How You Can Help
If you are interested in joining the VVA or the auxiliary organization, AVVA, please click below.
Become a member of Vietnam Veterans of America Detroit Chapter 9 "LZ Motown"
As a member of Chapter 9, you become part of a national organization that has worked tirelessly in raising the public perception of the Vietnam veteran. Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc. has more than 700 Chapters nationwide. On a local level, as a member of Chapter 9, you will meet other veterans who have experienced Vietnam and the era in which our generation of veterans helped define. Because of this shared experience we fully support VVA’s founding principle:
Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America Detroit Chapter 9 "LZ Motown"
AVVA’S CORE VALUES
As Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America, we are passionate about our work and the real life issues facing Veterans and their families. We strive to create a positive impact on our Veterans and their families by making life better. Our achievements are built on a solid foundation of core values that inspire action, integrity, teamwork and outstanding results. Our values form the basis for decision-making and all actions of Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America – both as individuals and as a Veterans Support Organization.
If you are possibly interested in assisting us with one of our events or with the Veterans Day Parade, please send us a message at info@vva9.org.
We are also interested in obtaining donations to support our assistance to veterans, scholarships for Detroit youth and our community outreach efforts.
If you wish to donate, please click the Donation Button below.
DETROIT ADVOCATE FOR VETERANS TO BE AMONG FIRST IN HALL OF HONOR
Keith King has done so much over the last 40 years to help individuals who served their country that the short summary version of his biography is still six pages long. A Vietnam veteran, King helped found Chapter 9, one of the earliest and largest affiliates of the...
DETROIT VETERANS GIVE STUDENT A GREAT BUILDING TOOL
Members of a local veterans group will be on hand during a special school ceremony Wednesday when a group-backed scholarship is presented to a student pursuing a career in the building trades. The A. Phillip Randolph Career and Technical Center, 17101 Hubbell Ave.,...
VFW BLUE WATER NAVY VET WINS FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULING – COURT OF LAW NOW JOINS COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a decade-old ruling yesterday that potentially paves the way for the return of earned disability benefits for some 90,000 so-called Blue Water Navy veterans from the Vietnam War. The case, Procopio v....