Delaware National Guard.
7. Title 14, Chapter 34, Sections 3451-3455. Educational benefits for children of deceased veterans, and others.
8. Title 16, Chapter 31, Section 3138a. Free death certificates for veterans.
9. Title 16,
Chapter 53, Section 5323. Veterans preference
- admission to Governor
Bacon Health Center.
10. Title 19, Chapter 7, Section 717. Discrimination in employment - veterans special rights of preference.
11. Title 20, Chapter 9, Section 901-904.
Indigent veteran burial; military funerals; unlawful use of veterans organizations insignia - penalty.
12. Title 20, Chapter 10, Section 1001. Paraplegic veterans benefits.
13. Title 20,
Chapter 12, Section 1201-1204. Delaware Veterans Cemetery
established -operation and eligibility
14. Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections
2137, 2138 and Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections
2139 (a) & (b), (d), (e) & (g). Special license plates for former Prisoners of War, Missing-in-Action, Purple Heart recipients and Disabled Veterans, Delaware National Guard and Reserves, Valor, Retired Military & Korean War Veterans.
15. Title 21, Chapter 21, Sections 2164. Registration and
inspection of motor vehicles of disabled veterans.
16. Title
22, Chapter 1, Section 109. Municipal park fee waiver
for veterans organizations.
17. Title 28,
Chapter 9, Section 901. Licenses for shows and
other exhibitions.
18. Title 28. Chapter 11, Sections 1101-1140. Bingo and charitable gambling - eligible organizations; licenses,
etc.
19. Title 29, Chapter 43, Sections 4305. Appointment of notaries for certain service organizations; limitations.
20. Title 29, Chapter 55, Sections 5501, (b), (4), & (8)
also 5522(c). Employees pension plan - credited military
service; eligibility.
21. Title 29,
Chapter 55, Section 5501 (4). State employment -
veterans' preference.
22. Title 29, Chapter 63, Section 6314. Budget Director - Limitation
on power to investigate, re: veterans organizations.
23. Title 29, Chapter 87, Sections 8720-8725. Delaware Commission
of Veterans Affairs. Established composition
and powers.
24. Title 30, Chapter 21, Section 2116.
Auctioneer and book agent licensing exemption for veterans.
25. Title 30, Chapter 23, Section 2301(p). Exemption
from occupational licenses and fees.
26. Title 30,
Chapter 1 1.,
Section 1106(b) (3). Modifications to Taxable Income.
27. Executive
Order 10 -Disabled and Vietnam
era veterans included in State Affirmative
Action Plan.
28.
House Bill No. 500 - Delaware Veterans Home Fund.
29. House Bill No. 60 - High School Diplomas for World War
11 Veterans.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHAPTER
Mailing Address:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, D.C. Chapter
1718 M St NW #275
Washington DC 20036
Chapter Commander: Frank Washington
(202) 736-1725 Tel
(202) 785-3607 Fax
Some Active-Duty Navy Members of the Association, pictured below, in attendance
at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue in the District, Fall 2006. The Association, which is a sponsor of the Memorial, maintains
its Office in the District about six blocks from the US Navy Memorial:
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FLORIDA CHAPTER
- "U.S.S. Cole Chapter" -
With Squadrons in Miami, Tampa Bay, Mayport, Orlando, Tallahassee,
Pensacola, and at Florida State University
Mailing Address:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, Florida Chapter
301 W. Platt Street, Ste 160
Tampa FL 33606
Orlando Squadron:
1221 West Colonial Dr
Orlando FL 32804
Orlando Tel: (407) 426-1115
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify
it was an official Association campaign which contacted you.
23 Alafaya Woods Blvd #263
Oviedo FL 32765-6335
Chapter Commander: Bill Abrams
Florida House of Representatives
Florida Senate
Find Your Legislator - (Online Sunshine)
Hillsborough County, Florida offers an Active Military Combat
Grant for military members who deployed to a combat zone more than 45 days in a calendar year, as of 2009. It is their way
of showing support to our military members who could receive up to $1,500. It is simple: provide proof of active military
service in a combat zone and other documents. You have up to 2 years to apply, and that may be extended under extenuating
circumstances. For more information, or to apply, you may contact http://www.hillsboroughcountry.org/veteransaffairs or call Hillsborough County Veterans Affairs at (813) 975-2181.- submitted by Jim Norman, Hillsborough County, Florida Commissioner
U.S.
Navy Base Jacksonville
Quarterdecks Transportation:
NAS Jacksonville 912-542-2338
Naval Station Mayport 912-270-5401
Sub Base Kings Bay 912-673-2020
Veterans interested in joining the Naval Reserve
program should contact:
NC1 Linda Heid
2750 Southshore Blvd.
Macdill
AFB, FL
33621
813-376-9159
* Location: MACDILL AFB
* Compensation: monthly pay, military
ID,
retirement,college money
* This is a part-time job.
* This is a contract job.
For specialized information on VA mortgages
and re-mortgaging in the Tampa Bay area, tailored to your specific needs, please call Jason Trotman at 813-391-5005; or call
Tim Curtis, a former USMC CWO, at 813-546-4620. The information both provide on this subject to veterans who use
this reference point is absolutely free of charge, and there is no obligation to use either Jason or Tim for any
of your VA mortgage needs.
The Florida Chapter also does its own
vehicle and boat donation program, in the triangular area from St. Augustine south to West Palm, and then west
to Orlando. For more information about this program, or to make a vehicle donation, you can call 1-800-580-NAVY, or you
can access the vehicle donation program online at its official website, NavyCars.org.
The Florida Chapter also does its own USKids.Patriotism
program in and for the grade schools and high schools of Florida (Grades K-12). Commencing January 1, 2007, a Florida
public, private or charter (no home schools) grade school or high school, which requests the same by telephoning the Chapter
at its Orlando telephone number listed above, will be donated without any charge, a 22" x 28" mahogany framed, matted reproduction
of the classic William E. Marshall portrait of George Washington produced by the Portraits of Patriots program, with a commemorative Association patriotic plaque with the
name of the school included. Mounting costs are the
responsibility of the school.
