VVAFT Board of Directors at Work
VVAFT President Bill Meeks presented a $500
Galveston to help with postage & shipping of
the print the chapter is giving to the families of
military personnel killed in action in Operations
Enduring Freedom & Operation Iraqi Freedom
VVAFT President Bill Meeks & Vice President Don Kennedy presenting donation checks to Texas AVVA
President's Sandra Womack (past)  and Marilyn Rose (current) at different Texas State Council meetings
Lynda Greene accepting
a check from VVAFT
Directors Hal Thompson
& Herschel Carmichael
for the DeGeorge
Veterans Shelter in
Houston, Texas after a
TSC meeting in
Galveston, Texas
Carlos & Ken Watterson (Marine
Corps League Big D Chapter) made
matching donations to
Dr. Victor Westphall for the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial
at Angel Fire, New Mexico
VVAFT Board of Directors made a donation to a Texas school for a class trip to Washington, D.C.  The photos above were  sent to VVAFT from the
students when they were at the Vietnam Memorial "The WALL" in appreciation for the foundations generous donation

VVA State Council Newspaper of the Year"
Award for the 2nd time at the 2002 VVA National Leadership
Conference in August at Tucson, Arizona.
"The Texas Vietnam Veterans News" has received this
award 3 times in 2000-2002-2003.
In August 2003 at the VVA National Convention in
St. Louis, TVVN received the award for the 3rd time
and at that time Jim W. Boyd (TVVN Editor) was asked to
take over the position of VVA Press Club Editor-in-Chief
(a sub-committee of the VVA National Public Affairs
Committee)
Since taking that position the "Texas Vietnam Veterans
News" has not submitted the newspaper for the award in
order to give other state councils an opportunity to receive
the award.  
Hilario Hernandez (former director),
Manny Carlos (former Chairman)  
with the "VVA State Newspaper of the Year" Award
at the 2002 VVA National Leadership Conference in
Tucson, Arizona - August 2002
CLICK ON THE THUMBNAIL IMAGES BELOW TO VIEW ENLARGED PHOTOS
Jim Boyd (VVAFT's TVVN Editor) presented a $500
check to the Dallas VA Homeless Veterans Coalition
for the 2006 Dallas Homeless Stand Down & In 2007
VVAFT donated another $500 for the 2007 Dallas
Homeless Stand Down. No photo available for 2007 -
In 2008 VVAFT sponsored two golf holes on their Golf
Tournament to raise funds for the 2008 Stand Down
VVAFT makes quarterly donations in the form of a continuing grant to the Texas State Council for financial
support of  the operation of the VVA Service Offices at the Dallas VA Medical Center & Kerrville VA Medical
Center, as well as other VVA VSO's around the state of Texas that do not work out of a VVA office at either
hospital. This is a line-item grant and can only be used for the VVA Texas VSO Program
VVA Service Representative Jim Hallbauer helping  veterans with their VA Claims at the VVA Service Office at the Dallas VA Medical Center
Jim Hallbauer is the VVA Texas State Council's Chief Service Officer in charge of all of the VVA Service Officers in Texas
Manny Carlos VVAFT
Chairman presented a
check for $1000 to the
VVA Texas State Council
Alberto Rodriguez
Scholarship Fun
VVAFT Photo Album                                            VVAFT Page 2
VVAFT Board of Directors Meeting
College Station, Texas January 31, 2008
VVAFT Board of Directors Meeting
VVA Service Officers & VVA Offices
Dallas & Kerville Veterans Affairs Hospitals
VVAFT purchased from the Texas
Monuments Commission a
sculpture to raise funds to build a
Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the
state capitol grounds in Austin.
The $750 sculpture to be
auctioned of at the Live Auction to
benefit the TSC Scholarship fund
VVAFT's Operation Ed_U_Cate Receipants
for their chapter scholarship funds
Galveston, June 9, 2006
El Paso, June  29, 2007
VVAFT Board of Directors Meeting
Kerrville, February 9, 2007
El Paso, Sept 2003
VVAFT Grants & Donations