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Widows May Be Eligible for Benefits
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Unveiling of the Flamingo Chapter
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Monthly Flamingo Chapter Meetings
Armed Forces Vacation Club
Widows May Be Eligible for
Benefits
Widows May Be Eligible For Monthly Payments
(Stars and Stripes) Widows of veterans who remarried
after their husbands' deaths but who are now single
may be eligible for VA compensation of at least $861
per month. Eligible widow(er)s must now be single, and
at some time in their lives have been widowed while
married to a uniformed service member or veteran who
died:
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While on active duty in the armed
forces;
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As a result of a service-connected
disability; or
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Of non-service connected causes
after having been 100 percent service-connected
disabled for 10 or more years immediately preceding
death; or, if rated at 100 percent for a lesser
period, was so rated continuously for a period of
not less than five years from the date of discharge.
Almost 100 percent of all eligible surviving
spouses qualifying for the benefit are women. The widow's
subsequent marriage(s) must be terminated in order to
qualify. It does not matter how many times she remarried,
for how long, or why the remarriage(s) terminated. Nor
does it matter how much income or resources she now
has, or how old she is. It only matters that she is
now single.
The benefit - Dependency and Indemnity
Compensation (DIC) - is paid by the VA to all single
widowed spouses of uniformed service members who died
under the circumstances listed above.
Nationwide, there are 6,000 to 10,000
widows whose remarriages have terminated and who qualify
for the benefit but who are unaware of it. Those widows
have been eligible since Oct. 1, 1998 as a result of
the Veterans Benefit Act of 1998, which was signed into
law June 9, 1998.
To apply, the widow must contact her local
VA office, VA regional office or call the VA's toll-free
number: 1-800-827-1000.
GSW Flamingo Chapter
Installation
The GSW Flamingo Chapter became a charter
July 4, 2000. They were organized by MAL's Kit Frazer
and Shirley Beach. The Flamingo Chapter received their
Charter and was installed by June Bolich and Jean Eastman
July 20th at the Ventura Country Club clubhouse in Orlando,
Florida.
(Click on picture to enlarge)
Unveiling
of the Flamingo Chapter Web site.
Lori Turnbeaugh with the assistance of
her daughter Kathy, designed the GSW Flamingo Chapter
Web site. Lori at the age of 65 returned to school,
under the GI Bill, at Winter Park Tech to be a Web and
Graphic designer. She and her daughter donated their
time and services in loving memory of Theodore Turnbeaugh,
a wonderful husband and father.
(Click on picture to enlarge)
Monthly Flamingo
Chapter Meetings
The Flamingo Chapter members currently
meet, at the Orlando Navy Base cafeteria, the fourth
Wednesday of every month, at 1100 hours. We welcome
all GSW members to join us.
Armed Forces Vacation
Club
The Armed Forces Vacation Club or AFVC is
a "Space Available" program that offers military I.D.
cardholders, this means you Gold Star Wives, the opportunity
to take affordable condominium vacations at resorts around
the world for only $209 per unit per week.
Condominium units typically include a full
kitchen, stocked with everything from a refrigerator and
stove to coffee pot and soap for the dishwasher. Many
include washers and dryers. Most resorts provide amenities
you aren't likely to get with a hotel room. Guests have
access to on-site recreational facilities, swimming pools,
fitness centers, game rooms, gift shops, restaurants and
organized activities. Golf and skiing are available on-site
at some resorts or nearby.
The reservation fee is a flat rate of $209
per week for the unit. You may travel alone or with friends
or family up to the maximum occupancy of the unit you
reserved.
Be sure and check out locations and availability
at the Armed Forces Vacation Site at www.afvclub.com.
