About VVA 295
Located in Lawrence (a suburb of Indianapolis), Indiana, Vietnam Veterans
of America, Chapter 295 was chartered in 1988. At that time the Chapter
had 33 members. The Chapter has grown to over 300 members today with over 50 life members.
Chapter meetings are held the second WEDNESDAY of each month, at 7:30 pm at our facility at 9450 East 59th street,
the corner of 59th St. and Lee Road.
Do not try to mail things to our building! All mail must be sent
to our Post Office box, listed towards the bottom of this page.
As with all Vietnam Veterans of America Chapters, Chapter 295 promotes the family and many of the members, families are deeply involved in activities.
Our chapter is named after Congressional Medal of Honor recipient
Sammy L. Davis.
Please visit Neil Mishalov's page about Sammy L. Davis to read his citation. We are honored that Sammy attends many of the chapter's activities.
Chapter 295 is involved in many community activities
of which a few are explained below:
Chapter 295 has an education grant program.
Grant money can only be given one time per student and only children of
active members qualify. All members applying for the grant must have been a member for at least one year and had renewed for the second before an application can be made.
The VVA 295 School Project is where Chapter members are invited to local high schools to tell their personal experiences, address the bias of society, inform the students of truth versus myth, and identify the
phases of Vietnam involving the generation of tommorrow.
Purpose of VVA
The purpose of Vietnam Veterans of America's national organization, the state councils, and chapters is: (taken from the vva.org web site)
- To help foster, encourage, and promote the improvement of the condition of the Vietnam veteran.
- To promote physical and cultural improvement, growth and development, self-respect, self-confidence, and usefulness of Vietnam-era veterans and others.
- To eliminate discrimination suffered by Vietnam veterans and to develop channels of communications which will assist Vietnam veterans to maximize self-realization and enrichment of their lives and enhance life-fulfillment.
- To study, on a non-partisan basis, proposed legislation, rules, or regulations introduced in any federal, state, or local legislative or administrative body which may affect the social, economic, educational, or physical welfare of the Vietnam-era veteran or others; and to develop public-policy proposals designed to improve the quality of life of the Vietnam-era veteran and others especially in the areas of employment, education, training, and health.
- To conduct and publish research, on a non-partisan basis, pertaining to the relationship between Vietnam-era veterans and the American society, the Vietnam War experience, the role of the United States in securing peaceful co-existence for the world community, and other matters which affect the social, economic, educational, or physical welfare of the Vietnam-era veteran or others.
- To assist disabled and needy war veterans including, but not limited to, Vietnam veterans and their dependents, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans.
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