Volunteers

More than 200 Veterans from across the country participated in the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic At-Home.

Continuum of care during any disaster or incident is a priority for VA North Texas Health Care Systems’ Office of Emergency Management.

The pandemic canceled their Stand Down again but that didn’t stop Oklahoma City VA and the Homeless Alliance from helping homeless Veterans.

Rose Solak has volunteered to serve Veterans in the Detroit area for four decades...over 35,000 hours. She began volunteering to honor her Marine Corps brother who passed away.

Mobile Outpatient Clinic employees and volunteers distributed nearly 200 boxes of grocery items during a June 16 event designed to support Veterans and their families experiencing food instability.

As Charleston VA began the transition to implementing a vaccination plan, the need for volunteers to assist with the effort became evident. Charlie Tupper and Mary Fraggos are two of those volunteers.

Army Veteran Colonel Wallace Taylor served in World War II and the Korean War. When he passed away at the age of 96, friends knew he wanted to be buried alongside his mother. They made it happen.

VA’s Million Veteran Program is the largest genetics research program to date, studying genes, lifestyle behaviors, and military exposures impact on health and illness. MVP talks Genetics on DNA Day.

More than 100 VA employees support community vaccination efforts in several states and territories. They volunteer to give vaccines to local communities as part of VA’s 4th mission.

Many Veterans in the Home-Based Primary Care program are elderly and extremely vulnerable to communicable diseases. Nurses and nurse practitioners volunteered to work the weekend to vaccinate them.

The Veterans Coalition for Vaccination (VCV) mobilizes Veterans to deliver vaccines anywhere from the inner city to the most rural outpost in the U.S. and hopefully improve equitable access to vaccinations to all Americans, regardless of geographic or socioeconomic limitations.

Every year around Valentine’s Day, VA invites you to help us salute our Veteran patients with cards and visits…and learn how you can volunteer to help at your local VA medical center.