Friday, August 5, 2011

VA Launches Benefits for Veterans' Caregivers


The Veteran Affairs Department has launched enhanced services supporting family caregivers of seriously ill and injured veterans.

The benefits are part of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, signed into law by President Obama in May, and help many in the Fort Bragg community and those leaving the service because of injuries connected to the military.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

August is Agent Orange - Dioxin Awareness Month




August is Agent Orange Awareness Month

Here are some of the things you can do to create awareness:

  1. Get a badge on facebook to post to your profile and to your page.
  2. Add a widget to your blog or website 
  3. Add a button to your blog or website. 
  4. Visit our FB page and choose any of the pics we have available in our AO Awareness photo album as your profile pic on any social network site, your blog or website.
  5. Spread awareness about Agent Orange by adding this profile pic badge to your FB profile.
  6. We also provide an additional badge which you can post to your FB profile.
  7. Help make Agent Orange History by participating in Agent Orange Day which is 8/10
  8. Like Faces of Agent Orange & contact Mokie Porter & tell your story.
    Significant numbers of Vietnam veterans have children and grandchildren with birth defects related to exposure to Agent Orange. To alert legislators and the media to this ongoing legacy of the war, we are seeking real stories about real people. If you wish to share your family’s health struggles that you believe are due to Agent Orange/dioxin, send an email to mporter@vva.org or call 301-585-4000, Ext. 146
  9. Like Agent Orange Okinawa FB page.
  10. Follow Agent Orange Legacy's Blog.
  11. Check out Agent Orange Legacy's new website.
  12. Join Agent Orange Legacy's support community - Viet vets & all AO victims welcome!!
  13. Watch our videos on Youtube
  14. What Do You Know About Agent Orange Video - Share this please
  15. Check out the history behind why August is designated as Agent Orange Awareness Month by visiting Senator Susan Collins website.
  16. Pass on our Tribute Balloon and help us spread AO Awareness worldwide.
  17. Learn more about agent orange and birth defects visit BDRC.


Make Agent Orange History: Agent Orange Day - August 10th


Agent Orange Day is an annual holiday in honor of victims and survivors of Agent Orange. It is held August 10th in commemoration of the day in 1961 when the U.S. began aerial spraying of toxic herbicides over Vietnam. This year Agent Orange Day will take on an even greater significance because it marks the 50th anniversary of that fateful day.



In honor of the millions of people affected by Agent Orange around the world, Make Agent Orange History is running a Facebook badge campaign in which Make AO History encourages their followers and friends to change their profile pictures and stand in solidarity with those who have been touched by the toxic chemical.



Make Agent Orange History will have a Facebook app that enables users to upload the badge to their wall and add it as their profile picture (sample image attached). Last year, with very little advance preparation, they succeeded in getting more than 300 people to change their profile pictures and post the badge. This year, AO History Day believes they can reach 1,000 people. But they will need your help.