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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
QUESTIONS: 414-328-8910
Date: Sep 12, 2007
Paralyzed Veterans’ Disaster Relief Funds
Washington, DC—Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) is offering disaster relief funds to its members who were affected by floods in Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa and Texas. Members can apply for financial assistance through the PVA chapters indicated below.
Assistance may be used for transportation, temporary shelter, food, modifications for accessibility, prosthetic devices and medical supplies. Funds will not be provided if other assistance has been granted to pay for the items in the request. Funds will also not be approved to clean up, fix or replace damages not unrelated to the veteran’s primary dwelling. Members of Paralyzed Veterans who qualify may be eligible for up to $2,500 per family, based on available funding.
For more information or to request an application for financial assistance, members should call or email the following Paralyzed Veterans’ chapters: Wisconsin PVA, (414) 328-8910, info@wisconsinpva.org; Buckeye PVA, (216) 731-1017, donorinfo@buckeyepva.org; Iowa PVA, (515) 277-4782, iowaova@yahoo.com; Texas PVA, (713) 520-8782, TexasPVA@houston.rr.com.
Founded in 1946, Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans), is the only congressionally chartered veterans service organization dedicated solely for the benefit and representation of veterans with spinal cord injury or disease. Paralyzed Veterans is a dynamic, broad-based organization with more than 19,000 members in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. To learn more about Paralyzed Veterans, visit its Web site at www.pva.org
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Wisconsin Paralyzed Veterans of America
2311 South 108th Street
West Allis, WI 53227-1901
414-328-8910
<http://www.wisconsinPVA.org/>
info@wisconsinPVA.org
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