Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting

September 17, 2012

VVA 787 hosted the Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting to present information on the effect of Agent Orange on Vietnam Veterans, their children, grandchildren and future generations.  Over 50 were in attendance.

Jim Fletcher coordinated the event for VVA 787 and he managed to avoid the camera as he ran around making sure everything was perfect.

Mark McCabe, Regional Chief Service Officer, and Mokie Porter, VVA Director of Communications, discuss the agenda before the meeting.

Left to Right - Panel members Nancy Switzer, National President of AVVA; Mokie Porter, VVA Director of Communications; Frank Strom, Director of Hillsborough County Service Officers; and Mark McCabe, Regional Chief Service Officer at Bay Pines.

Nancy Switzer, National President of AVVA

Some of the attendees at the Agent Orange Town Hall Meeting

Attendees at the Town Hall Meeting

VVA 787 member, Mike Halley asks a question.

Pete Wagner, 2nd Vice President of VVA Florida State Council and President of VVA Chapter 1036 in the Villages asks a question.

 

VVA 787 President presented the VVA787 Challenge Coin to each of the panel members as well as representatives from Senator Bill Nelson's office and Congressman Gus Bilirakis' office.