DAV's TRANSPORTATION NETWORK NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

DAV's Transportation Network in New York State seeks your help to recruit more volunteer drivers to transport our area's veterans to VA Medical Centers (VAMC's) for necessary medical care. Through the joint efforts of the DAV, numerous veterans service organizations and civic groups, we have a substantial fleet of passenger vans stationed at nine VAMC's throughout the state but we need more volunteer drivers.

Please call the DAV transportation office at the VAMC nearest your home (see numbers below), or contact DAV Department Headquarters - Tel. (516) 887-7100; FAX (516) 887-7175. You can also send an email to us at davny@optonline.net. Please help - this is urgent!

• Albany VAMC
(518) 462-3311 ext. 2780

• Bath VAMC
(607) 735-0583

• Batavia VAMC
585-297-1170

• Brooklyn Campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
(718) 630-2820

• Buffalo VAMC
(716) 862-6544

• Canandaigua VAMC
(716) 394-2000 ext. 37585

• Castle Point Campus of the VA Hudson Valley Healthcare System
(914) 831-2000 ext. 5145

• Northport VAMC
(516) 261-4000 ext. 7487

• Syracuse VAMC
(315) 425-4353

• Rochester Outpatient Clinic
(716) 241-2028

THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS VOLUNTARY SERVICE (VAVS)

VAVS is a volunteer organization run by the VA which helps care for veterans in VA facilities throughout the country. Volunteers assist in routine administrative functions to help free VA employees to concentrate more on health care. There are also several VA cemeteries that have VAVS volunteers assisting in maintenance chores.

• Founded in 1946 to provide for our nation's veterans while they are cared for by VA health care facilities.
• One of the largest centralized volunteer programs in the Federal government.
• Over 350 organizations support VAVS.
• Volunteers have provided over 676 million hours of service since 1946.


Community Assistance

• Assist veteran patients by augmenting staff with end of life care programs, foster care, community-based volunteer programs, hospital wards, nursing homes, and Veteran outreach centers.


Contributions

• Annual contributions amounting to over $50 million in gifts and donations.
• Volunteers contributed a more than 13 million hours of service to veterans in FY2005.
• VAVS volunteers are a priceless asset to America's veterans and to VA.

1. Contact the Department of Veterans Affairs facility nearest you. Ask for Voluntary Service. Tell their staff of your interest in becoming a VAVS Volunteer. The staff will take care of everything else including your interview, orientation and assignment! To locate the VA facility nearest you go to http://www.va.gov/directory/guide/home.asp?isFlash=0.



2. Or volunteer now by filling out and submitting the form located at http://www.va.gov/volunteer/volnowDB.cfm. Someone from your local VAVS office will contact you with additional information.

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