1) Patient Services, 2) Sports & Recreation, 3) Membership Services, 4) Advocacy & Legislation, and 5) Transportation Services. The Patient Services program includes monthly luncheons for hospitalized veterans, plus snacks and coffee distributed to them 3 times each week. It also provides canteen coupons for necessities, holiday meals and gift bags, an annual steak dinner, and phone cards to keep in touch with their families while completing their lengthy rehabilitation. The local chapter also has a Hospital Liaison who helps patients with problems encountered during their stay in a VA medical facility. Its Sports & Recreation program provides socialization and therapy to new and longtime injured veterans. Outings include annual picnics and parades, fishing tournaments, bowling, trap shoots, wheelchair sports, swimming, adapted skiing, billiards, golf, and quad rugby. All of these activities allow SCI/D veterans the opportunity to regain confidence and rediscover the joy of movement, competition, and community involvement. The local chapter also provides members with a bi-monthly newsletter to keep them informed. It mails annual birthday cards, assists with VA and member benefits, as well as finding housing and employment. It offers peer support counseling, membership meetings, and other services which assist financially. Its transportation program consists of one chapter van, one volunteer driver, and one part-time paid driver. Drivers take veterans to therapy, doctor appointments, peer counseling, recreational outings, sporting events, membership meetings, and run local errands to their banks, grocery stores, or barbers. All of its programs are designed to enable each spinal cord injured or spinal cord diseased veteran "live life to the fullest."
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For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2010, GCPVA's program expenses were:
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Program Services
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222,374
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Total Program Expenses:
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$222,374
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Chief Executive : Susan M. Lyle, Executive Director
Chair
of the Board: Stanley D. Brown
Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation: Stanley D. Brown, President - Adjunct Professor at Webster University
Board Size: 13
Paid Staff Size: 5
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*Compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.
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