Opportunities for Volunteering

The Veterans Administration Volunteer Service (VAVS) is in need of volunteers to assist at the Nevada Veterans Hospital and four super clinics across the Las Vegas Valley. At the Post 1947 meeting January 11, 2011, Dr. Roy W. Kekahuna, then Chief of Voluntary Service for the VA Southern Nevada Health Care System, gave a presentation on the need for volunteers and the types of jobs for which their assistance was needed.

If you would like to volunteer, call the VAVS on telephone number (702) 791-9134 and arrange an appointment. The VA clearance Process involves taking your Identification Card photograph, finger prints and performing a background check. Each year you will need to be tested for TB and review two videos on patient privacy and information security.

The types of voluneer jobs available are: