SONOMA COUNTY UNITED VETERANS COUNCIL
7766 Beverly Drive, Rohnert Park, CA 94928-3815
Phone/FAX: 707-795-3963
All
meetings are scheduled for 7:00 p.m., normally on the fourth Wednesday
of each month:
April 26th, May 24th, July 26th , August 23rd,
September 27th, October 25th , November 29th
Note: There is no meeting in June or December.
MEETING LOCATION: The ClubRoom of the Santa Rosa Veterans
Memorial building. As you are facing the Veterans building, it will be to the right side in the rear
of the building. Enter under the blue walkway covering.
All veterans are encouraged to attend!
Agenda and Minutes of our most recent meeting
Chairman: Marv B. Stubbs, VFW 768
Vice-Chairman: Sanford Dickey, VFW 3919
Treasurer/Secretary: Robert R. Safreno, AL Post 338, 40 & 8, DAV
48, MOAA and VFW 3237
The Sonoma County Veterans Service Office website is located at http://www.scvets.org
The United Veterans Council encourages employers to consider veterans when hiring. Please visit the Sonoma County Veterans Employment Committee website at www.socovec.org.
Agent Orange Flash:
The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims decided on August 16, 2006 to strike down the VA's definition of "Service in Vietnam" in regard to presumed exposure to Agent Orange. The VA is now required to use an earlier definition which, in essence, includes either a physical presence on Vietnamese soil or the waters offshore. As a result, a veteran who served onboard a ship off the coast of Vietnam can and should file a claim if he or she has any of the following conditions or diseases, especially if the condition was previously claimed and denied due to "no service in Vietnam":
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Diabetes, Type II, (Adult Onset)
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Prostate Cancer
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Lung Cancer
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Larynx, Trachea or Bronchus Cancer
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Multiple Myeloma
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Hodgkins Disease
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Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
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Cloracne
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Soft Tissue Sarcoma
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Porphyria Cutanea Tadra
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Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Under current guidelines the VA should accept a Vietnam Service Medal as evidence of service in Vietnam for individuals who served on board a ship off the coast of Vietnam. If the VSM was not awarded, the VA should try to obtain ship's records as evidence that the ship was in territorial waters.
| Organization | Date and Time | |
| Meeting Place | ||
| 40 & 8 Voiture 338 | 1st Fri, 8:00 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| 8 & 40 Salon 338 | 1st Fri, 8:00 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| American Legion Post 28 | 2nd Wed, 7:00 p.m. | Petaluma Veterans Building |
| American Legion Post 111 | 2nd Thurs, 8:00 p.m. | Healdsburg, Villa Chanticleer |
| American Legion Post 293 | 2nd Wed, 8:00 p.m. | Cloverdale Veterans Building |
| American Legion Post 338 | 1st Tues, 8:00 p.m. | Cotati Veterans Building |
| American Legion Post 489 | 2nd Thurs, 7:00 p.m. | Sonoma Veterans Building |
| DAR (Sept to May only) | 3rd Mon, 12:30 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| DAV Chapter 48 | 3rd Fri, 6:30 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building (Club room) |
| DAV Chapter 117 | 2nd Thurs, 7:30 p.m. | Petaluma Veterans Building |
| La Femme Cabana 338 | 4th Fri, 10:00 a.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| Marine Corps League 686 | 2nd Thurs, 7:30 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| MOAA Redwood Empire | 4th Thurs, 11:30 a.m. | Michelles, Santa Rosa |
| MOPH Chapter 78 | 2nd Wed, 7:30 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| NB Merchant Marines Chap | 3rd Wed, 11:30 a.m. | Sam's For Play, Cleveland Ave, Santa Rosa |
| Order of Trench Rats 525 | 3rd Wed, 10 to 2 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building (Club room) |
| Pearl Harbor Survivors 23 | 3rd Sun, 2:00 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| Redwood Empire Waves 77 | 2nd Sat, 11:00 a.m. | Petaluma Veterans Building |
| Sons of American Revolution | 1st Tues, 12:00 noon | Oakmont at the Chalais |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 768 | 1st Thurs, 7:00 p.m. | Windsor Community Center |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 1844 | 1st Thurs, 7:30 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 1929 | 1st Thurs, 7:00 p.m. | Petaluma Veterans Building |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 1943 | 1st Wed, 3:00 p.m. | Sonoma Veterans Building |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 3237 | 2nd Tue, 2:00 p.m. | Cotati Veterans Building |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 3919 | 3rd Tues, 7:00 p.m. | Sebastopol Veterans Building |
| Veterans Foreign Wars 9268 | 1st Tues, 8:00 p.m. | Cloverdale Veterans Building |
| Vietnam Veterans Am. 223 | 3rd Tues, 7:00 p.m. | Santa Rosa Veterans Building |
| Vietnam Veterans Am. 563 | 4th Thurs, 7:30 p.m. | Petaluma Veterans Building |