For 2,000 years, since Cincinnatus, a farmer appointed
a general by the Senators of the Roman Republic, who successfully defended Rome against its enemies, resigned to return to
his plow, no great political leader had voluntarily relinquished power until General George Washington did so at the founding
of this Republic, the United States of America, at the end of his second term as President.
Upon his death in 1799, Congress wanted to bury President Washington
under the Capitol in a tomb which could be viewed perpetually by the American public from the floor above. The sarcophagus
Congress built can still be viewed in the basement of that building.
In accordance with Washington's wishes, however, that the Nation
not turn itself into a monument to any one man, our first President, instead, still remains at rest today at his farm in Mount
Vernon, Virginia.
Washington still lives, though, all the same, because of
his leadership during the Revolution and the first eight years of the Republic, in the memory of the American people, and
will continue to do so forever. It is to that end that this program is offered to the schoolchildren of Florida, for free,
by the Florida Chapter.
Since the name of the school has to be separately imprinted
on the plaque in each case, delivery time will be approximately six weeks or longer. Due to funding restraints, the Chapter
currently and regrettably must limit this program to the first ten (10) schools requesting to be included in this patriotic
charitable service program each calendar year. The Chapter only has sufficient volunteer staff to get back in touch
with the first qualifying ten applicants.
The Florida Chapter is also the official
sponsor of the annual February 15 wreath laying ceremony at the USS Maine Lone Oarsman Memorial Statue in
the 1847 Key West cemetery. This statue is the largest public cemetery memorial outside Arlington to the sailors of our
battleship Maine who were killed in Havana Harbor on the evening of February 15, 1898, in the first act of modern terrorism
directed at the United States. May God Bless the Maine, and May God Bless our Navy.
The Florida Chapter,
a grant-making authority, proudly made a $5,000 grant in 2007 to the Green Armada, an IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) organization, for
their work in cleaning up Florida's coastal and intercoastal waterways, an acitivity encompassed within the purposes of the
Chapter's Mission Statement:
 Mayor Rick Baker of St. Petersburg and dignitaries of the Green Armada, in attendance with representatives
of the Florida Chapter, March 2007, at the unveling of the Green Armada's first ship. Our logo is barely visble in this picture in
the lower right of the banner.
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The Florida Chapter proudly made a $5,000 grant in 2007 to the
Tampa Bay Symphony Orchestra for their work in portraying classical and patriotic music, and teaching the same, all without
charge, to the young population of the Tampa Bay communities.
The Florida Chapter also annually co-sponsors, along with the
TECO Energy Company, the Annual Independence Day Barbecue Cook-Out and Clothing Distribution Program for our needy veterans
at the VA's James A. Haley Hospital in Tampa. Consider this to be a call to action to come out and volunteer as a server or
to participate in this event:
"We will be having our yearly cookout for the Veterans on June 17th, 2009, at the Tampa VA Hospital. It would be great if anyone wants to volunteer to help cook, serve and visit the Veterans on this day.
We will package ribs, potatoes and our special beans in individual containers, and then deliver to each
Veteran. This is a very rewarding experience to have the opportunity to spend
the day doing something for Veterans after all they’ve done for us.
Association Volunteers, Haley Hospital,
2009
If you can volunteer your time this
year please contact
Butch Durrance at (813) 532-7192."
Our Independence Day is July 4, 1776. On
that date, our Continental Congress, in the first official government document of these United States, declared we were independent
of a self-appointed king three thousand miles across an ocean who decreed that men, women and children here could be taxed
without personally being heard on the subject, and that he had the right to pound down the doors of our houses, search our
homes, and station his troops in them; that there was only one state religion, his; and that people here who said otherwise,
were traitors who should be hanged.
Our Founding Fathers of this Republic said:
"No," period, to all of that.
They were right then.
And they are right today.
When Florida first applied to join the Union,
it submitted to the U.S. Congress the following state motto:
"Leave Us Alone."
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GEORGIA CHAPTER
Commander: Dutch Schmidt
Atlanta Tel. (770) 621-4685
Contribution Processing Centers:
334 E. Kearney #303
Springfield MO 65803
The Georgia Chapter is recognized by the
Georgia Department of Veterans Services on its Veteran Service Organizations Commanders' List.
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HAWAI'I CHAPTER
Honolulu Tel: (808) 440-4650
Chapter Commander: John Kimura
Chapter Lt. Commander: Ed Kinimaka
Chapter CFO: Pat Timmerman
Contribution Processing Centers:
1050 Bishop St. #436
Honolulu HI 96813
The following public service announcement of the
Hawai'i Chapter is published here in 2009. We think we'll leave it up here for awhile:
The Hawai'i Chapter and its National Association and their members,
regardless of the outright misrepresentations of fact printed in the e-version of the Honolulu Star Bulletin
in 2009, are proud to be a $10,000 grantor to the USS Arizona Memorial Memorial at Pearl:
USS Arizona
New York Harbor, 1916
ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, A DATE
THAT WILL FOREVER LIVE IN INFAMY, NAVAL AND AIR FORCES OF THE JAPANESE EMPIRE SUDDENLY AND DELIBERATELY ATTACKED
THE U.S. PACIFIC FLEET AT PEARL HARBOR. THE SHIPS BOMBED AT PEARL THAT MORNING, FROM THEIR POSITIONS WEST TO EAST, CLOCKWISE
AROUND FORD ISLAND, WERE: the MEDUSA, the CURTISS, the TANGIER, the UTAH, the RALEIGH, the DETROIT, the
DOBBIN, the WHITNEY, the NEVADA, the ARIZONA, the VESTAL, the TENNESSEE, the WEST VIRGINIA, the MARYLAND, (the Maryland and
West Virginia were "Colorado" class battleships) the OKLAHOMA, the NEOSHO, the CALIFORNIA, the NEW ORLEANS, and the SAN FRANCISCO.
1,177 men died on board the U.S.S. ARIZONA
(BB39) alone, including ADM David C. Kidd, Battleship Division 1 Commander, ARIZONA's Commanding Officer, CAPT Franklin
Van Valkenburgh, and the entire USS Arizona band, at their stations passing ammunition under Turret Gun 1.
