OPAF NEWS - OPAF JOINS WASHINGTON DC COUNCIL OF AGENCIES

Tamara Bibby

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OPAF NEWS - OPAF JOINS WASHINGTON DC COUNCIL OF AGENCIES

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Tamara Bibby

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7/1/2002

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ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC ASSISTANCE FUND, INC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 July 1, 2002

Contact: Tamara Bibby
(571) 431-0831

ORTHOTIC AND PROSTHETIC ASSISTANCE FUND JOINS WASHINGTON DC COUNCIL OF
AGENCIES

Alexandria, Virginia -The Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund (OPAF)
announces its membership to the Washington Council of Agencies (WCA). With
this membership, OPAF joins the ranks of other nonprofit organizations that
share ambitions to provide greater opportunities and resources to the
individuals they serve and the causes they represent.

Founded in 1979,WCA is a membership organization serving nearly a thousand
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan
area. The Washington Council of Agencies provides to its members a range of
advocacy and community-building activities and educational and networking
opportunities. The goal of WCA is to strengthen, promote, and represent
nonprofit organizations in metropolitan Washington in order to help them
better meet the diverse needs of their communities here in Washington and
around the United States.

The Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund is nonprofit organization, a
501(c)(3) public charity, established in 1995 by the Orthotic and Prosthetic
National Office. Dedicated initially to providing financial and in-kind
support to the 1996 Paralympics, the Fund now generates its own initiatives
through partnerships with individuals, organizations and institutions
engaged in raising public awareness of disability and improving the quality
of rehabilitation medicine, science, and technology.

The Fund aims primarily to enable individuals with physical
disabilities-especially those served by members of the orthotics and
prosthetics community-to enjoy the rewards of personal achievement, physical
fitness, and social interaction.

For more information about the Orthotic and Prosthetic Assistance Fund,
Inc., please visit www.opfund.org or contact Tamara Bibby, OPAF Program
Coordinator, at 571.431.0831 or <Email Address Redacted> For more information about
the Washington Council of Agencies, please visit www.wcanonprofits.org.

For more OPAF announcements, visit www.opfund.org/announcements/index.html.

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Tamara Bibby, “OPAF NEWS - OPAF JOINS WASHINGTON DC COUNCIL OF AGENCIES,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 7, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/219312.