National Salute to Veteran Patients Friday at KCVA

Event honors Veterans, raises awareness of VA mission, encourages Americans to volunteer

CELEBRITIES ARE COMING TOGETHERTO MAKE SURE VETERANS THAT THEYCITY VA MEDICAL CENTER ARE NOTFORGOTTEN JOINING ME THISMORNING IS ANGELA ADMINASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THEKANSAS CITY VA MEDICAL CENTERANGELA.THANK YOU SO MUCH.THANKS FOR HAVING US.WE HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP.THIS VALENTINE’S DAY AT THE KCVA TELL US ABOUT IT.SO ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH ISOUR BIG EVENT FOR NATIONALSALUTE TO VETERANS WEEK THISWEEK WAS STARTED BACK IN 1974AND IT’S A WAY FOR CITIZENS INOUR COMMUNITY TO COME TO THE VAAND HONOR AND PAY THEIR RESPECTSTO THOSE VETERANS THAT SERVEDOUR COUNTRY WILL HAVE A HUGEINFORMATION FAIR.OUR MAIN HOSPITAL IN LYNWOODBOULEVARD AND OUR VALOR TOWERAND THEY’RE VETERANS AND GUESTSCAN GET INFORMATION ON LOTS OFDIFFERENT THINGSAND SERVICESTHAT WE OFFER AT THE VA.AND OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANTTHING IS THAT WE HAVE LOTS OFVALENTINE’S TREATS AND CANDIESAND ALSO VALENTINE’S DAY CARDSTHAT WERE ACTUALLY MADE BY LOCALSCHOOLS HERE AND THAT’S IN PUTSA SMILE ON SOMEONE’S FACE LIKE AVALENTINE’S CARD FROM A LOCALCHILD IDENTIFY MYSELF BEFOREIT’S A WONDERFUL EVENT,ESPECIALLY VETERANS WHO MAYBEDON’T HAVE TOO MANY ANY FAMILYNEARBY TO VISIT THEM AND ITREALLY REALL THEIR DAY AND ITREALLY IT IS INS BE ON THISFRIDAY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TOSERVE WHO MAYBE WANT TOVOLUNTEER AT THE VA.HOW CAN THEY GET INVOLVED INTHAT?ABSOLUTELY, WE NEED VOLUNTEERSAND GIVING ALL YEAR LONG AT THEVA TO HELP OUR VETERANS IT TAKESA VILLAGE SO YOU CAN CONTACT OURLOCAL VOLUNTARY SERVICEDEPARTMENT.WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE KANSAS CITYDOT VA.GOV OR EVEN THEIR PHONENUMBERS AND EIGHT ONE SIX NINETWO, TWO TWO ZERO TWO FIVE AND IVOLUNTEERED MYSELF TO IT’S VERYVERY REWARDING AND THE VETERANSREALLY REALLY APPRECIATE FORTHOSE WHO JUST WANT TO GETINVOLVED WITH THE VA AND OTHWAYS LEARN MORE INFORMATIONMAYBE.BY WHAT?WHAT CAN WHAT CAN THEY DO?SURE, SO WE HAVE NOT ONLY OURLOCATION ON LYNWOOD BOULEVARD,BUT LOTS OF CLINICS ACROSS THEMETRO.WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANY VETERANTO COME TO OUR VA AND LET USTAKE CARE OF YOU AND TRUST US TOTAKE CARE OF YOU SO YOU CAN COMEAND VISIT US WE HAVE OPEN HOURSEVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK.YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.LIKE I SAID BEFORE WE’RE ONSOCIAL MEDIA AT VA KANSAS CITY.YOU CAN ALSO CALL OUR MAIN LINEAT EIGHT ONE SIX EIGHT SIX ONE4,700 AWESOME AND LASTLY ANGELA.WE’RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME, BUT IWANT TO ASK YOU WHAT’S THE BESTPART ABOUT YOU BEING IN SUCH AHIGH LEADERSHIP POSITION INSERVING OUR VETERANS AND GIVINGBACK.WHAT’S THE BEST PART ABOUT THEWORK SHARE SO I COME FROM A LONGLINE OF VETERANS MY DAD BOTH MYGRANDFATHER’S AND I GO TO WORKEVERY DAY AND I SEE THEIR FACESIN THE FACES OF THE VETERANSTHAT WE SERVE AND JUST KNOWINGTHAT I CAN GIVE BACK TO THEM ANDHOPING THAT SOMEONE AT THE VAWHERE MY DAD GOES IS ALSOHELPING HIM.WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DOYOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THANK YOUFOR SERVING OUR VETERANSDEFINITELY STOP BY THIS FRIDAYSTOP BY THE KANSAS CITY V ANDSEE THE WONDERFUL WORK.THEY’RE DOING THEIR THANK YOUFOR BEING HERE ANGELA.