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2012 Annual Meeting
Posted by: | CommentsThe 2012 national MCA Annual Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 April at the Holiday Inn Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX.
Look for a meeting registration form and information about hotel reservations on Wednesday, 15 February.
The National Executive Committee will meet beginning at 0830 on Tuesday, 17 April. Other participants should plan to arrive in time to register on Tuesday afternoon and participate in a Welcome Reception early Tuesday evening.
Other activities will include a keynote speaker on “Moral Injuries During War,” annual awards, and a briefing on the mission of the newly formed Chaplains Alliance.
Look forward to assistance with recording your story for the Chaplains “213 by 2-03-13″ Campaign in the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.
For those interested, Fiesta San Antonio 2012 begins on Thursday, 19 April and continues for ten days.
MCA Newsgram 12.30.11
Posted by: | CommentsOur second newsgram was sent on 30 December to all members and friends who have provided us with current emails. If you did not receive the newsgram, please check to see if your computer blocks emails sent via Constant Contact. Or please send a confirmation of your preferred email to chaplains@mca-usa.org.
As you pray for all of those wounded in war, please remember those who suffer moral injuries – which can be as profound in consequence as physical and mental injuries.
Free Veterans Day Outdoor Concert
Posted by: | CommentsAt our nation’s Capitol, the Veterans Day National Committee is gearing up for the attendance of thousands to mark the occasion with a special Veterans Day Celebration Concert, as this year the holiday falls within the eleventh year of the new millennium.
The outdoor Concert will be free, taking place on Vermont Avenue Northwest with streets between H and I closed for the duration of the event. Festivities will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 10. Performances will include the famous rhythm and blues (R&B) group the Chi-Lites, as well as the popular R&B and pop-funk band Kool & the Gang, whose hit song “Celebration” was number one for two straight weeks in February, 1981.
Other attending guests will be daytime soap-opera personality James Reynolds, the pop band Tucker and country music star and the Animal Planet TV channel host Lucas Hoge. The Concert is hosted by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with support from national nonprofit organization Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) as well as several other veterans service organizations and sponsors.
“HHV invites the community to join us in this exciting celebration,” said Mike Lynch, HHV president and CEO. “The Concert is free because we feel that the price of our freedom has already been paid by those who wore the United States’ armed forces uniform. If you’re able, please do attend this event to show your support of our nation’s veterans.” HHV is the largest distributor of free therapeutic arts & crafts kits to our nation’s military and VA hospitals and state veterans nursing homes, having provided over 27 million craft kits since 1971. For more information visit www.hhv.org or call (888) 567-VETS.