400 Sailors were trapped inside the ARIZONA's hull
as she sank. Reliable sources indicate that that there was probably enough air to last the last Sailor left alive until approximately
Christmas Eve of that year.
The ARIZONA, an oil burning ship, burned for two
solid days and the sunken ARIZONA is still discharging oil today, "tears" as we say in the Navy. The story goes that
the tears will stop when the last survivor of the ARIZONA is laid to rest.
and, as a VA recognized Veterans Service Organization, a
$10,000 grantor to the VA's Punchbowl Cemetery:
and, as a VA recognized Veterans Service Organization, a
$2,500 grantor to the Yukio Okutsu State of Hawai'i Veterans Home in Hilo, Hawai'i's first and only, as of 2009, state
veterans' home,
as the National Association is proud, also, to have provided
over 5,000 of its care kits to Hawai'i service men and women serving in the CENTCOM theatres
of operation in the Global War on Terror since 2002.
In these simple acts of charity and patriotism, just
over the period June 1, 2008 - July 15, 2009, this organization spent in Hawai'i and for the people of Hawai'i over 3
1/2 times the net contributions it raised in Hawai'i, and those figures do not even include either the educational expenses
of the organization as to the struggles of our Armed Forces members from Hawai'i, or from the rest of the United States (since
those struggles are the same) in the War on Terror, or the volunteer services of our Hawai'i Chapter members, all without
any charge whatsoever, in counselling our people here in Hawai'i as to their veterans' rights and benefits, in their
participation in patriotic events here, and in comforting the widows, widowers, children and orphans of deceased Hawai'i veterans
in the time of their bereavement.
To give the people of Hawai'i a fuller and fairer account,
as opposed to the scurrilous and false insinuations and statements made in both the Star Bulletin story and in Mr.
Jones' civil complaint (See, below), of our fiscal situation and where money raised in Hawai'i goes: the combined
organizations (the State Chapter and the National Association) raised approximately $122,000 total gross income during
the twelve month period June 1, 2008 - May 31, 2009 statewide.(All told, for non-profits in Hawai'i, for the last year
available, 2001, local residents donated about $430 million to charitiies. (Source; Honolulu Advertiser.com, September
16, 2007.) Thus, even using the 8 year old outdated figures as to gross contributions made from Hawai'i, and including our
membership dues as "contributions," which they are not, this organization raises in Hawai'i less than .03 of 1% of the
total of gross charitable contributions from Hawai'i, yet we were singled out by Mr. Jones for a vicious, false and scurrilous
attack by insinuation. Of USNVA's totals, only approximately $25,000 (representing about 1,400 public
donors) was raised by professional fundraisers (PFRs). Of the remainder, approximately $72,000 was raised in membership
dues, and we do not hear any member; only non-members, non-veterans, politicians or pseudo-politicians with chips on their
shoulders, and outsiders, most, if not all, who contributed not a penny to the cause of this organization,
or to any veterans' organization, complaining about where their money went, because they know all of that $72,000
in membership contributions, was spent on staff administration within Hawai'i (about $1,000) and the remainder (about
$71,000) on program services of the organization benefitting the Hawai'i beneficiary classes listed in the Mission Statement. Similarly, a little less than $25,000 (Chapter money) was
raised in contributions from members and their families in the all-volunteer drive done by staff-only Chapter members and,
of that, a little less than $900 went into administration with the remainder (approximately $24,100) being spent on program
services of the organization benefitting the Hawai'i beneficiary classes listed in the Mission Statement. Of the remaining $25,000 raised by PFRs, approximately $5,625
was paid to the PFRs for the program service component of public education for the drive, and approximately $16,875 was paid
to the PFRs for fundraising. Thus, for the combined organizations last year, we spent in Hawai'i, on true Mission Statement activities or benefitting the Hawai'i beneficiary classes
listed in the Mission Statement, approximately $103,225 (a whopping 84.6% of total gross receipts from Hawai'i, NOT
the 8%, more or less, that both the subject civil complaint and the Star Bulletin made it sound like),
and approximately $18,775 on administration, including fundraising costs. The statement further made in the Star Bulletin
article that the organization has no physical presence in Hawai'i, is, flat out, no other word for it, per se misrepresentational,
just based on any single fact you wish to pick out, alone, mentioned above, and throughout, this public service message.
Not a single person within the United States Navy Veterans Association
or its Hawai'i Chapter has ever made even a penny in compensation, or any inurement, from the activities of the National Association
or the Chapter.
The great people of Hawai'i , kama'aina, malahini,
haole'ili kea, haole pa'ele, haole lakina and haole'akia, many of whose grandparents and parents paid the ultimate price for
love of their entire country on December 7,1941, should pay more attention to the news we report on www.NavyVets.org, than is reported as what passes for news by certain reporters
of the Star Bulletin. But if the Star Bulletin (claimed circulation, c. 64,000, [Source: Wikipedia] out
of a total population in the State going on 1.5 million) doubts the accuracy of what we're saying anywhere on this
website, including in our Chapter section on this page, then they are welcome to bring it on.
We'll repeat this here, as a belief of the 288 war veteran members
of the Chapter, all of whom live in Hawai'i and have physically worked on the administrative and program service
activities of the Association here since at least 2003, emphatically, although it's been said many times before in this
country and this State since 1959: what is good with a person or entity needs to be reported equally by the media with what
is bad in each and every case, and just because negative stories "sell' and put more dollars in the pockets of the moguls
who control most of the American media, including, in the case of the Star Bulletin, foreigners who pull the
profit from their newspaper out of Hawai'i, does not mean, in the interest of American fairness, that that is the only
thing which should be reported, or reported on. And that is not the da kine way, or the way we do things here.
Nobody within the United States Navy Veterans Association, at
either the National Association level, or at the Hawai'i Chapter level here, was given the slightest advance notice for comment,
by anybody at the Star Bulletin, that a particular reporter there was about to e-publish a bunch of falsehoods
about the organization and its activities here and throughout the United States. That is also, in the opinion of our membership
in Hawai'i, while it may be "laid back;" it is not the da kine way. It also constitutes the height of arrogance and unprofessionalism
for any newspaper, in their pursuit of profit and money, in these United States.
