| DAV Van Transportation Network |
ATTENTION VETERANS!
The Disabled American Veterans, Department of Louisiana plans to start a DAV Van Transportation Program in the Baton Rouge area. Veterans interested in becoming Volunteer Drivers should contact the DAV Department Headquarters at 225-925-8396. The Department also needs to recruit a Volunteer Van Coordinator to schedule veterans to ride on the van. It should be noted that these are VOLUNTEER, NON-PAYING POSTIONS. A schedule will be developed and expanded upon as the number of Volunteer Drivers increases.
Once established, the van will make at least one run a month to the New Orleans Clinic and other runs on a daily/weekly basis to the Baton Rouge Clinic. The van cannot make home pickups and deliveries. It must make stops at designated locations only. The schedule will be based on the availability of Volunteer Drivers; the more drivers, the more trips.
|
DAV Transportation Network
The DAV Transportation Network is the only way many veterans are able get to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities for needed treatment. They're men and women who answered our country's call in times of war. Many lost limbs, sight, hearing, or good health. And many live a great distance from a VA hospital.
With fixed incomes, the cost of transportation to a VA hospital is just too high. They're left with two choices. They could go without the treatment they need, or skimp on food or other necessities to pay for transportation. Veterans disabled in our nation's service should never face such dire options. So DAV and Auxiliary volunteers respond, driving vets to and from VA hospitals and clinics. Other grateful Americans are helping too.
The network is administered by DAV Hospital Service Coordinators (HSCs) at the VA's 172 medical centers. The DAV has also donated vans, where needed, to make the program work. All DAV van drivers are volunteers and do not receive payment for the services they provide.
Across the nation, more than 196 HSCs operate more than 180 active programs at VA hospitals and outpatient clinics. These HSCs have recruited a corps of nearly 5,000 volunteer drivers whom they coordinate to provide transportation for veterans needing this service. Additionally DAV Departments and Chapters purchase and donate most of the vans to the VA medical facilities for use in the Transportation Network. DAV HSCs also help veterans file claims for VA benefits, and refer veterans to DAV National Service Officers for professional benefits assistance.
All DAV van drivers are volunteers and do not receive payment for the services they provide.
|
|
