VA Volunteers

Since the start of the pandemic, over 1,000 VA staff have volunteered for more than 3,700 deployments to support Veterans and civilians in the most hard-hit areas of the country in response to COVID-19.

Serena Parmar has volunteered more than 400 hours over four years at Columbia VA. The Knights of Columbus recognized her as VA Youth Volunteer of the Year 2020.

A special partnership helped feed 500 Veterans and families in Salt Lake City. An army of volunteers handed out holiday meals donated by the community. A Veteran was glad he was still remembered.

Tiffany Pham spent summers at VA as a student volunteer. “Such a great experience to have the opportunity to work in a professional environment.” She’s off to college with a $100,000 scholarship.

Four volunteers at the Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS) were recently recognized for selflessly volunteering for a combined total of more than 26,000 hours serving Veterans.

VA supports employees who want to volunteer their time through flexible scheduling, paid time off and a program to help the nation in emergencies.

VA volunteer Barbara Abbey was named the winner of a national AARP contest saluting Volunteers across America. Working Monday through Friday, she has volunteered over 1,000 hours so far this year.

VA medical facilities are expanding services and will welcome back our volunteers gradually with several safeguards. We’ve created new volunteer roles, adapted some, and continue to pause others.

Brooke Jackowski wanted to do her part to help Veterans. She currently serves as a screener to safeguard the health of those entering our facility and has dedicated 235 hours of volunteer service.

Bowlers to Veterans Link non-profit recently donated $100K to VA. The funds were used to support VA's Compassionate Care Corps and tele-yoga programs for Veterans.

Since 2012, Tom Connelly has donated his time and talents as a volunteer photographer at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games.

National Volunteer Week: VA celebrates and sincerely thanks more than 60,000 volunteers for their service to our Veterans.