Editorial Board
Darlene Delancey, Interim Network Director
Tom Sharpe, Acting Deputy Network Director
Kathleen Hider,
Network Communications Manager/Editor
Ruth Harvie,
Public Affairs Specialist
Kathleen Laughlin, Design/Layout
Volunteer Staff
Albany
Jim Keller, Manager
(518) 626-5506
Noney Grier Specialist
(518) 626-5507
Bath
Lynn Dinehart, Manager
(607) 664-4965
Mary Harkin, Program Assistant
(607) 664-4771
Canandaigua
Robin Johnson, Manager
(585) 393-7759
Dan Ryan, Public Affairs
(585) 393-7209
Louise Motyka, Specialist
(585) 393-7729
Utaw Vines, Specialist Trainee
(585) 393-7757
Syracuse Volunteer Staff
Bob Hawes, Manager
(315) 425-4681
Sheri Valle, Specialist
(315) 425-4898
Lisa Gualtieri,, Specialist
(315) 425-4315
WNY Volunteer Staff
(Buffalo and Batavia)
Mark Francis, Manager
(716) 862-8667
Kelly Roberts, Specialist
(716) 862-8672
Sharon Shelton, Program Specialist
(716) 862-8671
Web Site:
www.visn2.va.gov/vet/volunteer.asp
The VAVS newsletter has been created for all volunteers and potential volunteers of VA Health Care Upstate New York. This publication is meant to showcase the wonderful work our volunteers contribute to VA. Produced by VISN 2 Public Affairs. Printed by Veterans in the Therapeutic Printing Program, Bath VAMC. |
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Welcome New Interim Network Director
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I am honored to have been appointed to serve as the Interim Network Director for VA Health Care Upstate New York. I look forward to supporting your volunteer efforts that improve the quality of life of our Veteran patients.
After a long, cold and bitter winter - summer is finally here. We can’t wait to get outside and enjoy the sunshine and warm weather after being indoors for so long. The warm weather coaxes us outside. We are encouraged to begin or step up our physical exercise and enjoy eating healthier fresh produce like tomatoes, corn, squash, carrots, onions and peppers to name a few.
Our Veteran patients also want to enjoy the outdoors and increase their activity. The hours you donate this summer to take Veterans out to barbeques, picnics, sports games, fly fishing, boating, nature walks will be so very much appreciated by our Veterans. Some volunteers have started vegetable and flower gardens for Veterans to tend to and enjoy. All these outdoor activities improve a patient’s mental and physical well-being, helping them to better cope with their health issues.
So on behalf of our Veteran patients and our Network thank you for your time and donations which helps make it possible for them to remember wonderful summertime pastimes and experience new memories because of your generosity. Thank you for all you do each and every day to accomplish our sacred mission.
Sincerely,
Darlene A. Delancey, M.S.
Interim Network Director
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You can now make a donation online
to the Veteran program of your choice
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Front cover photo
Becky Jo Ross, Syracuse VA Recreation Therapist (left), and Linda Bennett, Veteran (right), enjoy spending the day fly fishing at Carpenter’s Brook Fish Hatchery with help from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing (PHWFF). PHWFF takes disabled Veterans on fly fishing trips to help them heal and have fun. |
We Want to Hear from You!
If you have any comments, questions, story ideas, etc. contact: VISN 2 Public Affairs VA at Clinton Crossings 919 Westfall Road, Building B, Suite 115 Rochester, NY 14618 (585) 463-2642 Kathleen.Hider@va.gov
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