How to Get Involved
Now that you know more about our organization, what should you do next?
Whether or not you're a student and whether or not you're in school,
you can still get involved!
To Students
If you're a student and would like to start a new USVH chapter at your school
but don't know how, contact our National Recruitment Director,
Leslie Johnson. She will guide you through
the steps of establishing a chapter, including:
- Finding a VA near you
- Contacting that VA regarding volunteer need
- Advertising/recruiting volunteers
- Establishing a Board to organize carpools and activities
After creating a new chapter, you will be in close contact with National Board members, keeping one another updated on chapter progress and suggesting ways to improve USVH's local and national program.
To get an idea of a local chapter's current structure and activities,
please see the Stanford Chapter website.
We also support the efforts of student leaders who want to undertake smaller scale collaborations. We recognize that many already established student groups have great interest in sending volunteers to their local VA hospitals to serve elderly veterans. Some of these groups, though, do not have the capacity to commit to weekly volunteers that match the traditional USVH model. In keeping with our goals to improve veterans’ quality of life across the United States, we work with these students on forming a different model of collaboration with their local VA hospitals. In so doing, we further mission of vision to allow us to have the greatest impact on the greatest number of veterans and students.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our National
Recruitment Director (Leslie Johnson)
or any National Board member.
To Non-students
If you're not a student, you can still get involved with veteran health care!
Here are some ways on how:
- Visit the Department of Veterans Affairs website
and learn more about veteran-related programs and news.
- Find out which VA facility is nearest you
here.
Contact them and see if they would like a new volunteer!
- Visit your local library and see what opportunities to volunteer
are available!