The misrepresentations we speak of here consisted of two factors
in one Star Bulletin story relating to the FTC's sweep "Operation False Charity." In one civil case filed by the
Hawaii Attorney General's Office against one charitable professional fundraising company, the Attorney General agreed with
the company, prior to the date of the Star Bulletin story, that the case would be settled by judgment and order, in
a stipulated settlement, simply, by the company denying any fault or liability for any wrongdoing, agreeing simply to abide
by Hawaii law in the future (which everybody has to do anyway), and by paying the Attorney General a paltry $7,000.
Although widely known in advance, none of these facts were brought to the attention of the Hawai'i readership by the
Star Bulletin reporter, and the fundraising company was not even asked for a comment. But the Star Bulletin
reporter went even further. She took the allegations in the Attorney General's civil complaint against the company and
printed them as fact, when in fact they were largely not, and then came up with a list of innocent charitable organizations
the company represented in Hawai'i and, unlike the Advertiser*, she printed that list in her article strongly
implying, or outright saying, that those innocent charities were conspiring with the telefundraising company in the non-existent
wrongdoing. Again, none of the not-for-profits were even given the usual practice of being asked for a comment prior to publication.
The Attorney General of Hawaii has backed up her falsehoods, and false insinuations, as of July, 2009, by
going even further on his propaganda website, and lists all 32 or so innocent clients of this particular fundraiser nationwide,
even though many of them never fundraised in Hawaii at all and, as for the ones that did, none of them were even accused of
any wrongdoing. This is the filing of lawsuits, the McCarthyesque throwing out of names derogatorily without evidence, and muckraking
journalism, all for the sake of politics (to get at charitable organizations with a public educational mission, such as ours,
because of the dislike for the content of their speech, by going through their PFRs so as to shut them down in order
to prevent the disliked non-profits from speaking, or speaking so much), while at the same time time demanding and orchestrating,
arrogant-style, that the accuseds not be given an equal opportunity to respond.
Moreover,
this independent professional fundraiser, in engaging in settlement discussions with regard to this case that is being referred
to in this article, talked only to FTC regulators representing the states. As we have
alluded to above, none of the states proper gave this particular fundraiser an opportunity to respond to them
individually. In those discussions with the FTC regulators, however, this particular fundraiser asked “Do you have any
evidence that any of our represented non - profit charities, did anything wrong themselves?” The answer was, “No, we have no such evidence.” If
this is a correct statement, and we believe it is a correct statement, it flys in the face and contradicts the repeated
insinuations of Mr. Jones, both in his civil complaint and on his website page, that all of the charity clients of this particular
independent fundraiser did something wrong.
No American donor or prospective donor is required in this country to give to a professional fundraiser or give to
a charity through a professional fundraiser. Each such donor has the absolute
opportunity at any time, through his or her own research, to find a charitable organization of their choice, if any, and
to make their donation directly to the charitable organization, thus bypassing any fundraiser or fundraising organization
which that charity may use with regard to a particular campaign. Professional
fundraisers are used by charitable organizations in large measure not because the charitable organization is in love with
professional fundraising, professional fundraisers or any particular professional fundraiser, and no charitable organization
likes to be charged high fees, just like no American client of any lawyer in United States likes to be charged exorbitant
fees by those lawyers, and just like no American medical patient or prospective patient in this country likes to be charged
exorbitant fees by doctors or by medical insurance companies. Information as
to how to give directly to this organization is contained prominently throughout the length this website, information
as to how to give directly to the charitable organization bypassing any and all costs of a particular independent fundraising
campaign.
The primary reason that professional fundraisers are used by particular charitable organizations in the United States
is because the charitable organization does not have the resources to be able to reach out to those individuals and prospective
donors who are not going to take the time to do their own independent research as to the availability of the charitable organizations
that are out there. The use of the professional fundraisers by those charitable
organizations thus is a matter of simply obtaining access to prospective donors that the charitable organization would
not otherwise be able to access to carry out their mission, be it public educational or assistance or advocacy or some other
mission. The charitable organizations, in a free market, can expect and
do expect to pay a price for that access, that outreach, being provided by the professional fundraisers. In the opinion of the Hawai’i Chapter that price is high in all cases, and exorbitant in certain
cases, but it is a price which is set by the marketplace and the free operation of the laws of supply and demand, and not
by government dictate.
In another administrative action filed, at the same time by
the same Attorney General, for example, with wide Attorney General-propaganda-website publicity distribution, the
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii is named as endorsing a charity which then allegedly had one of its staff members "acting as
an agent for a professional fundraiser" imply sort of, maybe "to at least one person" that the State of Hawaii had endorsed
the charity. There was no need to mention the Lieutenant Governor's name in that case; he did nothing wrong and was
not accused; and there was no need to mention the names of any of the innocent 32 charities, either, in the former case.
But both cases, at a minimum, show a pattern of the political
manipulation of justice with regard to "name-dropping" in lawsuits by the current Attorney General which stand the ABA's
model Standards of Ethical Behavioral for Prosecutors and Attorneys on their head. (ABA model Standards 3-1.1(c), 3-1.3(f),
3-2.8(a), 3-3.9(g), 8-1.1(a) and (c); although these Standards apply to criminal proceedings, all of the allegations brought
by the Hawaii Attorney General above involved allegations of criminal misconduct). Cases abound on this subject on the internet
on Hawai'i, including references to our judicial system being run by a bunch of hacks going after whoever they determine to
be the political enemy of the day, e.g. judges being thrown out of office, (the Lee case), for frivolous accusations.
These people, all of them, are making Hawai'i the new laughingstock of the Union.
In 1892 - 1893, the Star Bulletin told only one side
of the story, the side of the so-called "Provisional Government." It never told Queen Lili'uokalani' s side of the story,
who refused to accede to
the Provisional Government, or
the story of the Hawai'ian people. Old notions of, as it was called back then, yellow journalism or, as it should properly
be called today, jello journalism, apparently run deep at the Star Bulletin.
