Medical Foster Homes
By PNO Staff Family-style living helps veterans who can no longer live independently at home and want to avoid institutional care What happens when living independently at home is no […]
Challenge Coins
By PFC. Sammuel Ranney / Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow If you served in the military, chances are you have heard of challenge coins. But what is the significance of […]
No Limitations
Scott Bates and JJ Yeley in front of the car Scott designed. Photo courtesy Bates Facebook page By Brittany Ballenstedt / PVA Freelance Marine Corps veteran lives by the mantra, […]
Fake Service Dogs
This is Whiteny. She is a CCI service dog in-training and goes to work in the PVA Publication office in Phoenix with our Web Content manager Christopher DiVirgilio. By PNO […]
ADA: 23 Years Later
By Brittany Ballenstedt Progress Made in 23rd Year of Americans with Disabilities Act, But More Work Remains July 26, 2013, marks the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act […]
Looking Ahead to Philadelphia
An Army veteran takes aim during the air rifle event at the 33rd NVWG. Photo Christopher Di Virgilio By Tim W. Jackson | PVA Freelance writer As the 2013 National […]
Challenges and Rewards
By PNO Staff The National Veterans Wheelchair Games — the world’s largest annual wheelchair-sports event — is a prime example of sports as a rehabilitation tool Before his spinal-cord injury, […]
The “Old Glory” Story
“The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the […]
Adaptive Sports and the PVA
Robert Satterwhite now enjoys outdoor activities such as trap shooting thanks to PVA's adaptive sports programs. Photo courtesy PVA. By Brittany Ballenstedt Adaptive Sports Helped Paralyzed Veteran Robert Satterwhite Get […]
Volunteers Needed
A Veteran bowls at the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games. Photo courtesy Linnie Skidmore / Dept. of Veterans Affairs By Howard Altman – The Tampa Tribune Volunteers needed for Veterans […]
