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583						<a href="https://bva.org/" class="custom-logo-link" rel="home" aria-current="page"><img width="350" height="102" src="https://bva.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-new_BVA_logo-1.png" class="custom-logo" alt="Blinded Veterans Association" decoding="async" srcset="https://bva.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-new_BVA_logo-1.png 350w, https://bva.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-new_BVA_logo-1-300x87.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" /></a>											</figure>
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586													<h1 class="site-title"><a href="https://bva.org/" rel="home">Blinded Veterans Association</a></h1>
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693					<h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">We’re incredibly grateful for the overwhelming interest in BVA and the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses program, and we’re thrilled to welcome so many new members to our community. Due to the high volume of interest and requests, all new requests for Meta glasses will now be added to a waitlist. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding as we work through this incredible response.
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706					<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Free Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses For Every Blind Veteran in America</h2>				</div>
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729									<p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Meta has <span style="color: #ff0000;"><a style="color: #ff0000;" href="https://about.fb.com/news/2026/06/free-ai-glasses-for-every-blind-veteran/">announced</a></span> that it is donating Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses to 130,000 blinded veterans across the country.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">This donation will be paired with training created by BVA to ensure that all recipients can use these glasses to their fullest potential.</span></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff;">Learn more about the partnership and Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses at <a style="color: #ffffff;" href="https://bva.org/glasses"><span style="color: #ff0000;">https://bva.org/glasses</span></a>.</span></p>								</div>
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734					<a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm" href="https://bva.org/GLASSES/">
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736									<span class="elementor-button-text">Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses</span>
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767					<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Supporting Blind and Low Vision Veterans</h2>				</div>
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819					<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">National Convention Gala Photos</h2>				</div>
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823									<p>Photos from the BVA Gala at our 80th National Convention are now out! Find and download your favorite photos!</p>								</div>
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860				<div class="elementor-widget-container">
861					<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Skiing Blind</h2>				</div>
862				</div>
863				<section class="elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-98d1e5d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="98d1e5d" data-element_type="section" data-e-type="section">
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878				<div class="elementor-widget-container">
879									<p>Check out our latest &#8220;Skiing Blind&#8221; video!</p>								</div>
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906					<h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">
906Blinded Veterans Association Expands Criteria for Organization Membership</h2>				</div>
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910									<p>Any person having honorably served, or currently serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, qualifying for Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Service is now eligible for membership in BVA&#8230;</p>								</div>
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915					<a class="elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md" href="https://bva.org/blinded-veterans-association-expands-criteria-for-organization-membership/">
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917									<span class="elementor-button-text">Read More</span>
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949					<h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">VOLUNTEERS</h1>				</div>
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961									<p><span style="color: #000000;">Anyone who volunteers on behalf of BVA is requested to report hours volunteered on a monthly basis. Please use the form linked in the button below to report your hours. </span></p>								</div>
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968									<span class="elementor-button-text">Volunteer Hours Report Form</span>
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984					<h1 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">TESTIMONIALS </h1>				</div>
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988					</div>
989		</section>
990				<section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2eef73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="c2eef73" data-element_type="section" data-e-type="section">
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999										<div class="elementor-repeater-item-75e1808 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="220524_StudioPortraits_AP-09230"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">When Sight Fades, Community Brings Light</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Jill feared she'd lose her identity...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-jill-wolfe/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-8529009 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Ways to Give Graphic, Paul and Shadow"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Honor BVA's 80 Years of Service</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Message from BVA's National President</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-paul-mimms/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-c9cda7c swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Cecil Phipps_Photo Credit Rami Hyun, Project Soldier_Adjusted"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">"Freedom is not free, it is fought for."</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">A POW’s Veterans Day story of Perseverance.</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-cecil-phipps/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-f07d58f swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Murphys Convention_Cropped"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Overcoming Adversity</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Instead of giving in and giving up, Jeanie sought out something...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-jeanie-murphy/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-163d5e7 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Matt Bradford - March 2024_CPL Matthew R. Bradford USMC (RET) Photo_Zoomed"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">“Failure is not being knocked down. Failure is staying down.”</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Matthew had an insight that got him started...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-matthew-bradford/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-2d521a2 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="From left to right: Laura Sanchez, Enrique Sanchez, and BVA National President, Paul Mimms"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">
999A Veterans Day Tribute</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Enrique's shock of knowing he was losing his sight was painful...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-enrique-sanchez/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-d84be30 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Bob man of year UMass"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">A Hero of the Greatest Generation</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">It didn't take long for Bob to start over...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-robert-a-bottenberg/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-868af43 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Brian O&#039;Connell Skiing"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Helping Others to Achieve</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Brian felt lost, alone, and didn’t know what to do next…</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-brian-oconnell/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-dcc1aa1 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Lonnie Solo in Kayak_No Werner"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">One Vision, One Team, One Fight</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Lonnie's strength and joy come from those who haven’t yet experienced...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-lonnie-bedwell/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-972e0c4 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Ken Horn"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Rising to the Challenge</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Ken epitomizes BVA’s mission...