The Star Bulletin, which has run many stories
in its long history based on fact, is currently owned by a Canadian, David Black, of whom people in Hawaii know little,
although we do know that Canadian journalistic enterprise is notorious for accepting at whole cloth everything it's socialistic,
and oftentimes anti-American, government, says at face value.
"The reporter [for the Honolulu Star
Bulletin] wants to give the impression that a question of opinion and conflicting claims is ... fact."
- Hawaii Reporter
8/25/2005
www.hawaiireporter.com
(Numerous similar comments about the Star Bulletin's recent reporting
abound online. And, while we are on this subject of fairness to all sides of a particular story, the Chapter points out
that this website, this Association, this Chapter, in their extensive public educational programs on Navy affairs,
Veterans' affairs, and national security affairs carried out both inside and outside Hawai'i since 1998 , normally e-links
to the sources for the other party's side of the story. Since we were denied that right in this instant case, it is only fair,
in this instance, that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander; in other words, you are free to look up their actual
and implied misrepresentations of fact yourself. And, as the Hawai'i Chapter said at the outset of this open educational
message, if you want to see through these people for what they really are, without their verbal artifices, you
do not have to look any further.)
*The HonoluluAdvertiser.com advocated, in a so-called "news" article, on
September 16, 2007 that the Legislature reimpose certain registration and reporting requirements on all non-profits operating
in Hawai'i, singling out in the article "faith-based" organizations, especially, which needed such requirements. The Legislature
had repealed such requirements in the mid-1990's. The Legislature, in 2008, re-imposed those requirements effective January
1, 2009. All the actions and newspaper reporting cited above in this article could have, and would have, taken place without
those requirements. Given the myriad, duplicative, overlapping and Byzantine written forms and regulations non-profits
in the U.S. have to abide by already, at the local, state, federal and private charity watchdog levels, only a regulatory
freak would impose, or advocate to be imposed, additional new requirements designed primarily to bring in revenue for
government (the National Association had to pay the state a routine administrative registration fee (not a fine) of
$500 in 2009, or approximately 1/2 of 1% of what was raised totally from Hawai'i contributors over the past twelve months,
paid directly to these same hypocrites who pontificate and pound their chests about non-profits which spend too
much on administrative fees). Hawai'i's new law on non-profit registration and reporting should, accordingly, and with due
respect to our friends at the Advertiser, be repealed again.
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IDAHO CHAPTER
Contribution Processing Centers:
4600 Wisconsin Ave NW #262
Washington DC 20016
Chapter Commander: David Cornett
Click here for the very thorough 2007-2008 list of contacts for veterans'
assistance in Idaho, provided by the Idaho Division of Veterans Services.
Congress has passed and President Bush has signed Public Law 109-111, which provides a 4.1 percent cost-of-living adjustment
(COLA) effective December 1, 2005, for disability compensation, dependency and indemnity compensation, clothing allowance,
pension, and certain other related benefits.
"This is the largest increase since 1991," said Senator Larry Craig, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs. "For those veterans who are 100 percent disabled, their compensation will increase by approximately $1,100 for 2006,
up from $27,588 to $28,716. I am hopeful that the increase will help with higher fuel and other costs which have gone up."
The COLA will be reflected
in checks issued on or about January 1, 2006. Full VA benefits rate tables may be found at www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/. In addition, the following tables are provided for your use.
Compensation -Basic Rates
|
Dep
Code |
Dep
Status |
10% |
20% |
30% |
40% |
50% |
60% |
70% |
80% |
90% |
100% |
|
00 |
Veteran |
$112 |
$218 |
$337 |
$485 |
$690 |
$873 |
$1,099 |
$1,277 |
$1,436 |
$2,393 |
|
10 |
V-S |
|
|
377 |
539 |
757 |
954 |
1,193 |
1,385 |
1,557 |
2,528 |
|
11 |
V-S-1C |
|
|
406 |
578 |
806 |
1,012 |
1,262 |
1,463 |
1,645 |
2,626 |
|
12 |
V-S-2C |
|
|
426 |
605 |
840 |
1,052 |
1,309 |
1,517 |
1,706 |
2,694 |
|
13 |
V-S-3C |
|
|
446 |
632 |
874 |
1,092 |
1,356 |
1,571 |
1,767 |
2,762 |
|
14 |
V-S-4C |
|
|
466 |
659 |
908 |
1,132 |
1,403 |
1,625 |
1,828 |
2,830 |
|
Each additional child |
20 |
27 |
34 |
40 |
47 |
54 |
61 |
68 |
|
Each additional schoolchild * |
64 |
86 |
107 |
129 |
150 |
172 |
193 |
215 |
|
Additional for A/A spouse ** |
37 |
48 |
61 |
73 |
85 |
97 |
110 |
122 |
*To find the amount payable to a 70% disabled veteran with a spouse and 4 children, one of whom is over 18 and attending
school, take the 70% rate for a veteran with a spouse and 3 children, $1,356, and add the rate for one school child, $150.
The total amount payable is $1,506.
** Where the veteran has a spouse who is determined to require A/A , add the figure shown as "additional for A/A spouse"
to the amount shown for the proper dependency code. For example, veteran has A/A spouse and 2 minor children and is 70% disabled.
Add $85, additional for A/A spouse, to the rate for a 70% veteran with dependency code 12, $1,309. The total amount payable
is $1,506.
Improved Disability Pension Rates
Maximum Annual
Pension Rate (MAPR) Category
Amount
Without
spouse or child....................................................................................................
$10,579
With
one dependent...........................................................................................................
$13,855
Housebound
without dependents ..................................................................................
$12,929
A/A
without dependents...................................................................................................
$17,651
A/A
with one dependent..............................................
...............................................
$20,924
Two
vets married to each other......................................................................................
$13,855
For
each additional child add to any category above....................................................
