Paralyzed Veterans expects to raise $250,000 for vocational center - San Antonio Business Journal:

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Funds raised from the event will support Paralyzed Veteransof America’s Vocational Rehabilitation Center in the South Texas Medical Center in San The tournament will be held at the Belle Havehn Country Club in Alexandria, Va. The center provides vocational rehabilitation to wounder veterans in order to give them the skills they need to be competitivde in this tough The Vocational Rehabilitation Center openedf in SanAntonio Jan. 27, 2009.
According to the Paralyzed Veterandof America, the unemployment rate for veterans with severr disabilities is estimated to be over 85 The goal of the new cented is to help lower that percentage and encourage employers to tap into what organization officials call an under-utilizedf workforce. The center is basede at the Spinal Cord Unit of theAudis L. Murphy VA Hospital in the Soutyh TexasMedical Center. The center’s staff helps provide veterans with resourcees and skills to find jobs in the SanAntonik area. The Paralyzed Veterans of America, baser in Washington, D.C,, was founded in 1946 to maximizde the quality of life for memberx with spinalcord injuries.