by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Chapter News, Community Outreach, Press Releases, Scholarships
Three Detroit students have won unique $2,500 scholarships thanks to a partnership between Detroit Chapter #9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA9) and the Detroit Public Schools Foundation. The longstanding VVA9 donated $10,000 to the foundation to provide the...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | Chapter News, Press Releases, Scholarships
A local veterans group has teamed with a major corporation and large trade group to shore up the potential hiring pool for the skilled trades. Detroit Chapter #9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA9) will provide $220 each to 62 students at the A. Phillip Randolph...
by admin | Apr 19, 2021 | Chapter News, Press Releases
It is not every day you hear someone say that they really enjoy researching and analyzing particles, or that their life goal is to be a nuclear or rocket scientist. Yet you could hear just that from 19-year-old Catherine Ballard. With encouragement from her parents to...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Chapter News, Partnerships, Scholarships
More descendants of Vietnam veterans will be able to get help with paying for their higher education, thanks to a generous donation by Detroit Chapter #9 of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA9). Paul Palazzolo (left), President of VVA9 presents Randy Ross, VP,...
by admin | Dec 10, 2020 | Chapter News, Partnerships, Scholarships
The Department of Michigan MCL Foundation was established in 2007 to raise and collect funds for charitable and educational activities of the Department of Michigan Marine Corps League programs and to distribute those funds diligently within the mandates of a...
by admin | Nov 20, 2020 | Chapter News
The members of VVA9 congratulate our friend, Darci McConnell, on her appointment to serve on the Grosse Pointe Park City Council. Public relations executive Darci McConnell made history Wednesday when she was sworn in as the first African American to serve on...
