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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Fish Fry Fundraiser for MVA Clinic | May 1

Fish Fry Fundraiser
for

Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture Clinic *

EVERYONE WELCOME!

May 1, FRIDAY – 4:30-8:30PM

~ Live Music ~RESERVATIONS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED~

Call: 262-781-0488 Press 2 for kitchen

Stenz-Griesell-Smith American Legion Post 449

3245 N. 124^Th Street

Brookfield, WI 53005

Just across 124^th from Briggs & Stratton
Parking in front of the building and on street.

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture on Milwaukee Public Radio

"During emotional hearings about the alleged overprescription of narcotics at the Tomah VA hospital, many who testified noted there are safer ways to treat pain. One treatment mentioned was acupuncture."

"Veterans in Wisconsin Seek Alternatives to Narcotics to Ease Pain"
Erin Toner. WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio. 2 April 2015.

Milwaukee Public Radio news reporter Erin Toner visited the MVA Clinic this week. She interviewed veterans Ron Gronitz and Larry Burt (who also works at the Dryhootch FOB* at our Easter Seals clinic location) as well as our acupuncturists, clinic founder, Christine Jablonski and Dr. John Vondrell.

Listen to the podcast (or read the report) at this link:
http://wuwm.com/post/veterans-wisconsin-seek-alternatives-narcotics-ease-pain

*Forward Operating Base

Monday, March 16, 2015

(Re) Opening Day!

It was a sunny, if chilly day last week when Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture (MVA) had it’s grand reopening. After a year of reorganization and regrouping, we have settled in our new home at Easter Seals of Southeastern Wisconsin, in Waukesha.

The clinic will be open every Tuesday, with group sessions at 11am, 12noon, and 1pm. (Easter Seals has given us some wiggle room with available space and time, so we have room to grow.)

Our meet, greet and sign-in room is the DryHootch Forward Operating Base (FOB), right off the main lobby of the building. Larry is the DryHootch employee there in the FOB, and friendly backup for the MVA staff. He was first in line to receive some ear acupuncture on opening day!

Our turnout was small, but the vets who came were regulars from the original DryHootch coffee shop clinic, where we started in 2012. It was a pleasant reunion. We hope to have more such reunions and as many new faces as the place can hold!

DryHootch on Brady Street, our first clinic site.

Check out the rest of website for more details on the clinic, acupuncture and the staff and this blog for the news and views. (Or stay in touch by following the MVA Clinic on Twitter!)

NOTE: There is MVA fundraiser in the planning stages - details to follow soon!

(Hint!)

Friday, February 28, 2014

Welcoming Home the Walkers: Veterans Trek

Tom Voss and Anthony Anderson are the two veterans. On August 30, 2013 they left, on foot, departing from the Milwaukee County War Memorial in downtown Milwaukee for what was a five-month -- and 2,700-mile -- journey across the country that ended on January 30, 2014 at the Santa Monica pier at the end of Route 66.

Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture on Twitter

Tom and Anthony had three goals:

To raise donations for Dryhootch in the sum of $100,000.

To raise awareness of the issues influencing Veterans and their families.

To take the time they felt they needed (and didn’t take after their return home from deployments in Iraq and separation from military service).

Dryhootch is a nonprofit organization formed by combat veterans to help Veterans returning home.

Both Tom and Anthony helped the Milwaukee Veterans Acupuncture clinic when we were first getting started. They let us take pics of them receiving treatment.