Veteran's Project
Posted by Eric Tindall
on Jul 13, 2015
Veterans Projects With Ann Arbor Rotary Club Downtown:
A recent meeting with the Veterans Administration’s Director Robert McDevitt and his executive staff developed and reinforced the vision of President-elect Ashish Sarkar for several projects to assist Veterans.
One idea is to establish a Home Away from Home for Veterans and their families. More than 50% of veterans travel more than fifty miles for treatment. At Veterans Hospital Ann Arbor many Veterans must delay their treatments when hospital rooms are not available for them. Family members, as caregivers, must pay for their overnight stays in hotels. When local hotel rooms are not available for families during football games, graduation activities, U-M move-in/move-out dates and Art Fair needed treatments are delayed.
Other potential projects under consideration: Job Fair for Veterans; Veterans Day Celebration, November 11, 2015; visits with Veterans at the VA Hospital; provide furnishing for a VA hospital room. A Veterans committee is working with President-Elect Ashish Sarkar and Collyer Smith to determine which projects are viable for our club. Contact Eric Tindall for more information on Ann Arbor North participation.
From Ann Arbor Rotary Harpoon, April 29, 2015