Avengers in the community
February 14, 2007 - Arena Football League (1987-2008) (AFL I)
Los Angeles Avengers News Release
LOS ANGELES - A-Team dancers Lindsey and Tiffany visited with the veterans at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 14, to celebrate National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans.
"This is such a great way to say thank you to our veterans," Lindsey said. "It was a real pleasure to meet the men and women who have protected our country."
At the hospital, the two A-Team dancers took the opportunity to visit the rooms of various patients throughout the hospital, signed autographs and posed for pictures with the patients.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was established on March 15, 1989, succeeding the Veterans Administration. It is responsible for providing federal benefits to veterans and their families. Headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA is the second largest of the 15 Cabinet departments and operates nationwide programs for health care, financial assistance and burial benefits.
Of the 24.8 million veterans currently alive, nearly three-quarters served during a war or an official period of conflict. About a quarter of the nation's population, approximately 63 million people, are potentially eligible for VA benefits and services because they are veterans, family members or survivors of veterans.
The responsibility to care for veterans, spouses, survivors and dependents can last a long time. The last dependent of a Revolutionary War veteran died in 1911. Five children of Civil War veterans still draw VA benefits. About 440 children and widows of Spanish-American War veterans still receive VA compensation or pensions.
For more information on Veterans Affairs please call (800) 827-1000 or visit their official website at http://www.va.gov/.
The Avengers will kick off their eighth season in the 21-year-old Arena Football League at STAPLES Center on Sunday, March 4, versus the San Jose SaberCats.
Nine-game season ticket packages are on sale now. Please call 1-888-AVENGERS for more information or visit the team's official Website at www.laavengers.com.
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