Media Advisory for Volunteer Luncheon

For Immediate Release
October 20, 2011

Contact: Lee Allen
(202) 393-0090, ext. 109
 

Media Advisory
VIRGINIAN VIETNAM VETERAN TO RECEIVE VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARD FOR SERVICE AT THE WALL
Saturday, October 22 at 12:30 p.m.
 

What:      

       

Annual Volunteer Luncheon, hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) to pay tribute to all of the men and women who donate their time to help at Vietnam Veterans Memorial, or The

Who:

Featured speakers will be:

  • Jan C. Scruggs, Founder and President of VVMF
     
  • Dan Arant, last year’s recipient, will be presenting the Libby Hatch Volunteer Appreciation Award to this year’s recipient, Dan Kirby.
     
  • Robert Doubek, former executive director of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

When:

Saturday, October 22 at 12:30 -2:00 p.m.

Where:

Melrose Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Washington, DC  20037

Sponsor:

Faber Castell

 

About The Libby Hatch Award:

The Libby Hatch Volunteer Recognition Award is presented annually to an individual who provides outstanding service at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The award is named for long-time Memorial Fund employee Libby Hatch, whose dedication to the Memorial was extraordinary. She died in 1998.

 

About the VVMF:

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War. Authorized by Congress, its most recent initiative is building the Education Center at The Wall, an underground facility near the Memorial that is designed to add faces to all the names on The Wall and tell their stories. Other Memorial Fund initiatives include educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall replica that honors our nation's veterans and six events held each year at The Wall to honor and remember those we lost during the Vietnam War.
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