$1,806
Dependency
and Indemnity Compensation - Surviving Spouse
Veteran's death was on
or after January 1, 1993
The
basic monthly rate is $1,033. Add $221 if at the time of the veteran's death, the veteran was in receipt of or entitled to
receive compensation for a service-connected disability rated totally disabling (including a rating based on individual unemployability)
for a continuous period of at least 8 years immediately preceding death AND the surviving spouse was married to the veteran
for those same 8 years. Add $257 if the surviving spouse is entitled to A/A. Add $122 if the surviving spouse is entitled
to Housebound.
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ILLINOIS CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Robert Weiss
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IOWA CHAPTER
Mailing Address:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, Iowa Chapter
4225 Fleur Dr #101
Des Moines IA 50321
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106
Washington DC 20016
Chapter Commander: Dennis Sweeney
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KANSAS CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Marion Walch
Contribution Processing Centers:
334 E. Kearney #303
Springfield MO 65803
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KENTUCKY CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Adam Miller
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
334 E. Kearney
Springfield, MO 65803
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, there are just over six million Navy veterans
in the United States. In Kentucky, most Navy veterans have retired in Louisville and Jefferson County, some because of their
connection and service with the old Naval Ordnance Station Louisville (NOSL).
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LOUISIANA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Robbie Long
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
334 E Kearney #303
Springfield MO 65803
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MARYLAND CHAPTER
With Squadrons in Baltimore and Annapolis
Mailing Address:
U.S. Navy Veterans Assn, Maryland Chapter
1783 Forest Dr #300
Annapolis MD 21401
Baltimore Tel. (443) 451-0810
Annapolis Fax (410) 216-9812
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
1290 Bay Dale Dr
Arnold MD 21012
Chapter Commander: Joseph Izaaks
The Maryland Chapter is recognized by the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs on its Veteran Service Organizations Commanders' List.
The Maryland Chapter numbers 34 US Naval Academy Midshipmen as voting members of the Chapter. Pictured below
are some of them on the MNT Stadium Field in 2006 at the Association's Navy/Notre Dame Bash:
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MASSACHUSETTS CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Brad Zielinski
Boston Tel. (617) 658-7095
Boston Fax (617) 499-7710
Contribution Processing Centers:
10 Schalks Crossing Rd.
Plainsboro NJ 08536-1612
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MICHIGAN CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Gina Stephens
Contribution Processing Center:
10 Schalks Crossing Rd.
Plainsboro NJ 08536
(This is a regional DPC used for a number of states.)
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MINNESOTA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: John Clinton
St. Paul Tel. (651) 649-4570
Mailing address:
US Navy Veterans Association
Minnesota Chapter
1043 Grand Ave. #555
St. Paul MN 55105
In a year in which both our VA facilities and US Armed Forces medical facilities
came under fire, 2007, the Minnesota Chapter, a grant-making authority, made a $10,000 unrestricted grant to the St. Paul
VA Vets Center, a grant which was matched by the National Association. The position of the entire Association is that our
US Armed Forces medical care provided, as well as our VA medical care provided, is ten to twenty times qualitatively better
than either was during the Vietnam era. While even one untreated veteran is one too many, and while there is no excuse for
shoddy treatment of any veteran, especially for those not able to take care of themselves, the declension of veterans' benefits
claims is a practice which has been going on since at least the Civil War and is not unique to the George W. Bush Administration.
Those declensions, while sometimes clearly in error, are a function of the perpetual fact that government does not have access
to unlimited resources under any circumstances, and that simply passing open ended entitlements for every person, civilian
or veteran, who simply wants something, does not equate with governmental fiscal responsibility or the interests of national
security.
Contribution Processing Center:
23 West Central Entrance #338
Duluth MN 55811-3433
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MISSOURI CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Nate Rudison
St. Louis Tel. (314) 995-2680
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official Association
campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
334 E Kearney #303
Springfield MO 65803
The Missouri Chapter is an official sponsor of the efforts being made, as of November 2006, to bring the U.S.S. Narwhal (SSN 671)
to St. Louis on the Mississippi as a ship museum. If you would like to volunteer as a fundraiser contacting
local businesses and individuals in support of the United States Navy's 100th nuclear powered submarine and its permanent
berth in St. Louis, please call Jeff Powell at 314.918.0989 or 314.303.6736.
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MONTANA CHAPTER
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106
Washington DC 20016
Chapter Commander: Donald Michael
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NEBRASKA CHAPTER
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106
Washington DC 20016
Chapter Commander: Randall Faulk
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NEVADA CHAPTER
Las Vegas Tel. (702) 380-7845
Las Vegas Fax (702) 216-2970
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can
verify it was an official Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4600 Wisconsin Ave NW #262
Washington DC 20016
Chapter Commander: Joseph Watson
A Public Service Message to Nevadans from the Nevada Chapter as to Where
Revenue to the Association from Nevada goes:
Net monies received in revenue by the Association
or its Nevada Chapter, from whatever source, from within Nevada, go to support, exclusively, Nevadans, the Nevada Chapter,
Nevadan recipients of our Mission Statement purposes, and the purposes of the Nevada Chapter Mission Statement within Nevada. Any statement made by any person, in government
or outside, to the effect that this is not a local relationship of the Association with Nevada and Nevadans, is false.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE
CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Maria Musa
The great Granite State of New Hampshire handles state rights and benefits for veterans through the New Hampshire State Veterans'
Council and the well qualified and organized representatives of the New Hampshire Employment Security Veterans Service Office
of the New Hampshire Employment Security Agency (NHES).
NHES is a proud member of America's Workforce Network and NH WORKS.
NHES is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Auxiliary aids and services
are available upon request of individuals with disabilities. TDD ACCESS: RELAY NH 1-800-735-2964.
The United States Navy Veterans Association is recognized by the New Hampshire Employment Security Veterans Service
Office as a veterans service organization qualified to provide assistance and counsel to New Hampshire veterans on veterans'
issues.