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1001</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-kennan-horn" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-6a7f779 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="Steve Baskis"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Gaining New Vision</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Steve found purpose and fulfillment in life again...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-steve-baskis/" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-f8d4ac4 swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="eric marts the one"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Living the Army Values</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Eric inspires his fellow blinded veterans...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-eric-marts" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read more</a></div></div></div><div class="elementor-repeater-item-50afb9b swiper-slide" role="group" aria-roledescription="slide"><div class="swiper-slide-bg" role="img" aria-label="IMG_1359"></div><div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div><div class="swiper-slide-inner" ><div class="swiper-slide-contents"><div class="elementor-slide-heading">Never Leaving Anyone Behind</div><div class="elementor-slide-description">Monaca champions women veterans initiatives via her...</div><a href="https://bva.org/testimonial-monaca-gilmore" class="elementor-button elementor-slide-button elementor-size-sm">Read More</a></div></div></div>
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1053			<a href="https://bva.org/lea-rowe-appointed-new-bva-national-executive-director/" >
1054				Lea Rowe Appointed New BVA National Executive Director			</a>
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1058			February 24, 2026		</span>
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1061			<p>The Blinded Veterans Association’s National Board of Directors has appointed Lea Rowe as the new National Executive Director. She has most recently served in the dual role of Interim National Executive Director for the past four months and the National Legislative Director since January 2025. The appointment is effective immediately. Lea brings 21 years of experience in nonprofit management to the position of Executive Director, including her tenure as Head of Client Services at Lighthouse</p>
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1073				Well-Kept Secret: Patient Advocacy at VA:			</a>
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1077			January 29, 2026		</span>
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1080			<p>Many BVA members may still be unaware of the VA Office of Patient Advocacy (OPA), officially established approximately nine years ago on July 17, 2017. The Office was created to provide veteran-centered advocacy services and to help resolve healthcare complaints that could not be addressed at the point of service. Patient Advocates (PAs) serve as liaisons between veterans and VHA care—whether the care is outpatient, inpatient, or long-term care. Their charge is to ensure that the</p>
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1096			January 29, 2026		</span>
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1099			<p>With the latest series of extreme weather events, spring and warmer weather can&#8217;t be far from anyone’s mind. Just ask those who experienced the snow, sleet, and freezing rain of last weekend, and then the ice and bitter cold during the days that followed, just how challenging it was to shovel sidewalks and driveways. Winter 2025-26 has, to this point, most assuredly been a colder and harsher season than the winters of recent years, at least</p>
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1111				Four Chaplains Day Recalls Noble Manifestations of Sacrifice, Courage, Heroism			</a>
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1115			January 29, 2026		</span>
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1118			<p>Next Tuesday, February 3, 2026, is the 83rd anniversary of the sinking of the United States Army Transport (USAT) Dorchester and numerous legendary acts of selflessness by four U.S. Army Chaplains, all representing different faiths, who found themselves together onboard. Likely but still uncertain, the feats of the four Chaplains consumed little more than one hour on board the ship. Four Chaplains Day was established by Congress in 1988 to honor these men for their</p>
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