The University of Iowa Veterans Association

In case you missed it, here are the minutes from Wednesday's meeting.

• We discussed the VA's new advertising campaign. One thing that stuck is that it's not really awareness of the GI Bill that's causing problems; it's the hangups that the paperwork has had at the VA that has been causing much of the issues.
• Considering a speaker or movie event during the last week of April. More information to come.
• On March 10, we're going to be putting together an Easter care package for some of our UI Soldiers currently deployed to Iraq.
• We will participate in RiverFest this year. More information to come, but we will probably be participating on April 24.
• On March 26, we're going to head out to the Wildwood Saloon on March 26th for some ribs and to check out the mechanical bull.
• I'm going to start migrating much of this site's functionality to the University of Iowa's new student organization management system, Orgsync. More information to come.
• Other events coming up include: University of Iowa Nearly Naked Mile Run on March 6 and the SVA Regional Conference in Flint, MI in May.
• If you're interested in learning how to golf, the GIVE program will be offering lessons again this year. The lessons start on March 28; let us know if you want some more information on this as a couple of folks here have gone through it.

From an email:

Lowe’s Expands Support of the Military with Year-Round Discount
10 Percent Discount for Active, Reserve, Retired and Disabled Military Personnel and Immediate Family Members
February 10, 2010 09:41 AM Eastern Time 

MOORESVILLE, N.C.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Lowe’s Companies, Inc. announced today it will expand its support of the military by offering an all day, every day 10 percent discount to all military personnel who are active, reserve, retired or disabled veterans and their family members, with a valid, government-issued military ID card.