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NEW JERSEY CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Mike Valenzuela
Newark Tel: (201) 716-1560
Jersey City Fax: (201) 716-3025
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can
verify it was an official Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
10 Schalks Crossing Rd #285
Plainsboro NJ 08536-1612
____________________
1056 Hwy 9 South #325
Parlin NJ 08859
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3501 Rte 42 7A #130
Turnersville NJ 08012
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957 Rte 33 #250
Trenton NJ 08690
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313 Broad Ave. #203
Ridgefield NJ 07657
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88 Elm Rd. #2
Newark NJ 07105
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113 Gaither Dr. #202
Mt. Laurel NJ 08054
New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs
New Jersey Chapter Special Educational Project 2004-2005:
New Jersey's Contribution to World War II
Volunteers Sought for the Battleship New Jersey
:
The Battleship New Jersey Memorial and Museum
on the waterfront in Camden, New Jersey, is now open for tours and public events. But there is still plenty of work to be
done to get additional areas of the Battleship open to the public and to maintain sections of the ship that are already open.
If you would like to volunteer some of your time scraping and painting and doing other chores, your help is vitally needed.
In addition to maintenance work, volunteers are needed to lead tours of the ship, to educate the public, to chaperone student
encampment, and to host social events. Anyone eighteen years of age or older who is interested in volunteering onboard the
Battleship New Jersey should contact Dan Farrell at (856) 966-1652 x224 or toll free at 1-866-877-6262 x224 .
The New Jersey Chapter is also a proud $20,000 grantor
to the construction and maintenance of Manchester Township's World War II Memorial Park, in addition to, among its other
program service accomplishments, sending out over 5,000 of its care kits to New Jerseyans serving in the US Armed Forces in
the CENTCOM area of operations since 2002.
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NEW MEXICO CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Howard Bonifacio
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
120 South Church St #131
Visalia CA 93291
(This is a regional DPC used for a number of states.)
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NEW YORK CHAPTER
Street Address:
US Navy Veterans Association, New York Chapter
187 Wolf Rd Ste 101
Albany NY 12205
Albany Tel. (518) 964-6235
Chapter Commander: John Markman
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NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Mark Cosgrove
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
1641 N. Memorial Drive # 175
Lancaster OH 43130-1632
The North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs is reminding high school seniors
of the ongoing state scholarship program for children of certain disabled, deceased or POW/MIA veterans. The scholarships
are awarded for four academic years and must be used at state-operated schools in North Carolina. For more information,
visit the North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs website, contact local County Veterans Service Office in North Carolina or write to
the Assitant Secretary for Veterans Affairs, North Carolina Division of Veterans Affairs, 1315 Mail Service Center, Albemarle
Building, Suite 1065, Raleigh, NC 27699-1315
| Association members meet with U.S. Congresswoman |
|
|
|
Virginia Foxx (R-NC) to discuss veterans issues, 2010
Advocacy for Veterans Issues is an important part of the Association's Mission Statement and
Program Service Activities. |
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OHIO CHAPTER
With Squadrons in Cincinnati,
Toledo and Cleveland
Mailing Address:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, Ohio Chapter
407 Vine St. #267
Cincinnati OH 45202
Cincinnati Telephone: (513) 557-7375
Cincinnati Fax: (513) 929-0093
Chapter Commander: Dick Platt
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
1641 North Memorial Dr #175
Lancaster OH 43130
 Governor's Office of Veteran's Affairs
City of Columbus Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of the Mayor
Chillicothe VA Medical Center
Ohio Veterans Home
Telephone numbers for the State of Ohio
Licking County Veteran's Service Commission
How to obtain a military/veteran Ohio license plate
HOMELESS VETERAN FACT SHEET
FOR
COLUMBUS, OHIO AND THE NATION (THE BEST THIS ASSOCIATION HAS SEEN, ACCURATE AS OF 2010):
From the
City of Columbus Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of the Mayor
Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman
(614) 645-7671
Fax (614) 645-5818
23% of the homeless population are veterans.
33% of the male homeless population are veterans.
Most homeless veterans are male (2% are female).
Homeless
Veteran Specific Highlights:
Demographic Characteristics:
46% Caucasian, 45% African American, 5%
Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 1 % other
46% White non-Hispanic males, compared to
34% non-veterans
46% age 45 and older, compared to 20%
non-veterans
85% completed high school/GED or higher,
compared to 56% of non-veterans
79% reside in central cities, 16% in suburban
areas, 5% in rural areas
Military Service:
8% served August 1990 or later.
17% served from September 1980 -July
1990.
32% served post-Vietnam, May 1975- August
1980.
47% served during the Vietnam Era, August
1964-May 1975.
15% served Pre-Vietnam, February 1955-
July 1964.
4% served during the Korean conflict,
June1950 -January 1955.
1 % served during World War I I, September
1940 - July 1947.
67% served three or more years.
33% stationed in war zone, 28% of whom
report being exposed to combat.
11 % did not receive honorable discharges.
Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
Problems:
25% report having one or more acute
infectious conditions
52% report having one or more chronic health conditions, compared to 44% nonveterans
76% experienced
alcohol, drug, or mental health problems in the past month.
93% experienced alcohol, drug, or mental
health problems at some point during their life
18% experienced both alcohol and mental
health problems in the past year, compared to
9% non-veterans.
Social Service Needs and Use:
45% report needing help finding a job.
37% report needing help housing.
25% have participated in programs specifically
for homeless veterans.
57% have used a Department of Veterans
Affairs medical facility sometime during their
life.
49% report carrying no current
medical insurance.
18% report needing but not being able to see
a doctor or nurse in past years.
Other Miscellaneous Facts:
10% of the homeless veterans are homeless
with families.
According to the Federal Government, on any
given night between 150,000 and 250,000
veterans are homeless and annually as many as
500,000 veterans experience homelessness in
America. The National Coalition for the
Homeless believes the number is higher.
More Vietnam Era veterans are homeless
today that were killed during the Vietnam
War.
Funding for programs specifically targeted to
the homeless at the U.S.
Department of Veterans
Affairs constitutes less than one percent
of the V A's total budget
The federal job training program for homeless
veterans through the Department of labor
costs 1.9 million per year for the entire
country and currently serves only 5,800 of
the approximately 150,000 to 250,000
homeless veterans.
In Ohio, as many as 30,000 veterans
experienced homelessness over the past year.
