Program areas at Paralyzed Veterans of America - Texas Pva Chapter
Membership achievements: providing holiday meals to members, inpatients, and sci staff at va hospitals, provide catering to inpatients throughout the year, hosting annual jack sanders membership banquet, assist members with obtaining hand controls for their vehicles to facilitate independence, provide emergency financial assistance, furnishing hotel rooms for members' relatives when their loved one is in the hospital more than 150 miles away.
Communication achievements: maintaining programs to report activities to membership, other chapters, the national office, and national officers.
Sports and recreation achievements: providing several programs (hunting, fishing, bowling, horseback riding, air guns, archery, boccia, etc.) To improve the quality of life of Paralyzed Veterans and other persons with disabilities by assisting the expansion of both the quality and quantity of opportunities in sports and recreation, sponsoring outings that will bring members and associate members together in a family setting, supporting member participation in annual national Veterans wheelchair games and winter sports clinic.
Legislative advocacy achievements: working with all disabled citizens on issues that affect their independence, addressing federal and state legislatures to improve quality of life for the disabled community. Liaison achievements: working with the va, providing recreational equipment for the spinal cord injury unit of houston va medical center and san antonio va medical center. Providing toiletries and other necessities for inpatients. Research and education achievements: assisting va staff with continuing ed classes that benefit members and helping fund research for a cure for spinal cord injury and diseases.