VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA - CHAPTER 862
Southwestern, Pa.
Now 81,246 members in the United States as of May 2017
Total PA VVA Veterans - 4283
VVA 862 is the "Largest" VVA Chapter in Pennsylvania.
3rd "Largest Chapter in the United States"
As of July 19th, 2017 Meeting
VVA 862 - 795 LIFE - 717
"Special Announcements (Below)
VVA 862 July Vet Gazette is now "Up & Running" - Enjoy!
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VVA WEB WEEKLY - Up to date items from VVA National every week!
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You may now obtain a Life Membership for $75.00!
VVA 862 has agreed to continue to pay the $25.00 discount for life membership applications for our chapter? Even if all remaining Chapter 862 “non-life” members take advantage of this, we will still receive more money in life membership rebates than the cost of this discount.
When mailing items for Membership Please use our Membership Chairman's address who is:
Gary Shaffer
709 Ohio Ave.
Midland, Pa. 15059-1415
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Official Chapter 862 Mailing Address
We now have a new PO BOX address to be used for VVA 862 Mail
VVA Chapter 862
PO Box 26
Rochester, Pa. 15074
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Our meetings are currently held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the:
ROCHESTER V.F.W.
179 Virginia Ave
Rochester, PA. 15074
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We are one of very few, "Board of Directors" that meet monthly!
The Board of Directors meets in the "Board Room"
every 2nd Wednesday of every month at 7:00 PM.
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VVA Chapter 862 is located in Southwest Pennsylvania.
Our membership includes all of Beaver County as well as the following surrounding counties. Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Washington & Westmoreland Counties.
We also have many members scattered out all over the United States.
(Brief History)
When did it all start? We needed 25 to sign a charter,
Our first meeting was organized by Lloyd "Skip" Haswell and held on Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at Boscov's Department Store in the Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca, PA. We only had 17 attend.
We waited for 3 months, Skip put an ad in the Beaver County Times and tried again!
The next meeting was held at the Monaca American Legion on Wednesday, July 19, 2000 where we had 53 attend, therefore, we signed the charter that night and we have met every month since then. An "Election of Officers" was held that evening, and we were on our way
President - Lloyd "Skip" Haswell
Vice President - Michael Mikulich
2nd Vice President - Jon Neely (Dec)
Secretary - Frank "Lee" Corfield
Treasurer - William T. Muns
Delegate - Tracy King
This chapter was organized under the Law of 1988 and filed Articles of Incorporation with
the Pennsylvania Department of State on the 2nd day on November, 2000.
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