A study by the Ohio State University on rural
homelessness showed about 27.5% of
homeless adult men in rural Ohio counties are
veterans.
Homelessness in the rural areas has increased
by 300% during the past 5 years.
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OKLAHOMA CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Ronald Austin
Contribution Processing Center:
334 E. Kearney Ste. 303
Springfield MO 65803-3018
Our Oklahoma Chapter has a physical presence, through the home-offices of its members and officers,
in each and every county in Oklahoma, from our prairies to our cities. Any statement to the contrary is bizarre, and is false.
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OREGON CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Jessica Adams
The United States Navy Veterans Association is recognized by the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs as a qualified veterans'
service organization.
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PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION
With Division Squadrons in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Division Commander: Zack Hughes
The Pennsylvania Division is not separately recognized by the IRS.
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PUERTO RICO DIVISION*
Commander: Alberto Garcia, USN (ret.)
* There is no IRS separately recognized Puerto Rico Chapter.
The Puerto Rico Division is a provisional state chapter of the United States Navy Veterans Association, progressing
forward to official State Chapter recognition. The membership of the Association residing in Puerto Rico almost unanimously
supports statehood for Boricua.
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RHODE ISLAND
CHAPTER
Providence Tel. (401) 427-2200
Commander: Jack Alberts
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SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER
Mailing Address:
7001 St. Andrews Rd. 3320
Columbia SC 29212
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
23 Alafaya Woods Blvd
Oviedo, FL 32765
Chapter Commander: Don Jones
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SOUTH DAKOTA
CHAPTER 
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association, South Dakota Chapter
2601 S. Minnesota Ave Ste 105-384
Sioux Falls SD 57105
Chapter Commander: Hugh Phillips
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TEXAS DIVISION*
With Divisional Squadrons in Austin
and Dallas
Commander: Roger White
* There is no IRS separately recognized Texas Chapter. The Texas
Division is a provisional state chapter of the United States Navy Veterans Association, progressing forward to official State
Chapter recognition. For further information on Texas state law impediments to that progress, see the WOT Newstand article, 4/29/2002. The provisional leadership of the Texas Division has determined that they will not
apply for official State Chapter designation until those impediments, all of them, are removed irrevocably. They also believe
an apology to all veterans' groups in the State of Texas by the Texas State Legislature, for placing those discriminatory
statutes on the books in the first place, would be in order.
For those veterans seeking a VA guaranteed home mortgage, initial or re-financing,
the Division recommends applicants contact Kevin M. Frederick of the Jeff Neal Group at 214.261.5000.
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VIRGINIA CHAPTER
Commander : Allan Rossellini
Tel. (703) 621-5210
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
2711 Buford Rd #408
Bon Air VA 23235
Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
The Virginia Chapter is proud to have funded the Commonwealth of Virginia
New Well Fund with a $2,500 grant in 2009. The Fund is a Commonwealth of Virginia agency making low cost loans, with less
hurdles for applicants than for-profit lenders, to Virginians with disabilities. It has focused recently on Virginian
veterans with disabilities returning from the Global War on Terror.
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WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER
Commander: H. L. Frazier
Mailing Address:
7683 SE 27th St #435
Mercer Island WA 98040
Seattle Tel. (206) 781-3595
Seattle Fax (206) 232-2904
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4004 NE 4th St #107-501
Renton WA 98056
The Washington State Chapter is recognized by the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs on its Veteran Service Organizations Commanders' List.
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WEST VIRGINIA CHAPTER
Commander: Elmer Layton
Contribution Processing Centers:
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #262
Washington DC 20016-2143
USS West Virginia (BB-48), a Colorado class battleship, took nine torpedo hits
from naval aviators of the Japanese Imperial Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. She was sunk, but not destroyed.
70 US Navy sailors were trapped in the underwater hull. The last one died on December 23, 1941.
West Virginia was refloated and refurbished. She returned to combat
action on October 19,1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, where her guns poured a total of 1,864 shells non-stop into Japanese
troops and artillery near Tacloban in the Philippine Islands, silencing their noise for good.
REAL West Virginians believe that back then FDR knew how to fight a war, and
how to prepare for the dangerous work ahead in the aftermath of the conventional hostilities.
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WISCONSIN CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Becky Miller
Milwaukee Tel. (414) 256-1380
Contribution Processing Center:
1641 N. Memorial Dr. #175
Lancaster OH 43130
(This is a regional processing center which processes contributions from
a number of Mid-Western states.)
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WYOMING CHAPTER
Chapter Commander: Derek Finley
Contribution Processing Centers:
The Chapter posts these here so that you can verify it was an official
Association campaign which contacted you.
For Donations Only:
4200 Wisconsin Ave NW #106
Washington DC 20016
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NON - U.S. LOCATED DIVISIONS:
PANAMA DIVISION
(Formerly the Canal Zone Division)
Commander: Martin Alvarez-Montoya, USN (ret)
Email: USNPanama@NavyVets.org
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PHILIPPINES DIVISION
Commander: Ramon Ventura, USN (ret.)
Email: USNPhilippines@NavyVets.org
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No Chapter or Division located outside the United States is, nor can it be,
by law, recognized by the I.R.S. as a separate IRC 501(c)(19) tax exempt or tax deductible organization.
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Note that the above listed Contribution Processing
Center addresses are for donations to those specific State Chapters ONLY. Those Contribution Processing Centers
should not be used for general correspondence. No solicitation to contribute is made on, or as a function of, this
website.
All State Chapters of the United States Navy Veterans
Association are officially supervised, pursuant to Acts of Congress, and U.S. Treasury Regulations, by HQSUSNVA (the "central
organization"). In addition to the addresses listed above for general correspondence to a State Chapter, general correspondence
to any state chapter may be addressed to:
U.S. Navy Veterans Association
State Chapter Name
1783 Forest Dr #300
Annapolis MD 21401
Or to the official Email address for each State Chapter for general
business correspondence:
USN@NavyVets.org
to the attention of the pertinent State Chapter Commander or other known
representative.
For other Chapter information, contact
the National Association OPS HQS @ (202) 736-1725 or email us at ChapterInformation@NavyVets.org.
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