PRESS RELEASE: NOTICE of Meeting Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting Saturday, April 9, 2011 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Join us at: CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, KRIEGER

IMPORTANT PRESS RELEASE VVA/AVVA TOWN HALL MEETING

VVA 310 and AVVA 310 Ann arbor, MI will host the 1st Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting:
April 9, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. to 5 p.m. at
Krieger Hall #109
Concordia University
4090 Geddes Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

If you are a Vietnam Veteran, a child of a Vietnam Veteran, or Grandchild of a Vietnam Veteran you need to attend.

If you are a Medical Student you need to know what health issues are affecting Vietnam Veterans, their children and grandchildren.

This forum will explore and educate the Public, Health Officials, U.S. Government State and Federal Legislators, Vietnam Veterans and their Families of the effects of Agent Orange. Our speakers will be Sandie Wilson and George Claxton, Members of VVA Agent Orange/Dioxin and Other Toxic Exposures Committee; Mokie Porter, National VVA; Keith King, Vietnam Veteran and his daughter Amy Applewhite; and Nancy Switzer, National AVVA President.

Our Town Hall Meeting hopes to collect stories of how Agent Orange is affecting Vietnam Veterans and their families. The U.S. Government just recently added B-cell Leukemia, Ischemic Heart Disease and Parkinson's disease to the list of Agent Orange-related illnesses. Other new illnesses include Chloracne, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, Multiple Melanomas, Sarcomas, Prostate Cancer and Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

The Department of Veterans Affairs said that surviving spouses and decedents of Vietnam Veterans may also be entitled to benefits.

Agent Orange, an herbicide chemical containing dioxin, used to defoliate the Jungles in Vietnam may have exposed more than 2 million U.S. Military personnel from 1961 to 1970.

Agent Orange, an herbicide chemical containing dioxin, used to defoliate the Jungles in Vietnam may have exposed more than 2 million U.S. Military personnel from 1961 to 1970.

Donations can be mailed to VVA Chapter 310. All donations are tax deductible, please memo your donation to Agent Orange Project.

VVA Chapter 310
PO Box 3221
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Regards,
Kathy Driscoll
Tim Driscoll
AVVA Chapter 310
Past President VVA 310
Agent Orange Project Chairman
734-355-4897

Richard V. Briggs, Jr., Major, U.S.A.F.
Retired Veterans Program, Manager
Brain Injury Association of Michigan
7305 Grand River, Suite 100 | Brighton, MI 48114-7379
Phone: 810-229-5880 | Toll: 800-444-6443 | Fax: 810-229-8947
www.biami.org