Mayor’s Column: Initial meeting of Voorhees Amputee & Stroke Organization set for Sept. 1
On Tuesday, Sept. 1 the initial meeting of the Voorhees Amputee & Stroke Organization (VASO) will meet in the Voorhees Town Hall at 7 p.m. Lieutenant Roger Miller of the Voorhees Fire District will be leading this group. Lt. Miller is a certified peer visitor with the Amputee Coalition of America and an amputee. The focus of the group is to introduce a wide variety of information and activities to amputees and people who have suffered a stroke, as well as their families and caregivers.
The VASO is focused on the idea that peer support is critical to the recovery and adjustment of amputees and stroke victims. The group will provide much needed information from those who have experienced the loss or diminished use of limbs and will work with other organizations that have provided limitless boundaries through advice, the media and new equipment/technology.
Physicians, therapists and prosthetists from various medical facilities will be working with Lt. Miller and will be supportive of the efforts of VASO. The goal of this new group is to help amputees and stroke survivors focus on their abilities.
VASO will meet the first Tuesday of each month at the Voorhees Town Hall at 7 p.m. For more information, contact Roger Miller at (609) 922–6358 or email at info@vaso.us.
** The Voorhees Animal Welfare Association (AWA) and The Voorhees Animal Orphanage (VAO) are partnering for “Voorhees Pet Day” on Aug. 15 from noon to 4 p.m. Both shelters will provide Voorhees pets with free microchips and will also offer free scanning of existing microchips to ensure the pet’s information is up to date. The AWA is located at 509 Centennial Blvd. and the VAO is located at 419 Cooper Rd. Aug. 15 is “National Check the Chip Day,” founded to raise awareness of the importance of microchipping our pets.
** Our Summer Twilight Series concludes with our annual Movie Night in the Park on Saturday, Sept. 12. Despicable Me 2 will be shown on a state of the art digital LED screen. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. at Connolly Park and is free.
** Voorhees Township is offering discounted tickets to Morey’s Piers in Wildwood. Tickets are available in the Municipal Clerk’s Office at Voorhees Town Hall. Prices vary according to the type of ticket and several options are available to residents and non-residents. For more information about tickets visit www.voorheesnj.com.
