SCRG BVA – South Carolina Regional Group Blinded Veterans Association

President – Cheryl Gajadhar

Phone:  (803) 754-6764

Criteria – All veterans with low vision/blind

Annual Meeting

Phone conferencing with any BVA paid member.

When:  Usually in month of April

Time:   Tentatively afternoon

Quarterly Meetings

SCRG BVA coordinates and is responsible for Support Group Meetings for Columbia

Columbia

Coordinator:  Cheryl Gajadhar

(803) 754-6764

Where:  WJB Dorn VAMC

             6439 Garners Ferry Rd

             Columbia, SC 29209

             (Bldg 106, Rm 100)

When:   Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec

Time:    10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Charleston

- SCLCC/SIVA - South Carolina Lowcountry Chapter, Sight Impaired Veterans of America

President – Milton Ackerman

Phone:  (843) 257-2830

Criteria – All sight impaired veterans (low vision/blind)

Monthly Meeting

Where:  Ryans Restaurant

             829 St Andrews Blvd

             Charleston, SC 29407

When:   1^st Saturday of the month

Time:    11:30 am – 1:30 pm

VA Support Groups –

VIST Coordinator - Vicki Stoughton

Phone:  843-789-7575 

Criteria – All veterans with low vision/blind

Monthly Meetings

Charleston

Where:  Ralph H. Johnson VAMC

             109 Bee Street
             Charleston, SC 29401

When:   1^st Thursday of every month

Time:    10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Myrtle Beach

Where:   VA Primary Care Clinic

              3381 Phillis Blvd

              Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

When:    2d Thursday of every month

Time:     10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Savannah

Where:  Savannah Outpatient Clinic

             325 West Montgomery Crossroads

             Savannah, GA

When:   3rd Thursday of every month

Time:     10:30 am – 12:00 noon

Beaufort

To be Determined at a later time

Goose Creek

To be Determined at a later time

ABRCAA – Augusta Blind Rehabilitation Center Alumni Association (SC/GA/NC)

President – Robert Daubenspeck

Phone:  (864) 877-7745

Criteria – Graduates of Augusta Blind Rehabilitation Center

 Mini Reunion (1 day)

Where: Augusta Blind

            Rehabilitation Center

            1 Freedom Way 

            Augusta, GA 30904

When:  Tentatively planned

            between the months

            of April and May

Time:   Tentatively from

            9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Annual Reunion (3-4 days)

Where:  Floats between the

             states of SC/NC/GA

When:   Tentatively the first

             (Thurs/Fri/Sat/Sun)

             weekend of November