DAV NATIONAL CONVENTION ATLANTIC CITY NJ

THIS MISSION IS CARRIED FORWARD BY: Providing free, professional assistance to veterans and their families in obtaining benefits and service earned through military service and provided by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other agencies of the government; Providing outreach concerning its program services to the American people generally, and to disabled veterans and their families specifically; Representing the interest of disabled veterans, their families, their widowed spouses and their orphans before Congress, the White House and the Judicial Branch, as well as state and local government; Extending DAV's mission of hope into the communities where these veterans and their families live through a network of state-level Departments and local Chapters, and Providing a structure through which disabled veterans can express their compassion for their fellow veterans through a variety of volunteer programs. As adopted by the National Executive Committee: August 22, 1998