Charitable video
raffle funds benefit veterans in need
Hundreds of veterans across Ohio receive assistance to prepare for
winter months
Columbus, Ohio
(October 22, 2014) - Hundreds of central Ohio military veterans in need
received a hand up on Tuesday at the 17th annual Central Ohio Stand Down, a
yearly event sponsored by the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs with help from organizations like VFW of Ohio Charities and the
Ohio Veterans and Fraternal Charitable Coalition (OVFCC).
Services provided at the event include medical treatment, help with local agencies, legal assistance, clothing, personal grooming, and a hot meal. Both organizations have participated in a substantial way in stand down events throughout Ohio in 2014, including Columbus, Akron, Chillicothe and one upcoming in Dayton in November. VFW of Ohio Charities and the OVFCC have given out over 300 sleeping bags, 500 pairs of boots, 150 coats, and 300 sweatshirts, countless pair of socks, t-shirts, and hygiene items as veterans prepare for the winter months ahead. A majority of the funding to provide these critical items came from the OVFCC charitable video raffle program, which has raised nearly $11 million for veterans & fraternal groups and their charities at no expense to taxpayers. The video raffle program is currently operating under a temporary restraining order issued by the courts after the Attorney General threatened to shut the program down when the state legislature declined to pass HB 325. The bill would have clarified Ohio’s charitable video gaming laws. Veterans and fraternal groups are hopeful they will win their court case and will be able to continue raising funds to support their posts and charities through the video raffle program. “Our assistance is vital to veterans in need throughout the state’” said VFW of Ohio Charities’ director Bill Seagraves. “We help vets with housing, medical bills, burials, and countless other ways. Who will provide these services if we are not able? It’s disappointing that veterans groups are forced to sue their state government in order to protect their ability to help their own.” The OVFCC is an unincorporated association that was established in 2003 to achieve consensus and develop policy on various issues affecting veterans and fraternal organizations in the State of Ohio. Member organizations have input regarding charitable gaming as well as legislation, rules and regulations that impact veterans and fraternal organizations. The OVFCC is the voice of more than 2.1 million members and their families who are active in more than 1,700 posts and clubs throughout the Ohio. OVFCC President Bill Seagraves can be reached for further comment at (614) 222-1611 For more information about the OVFCC, please visit http://www.ovfcc.org |
Thursday, October 23, 2014
VETERANS NEEDS
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I had an alternator installed at Ed's Midview Service on SR 82 in Grafton. The work was started a day or two late. In the meantime, my recently painted car sat in Ed's poorly lit parking lot. When my alternator was finally installed, Ed called me and invited me to pick the car up after hours. When I arrived, I immediately noticed that my car was backed into the same space where I parked it two or three days earlier. A dark colored truck or SUV was parked in the space to the driver's side with very little room in between.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the position of the car, poor lighting, and the close proximity of the truck or SUV, I didn't get a good look at the driver's side of my car until after I pulled into my destination just up the road. When I got out, I immediately noticed a large dent in the rear door on the driver's side. I left several messages for Ed that evening and spoke with him the following morning. When I mentioned the damage, he said that it was already there when I dropped it off and that he had two witnesses to prove it. THAT WAS A LIE. When I dropped my car off several days earlier, there was no one there but Ed. So his claim to have witnesses could not have been true. No witnesses came forward. Still, he refused to accept any responsibility for the damage.
About 48 hours after picking my car up, it broke down leaving me stranded 25 miles from home. The cost to have it towed was $130. The repair charge was another $60. The problem was with the main wire for the alternator that Ed had installed. It had fallen off or broken off. It had never fallen off before Ed laid his hands on it and it hasn't fallen off since.
All together, I am out an additional $350 for the damage to the rear door, $130 for the tow, and $60 for the second repair to the alternator.
I have already filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. The details will be posted on their website in a few weeks unless Ed grows a moral spine, honors a reasonable portion of his own warranty and pays for the body damage to my car, which by the way was in near mint condition until it was severely dented at Ed's Midview Service. In the meantime, I am going to post this warning all over the web.
I have also challenged Ed in writing to a polygraph (lie detector) test. Loser pays the bill. He initially pretended to accept my challenge but then backed out immediately when I called him to make the necessary arrangements. He will never accept my polygraph challenge because he knows that I will pass and he will fail.
Beware of work delays, poorly lit parking lots, and mechanics who refuse to accept any responsibility when they screw up. Beware of Ed's Midview Service.