07/21/11

President’s Corner

     Welcome! 

My name is Cheryl Gajadhar.  As the President of the South Carolina Regional Group, Blinded Veterans Association, I promise to keep you informed about updates, additions, and changes to our organization in the form of newsletters, meetings or face to face conferences.   My goal is to strive for a continuum of care program for all blinded veterans by:

·      Elevating the social, economic and cultural level of the blind

·      Improving educational and rehabilitation facilities

·      Broadening vocational opportunities

·      Encouraging and assisting the blind, especially the newly blind, to develop their abilities and potentialities and to assume their responsible places in the community

·      Cooperating with the public and private institutions and agencies of and for the blind

·      Providing for the free exchange of ideas, opinions, and information relevant to the concerns of blind people through publication of a newsletter

·      Conducting a program of public education aimed toward improved understanding of the problems of blindness and of the capabilities of blind people.