PVA Needs Help

From the WMD Mailbag:

Friends of Paralyzed Veterans,

The day after the devastation, the damage across the Gulf Coast became ever clear.

Thousands of families are displaced and taking refuge from Hurricane Katrina. Sections of Interstate 10, the only major freeway leading into New Orleans from the east, destroyed. An estimated 80 percent of the below-sea-level city is under water, up to 20 feet deep in places, with miles and miles of homes swamped.

In Mississippi, the story is no different. Hundreds of waterfront homes, businesses, community landmarks and condominiums are obliterated.

Yesterday, PVA’s Bayou Gulf States Chapter’s President Joe Romagnano made initial contact with PVA's National Office in Washington, DC.

“The Chapter office is completely out of commission,” Romagnano exclaimed. Located less than 500 yards from the shoreline in Gulfport, MS, the Bayou Chapter is PVA’s first line of assistance for paralyzed veterans in the Gulf States.

Jim Dudley, PVA Director of Medical Services, was informed that the National Service Office in New Orleans is flooded and will be out of operation for some time.

"PVA is working with the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure paralyzed members with special hospitalization needs are being taken care of. We have been informed that the VA Medical Center in New Orleans is being evacuated and patients will be transferred to VA facilities in Texas", stated Dudley.

Luckily Romagnano and PVA field staff are alright.

But many others are not. PVA's national and local teams are working together to help victims affected by Katrina.

We must act . . . fast!

And we urgently need your help today.

By making a secure online contribution to the PVA Disaster Relief Fund right now, your support can be put into action immediately.

Every gift will truly, positively impact the lives of our nation’s heroes.

Our Best Wishes,

Randy L. Pleva
PVA National President

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