BVL Committee
The Bowlers to Veterans Link Hospitals and Presentations Report 

On behalf of the bowlers in California, the BVL Committee has donated the amount of $117,900.00 to the following Veterans Centers in California. A donation of $25.000.00 was made to the National BVL Program. The California BVL Fund has donated over $8,182,270.89 to our California Veterans.  We want to thank all of you for your continued support of the California BVL.

2007 California USBC Helen Duval Veterans Tournament
Admiral Robinson, San Diego – April 28, 2007

We have completed all of the donations for this year and hope many of you will have a chance to visit a facility in your area.  After meeting and talking with the Directors and Team Leaders, we know how proud they are of their facilities and they would all welcome your visit.

The following is the breakdown of the donations:

$10,000	VA Northern California Healthcare System – (includes outpatient clinics in Martinez, Fairfield, Mare Island, Oakland, Redding, Chico and McClellan) to provide entertainment and recreation activities and provide community re-entry to patients in the day treatment program.
$10,000	VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System – (includes outpatient clinics in Sepulveda, Downtown, LAAC, Bakersfield and Santa Barbara) Flat screen TV with a stand, Computer workstations, DVD Monitor/Receiver and items for the Iraqi center for the returning Vets.
$1,500	Los Angles Veterans Resource Center – Thanksgiving and Christmas parties, bus tokens, field trips and refreshments for the veterans.
$1,500	Concord Veterans Center – Refreshments, holiday parties, stand down program for homeless vets and a retreat.
$1,300	Fresno Veterans Center – Christmas party and relocation open house refreshments.
$2,000	Peninsula Veterans Center – Holiday party, refreshments.
$1,600	San Jose Veterans Center – Computers and refreshments.
$1,300	San Marcos Veterans Center – Recreational activities and bus passes.
$1,500	West Los Angeles Veterans Center – Holiday parties, excursion trips and refreshments.
$8,000	Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center –(includes Palm Desert, Blythe, Sun City, Victorville and Upland VA Clinics) Recreation activities and therapy such as Wheelchair Games, Golden Age Games, Winter Sports Clinic and Creative Arts Festival, therapeutic support for recent returning combat veterans.
$8,000	VA Long Beach Healthcare System – Patient satellite entertainment system.
$6,000	VA San Diego Healthcare System – Recreation off-site outings to help patients including Spinal Cord injury patients, develop skill levels for leisure activities.
$7,000	San Francisco VA Medical Center – Camping experience for the blind. Bowling fund, recreation activities, bowling activities, coffee fund, and holiday parties.
$1,400	Anaheim Veterans Center – Flat panel LCD TV and mount.
$1,800	Redwood Veterans Center – Coffee supplies and retreats.
$1,300	North Bay Veterans Center – Computer, holiday parties, and workshops.
$1,500	Oakland Veterans Center – Coffee supplies, DVD player and holiday parties.
$1,600	Corona Veterans Center – Holiday parties & family care baskets.
$1,300	Sacramento Veterans Center – Holiday party, hygiene kits, and bowling activities.
$1,400	San Bernardino Veterans Center – Holiday party, Internet access, laser printer.
$1,200	Santa Cruz Veterans Center – Annual Veterans Day and Memorial Day events, rehab BBQ, holiday party, and homeless Veterans Event in May.
$3,000	Veterans Home of California – Barstow – Winter Games, Golden Age games, and Creative Arts Festival.
$8,000	Veterans Home of California – Yountville – All Senior Games, bus trips for outside activities and stabilize picnic grounds areas for Geriatric patients.
$5,000	Veterans Home of California – Chula Vista –Golden Age Games, Senior Olympics, various activities both on and off campus and computer lab equipment.
$12,000	VA Palo Alto Healthcare System – Winter sports clinic and games, Wheel chair games and Bowling activities.
$8,000	VA Central California Healthcare System – Party supplies, sporting equipment, bowling activities, community outings, crafts and Golden Age games.
$1,300	Naval Medical Center – San Diego – Emergency fund for transportation.
$1,300	San Francisco Veterans Center – Hygiene kits for the homeless, holiday parties and Veterans Day events.
$1,300	San Diego Veterans Center – Coffee supplies and bus tokens.
$1,600	East Los Angeles Vet Center – Holiday parties, coffee fund, Healthy Lifestyle picnics, purchase new stove for the kitchen in the Vets center.
$3,000	California Bowling Writers– Phone Cards for the soldiers to use for the holidays.
$200	USO Ontario Airport – Miscellaneous supplies for traveling veterans.
$2,000	CUSBC BVL – Promotional Carpet Bowling Lane Kits to be sent to our Service Personal
$25,000	National BVL Program

The committee thanks you for your hard work and we certainly hope all the members of the California USBC will continue to support the Veterans of California.

Rosie Parker, Co- Chairman
Linda Johnson, Co-Chairman
June Brown
Chuck Shock
Al Hoffmann, CUSBC President, ex-officio