Vietnam Veterans of America Arizona State Council

We now meet four (4) times per year. Exact months are not yet established, but when available, it will be available to all Chapter Presidents.
Please ensure that all Chapter Presidents provide their President reports two weeks in advance of the meeting itself.
We are asking that each of "US" find a friend within the Arizona State Council and befriend them. Be there for them in every aspect, as no one can have too many friends.
Time is flying by and it is critical that "ALL OF US" need to write our own autobiography for our families when we are no longer here. Think on it.
We all see a lot of homeless veterans throughout our cities and it is getting worse and worse over time. Watch out for them and buy them a meal or two, maybe a night in a motel and call the VA to help them with the rest of their life.
For those of you that are desiring to archive your chapter and need some assistance, call Walt Schumacher as to "how" to do it.
Begin a “new-type” of newsletter to come out bi-monthly in Year 2026
-It will contain information from:
VVA National, VVA Arizona State Council, VVA Arizona Chapters
Other Veteran Organizations
Other local information related to VVA-Arizona.
This included selected media of interest for VVA-Arizona members such as: movies or videos related to Vietnam Veterans books related to Vietnam Veterans Articles of interest to Vietnam Veterans.
This covers various functions such as: MISSION: To assist Veteran seniors get the CARE they need and the
BENEFITS they have earned. VISION: To collaborate with the Veterans Administration (VA) and community care partner to provide assistance to our Veteran seniors and their families.
As time marches on , it is the most important time to develop a "REMEMBRANCE BOOK " of your chapter. Seriously consider starting on it as soon as practical. Details will be placed on the web site to assist you.
State Status: NV-OK, CO-Good, UT-3rd Chapter added, AZ-Good, CA-Good, NM-New Chapter, Philippines-Needs new chapter, Guam-2 to convert; VVA National is live on FB; Membership-93K to 93.5K to 94,000 in 2026. We still ARE GROWING big time.
Dennis Gorman, the President of Chapter 1011 has decided to head up the Unified Arizona Veterans and attend the meeting associated with it.
Dennis: Thank you
Date: 21 February 2026
Time: 0800 hours
Loc'n: DAV Chapter 20, 8447 N 61st Ave, Glendale, AZ, Room: "AB".
Host Chapter: 1093 (Sierra Vista, AZ)
Coffee, cups, cream, sugar and great tasting donuts. Make sure they are NON-Fattening. :)
Send ALL of your reports to the State Secretary no later than two (2) weeks before the actual meeting itself. Three weeks would be helpful.
The AGENDA and other essential reports will be emailed out two (2) weeks before the meeting, and please print all essential reports for your members that are in attendance. Make sure you bring copies for others.
ALL of the chapters that have NOT prepared your master plan for the various COMMITTEES within VVA-Arizona, please work them up and send your "updated master plan" to the Secretary.
VVA-AZ now has their brand NEW challenge coins and they will now be distributed to the chapters for purchase and given to special people in your lives.
We as a chapter and State Council, we should discuss how we are going to fund ourselves to the next Leadership Conference and Convention coming up in 2026 and 2027.
We have talked of this before and we are highly encouraging all of you to put aside some of your own funds to help feed the homeless within your own chapter. It might be YOU one day!!
In year 2026, we all typically make money on our investments and we should consider donating some of your earnings referred to as an RMD and donating a little to VVA-Arizona.
We all have twelve (12) months to design "HOW" we are going to run our chapter in year 2026. Please create an ANNUAL CY26 MASTER PLAN to operate within your chapter.
Time is "REALLY FLYING BY", so when VVA closes or something else, what are "YOU" Chapter President's going to do? Start acting pretty quickly.
For those of YOU that are going to seriously consider ARCHIVING your chapter, may I ask that you start as soon as practical for you. It does not take long and look at the master plan.
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