Officers: For 2019-2020

• Commander: Ray Ramirez
• Sr. Vice Commander: Mike Madden
• Jr. Vice Commander: Lana Collier
• Jr. Vice Commander:  Butch Gilam
• Treasurer/Adjutant: Brigitte Marker
• Assistant Treasurer:  Gerald McDonald
• Chaplain: Dave Erickson & Sherry Erickson
• Sergeant at Arms: 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

UPCOMING EVENTS:

November 30, 2019 --
Chocolate Walk
1200 pm - 4pm

Tickets available at:

For more information contact Terry White 541-331-3903

2019 Chocolate Walk REGISTRATION for Businesses 

Many Thanks to our amazing Sponsors

 

SPONSORS
 

WEEKLY EVENTS:

Every Wednesday - Free Breakfast from 0730-0930

ANNUAL EVENTS

November 11, 2017 - Veterans Day Parade
 

Chaplain Services:

We visit the sick in the hospitals, help veterans with any services they may need. For more information or if help is needed.

Dave Erickson 541-539-1466

 

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SERVICES PROVIDED at DAV Chapter 12:

TRANSPORTATION:

DAV operates a fleet of vehicles around the country to provide free transportation to VA medical facilities for injured and ill veterans. DAV stepped in to help veterans get the care they need when the federal government terminated its program that helped many of them pay for transportation to and from medical facilities. The vans are driven by volunteers, and the rides coordinated by almost 200 Hospital Service Coordinators around the country.

DAV has purchased 2,496 vehicles, worth nearly $53 million, that have been donated to Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers nationwide since the program began in 1987 to ensure that injured or ill veterans are able to get to their medical appointments.

To find out whether there is a van near you use the DAV Hospital Service Coordinator Directory to contact your nearest HSC for information or assistance. Please remember that the DAV Transportation Network is staffed by volunteers; therefore, it is unable to cover every community. We hope we can help you.

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BENEFITS ASSISTANCE:

Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government.

Brigitte Marker, DAV Chapter 12 and Department of OR service officer - 541-273-2191

Portland DAV National Service office- 503-412-4750

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HALL RENTAL:

Available for very reasonable rates please call Brigitte Marker at 541-273-2191 for more information. Rates starting as low as $15/ hour plus deposit.

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MISSION STATEMENT
A Legacy of Service, Hope for the Future

DAV is the most long-lasting veterans advocacy and assistance group in this country. We've watched this country change and grow, and we've grown along with it. However, DAV has never wavered in its core mission to fulfill our country's promises to the men and women who served. We invite everyone, veterans and civilian, men and women, young and old, to join us as we stand up for those veterans who risked it all when they stood up for us, our country, and our ideals.

Fulfilling our promises to the men and women who served.

We are dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. We accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America's injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life.

• Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and services earned through military service and provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of government.
• Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically.
• Representing the interests of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress, the White House and the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government.
• Extending DAV's mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and local chapters.
• Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs.