Volunteer or Donate

Volunteer or Donate

The VA Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts is a vital organization that brings greatly needed programs and services to tens of thousands of Veterans. Volunteer contributions help supplement these services and make their hospital stay more enjoyable. VA Boston Healthcare System depends on the goodwill of our benefactors and volunteers, who wish to give something back to America's heroes.

Adult Volunteer Program

This is a great opportunity to join our team to "serve those who have served." Volunteers can perform a number of services. In order to provide you with the best volunteer experience, Voluntary Service will coordinate placement in an area that is compatible for you from the volunteer opportunity list. Please be aware that all areas do not accept volunteers. Upon your questionnaire being accepted, potential volunteers must be pre-screened with staff prior to orientation. Please note that our process time for potential volunteers can take up to 4 weeks.

Adult Volunteer Requirements 

• Be cleared by Occupational Health to volunteer. Occupational Health requires the following from all volunteers.
  • A copy of your immunizations
  • A VA provided TB test, or one conducted in the past 12 months
  • Annual Flu shot from the past 12 months
• A background check performed by our Personal Security Office. Background checks require:
  • Two forms of acceptable ID (Real ID required as of May 2025)
  • Have your Photo and Fingerprints taken
• Complete all required VA Volunteer Training.

Adult Volunteer Onboarding Process

First Day Volunteering 

• Pickup VA ID from Personal and Security (PIV) Office
• Stop by the police station with a copy of your license and registration for a parking decal for your vehicle 
• Meet with your Volunteer Supervisor for your first day.

Youth Volunteer Program

Thank you for your interest in volunteering at the Boston VA Healthcare System. Student volunteers over the age of 14 and under the age of 18, must have written parental or guardian approval to participate in the volunteer program, and must have written authorization for diagnostic and emergency treatment if injured while volunteering. NOTE: Post-secondary students I.E Trade schools or Technical Schools are not to be considered volunteers while receiving academic credit under a formal affiliation agreement. Please be aware that all areas do not accept student volunteers. Limited positions are available for the Teen Volunteer Program.

Upon your questionnaire being accepted, potential volunteers must be pre-screened with staff prior to orientation. Please note that our process time for potential volunteers can take up to 4 weeks.

Youth Volunteer Requirements 

• Parent or Guardians consent to volunteer
• Complete all required VA Volunteer Training

Youth Volunteer Onboarding Process

First Day Volunteering 

• Pickup VA Student Volunteer ID from the Center for Development & Civic Engagement Office
• Meet with your Volunteer Supervisor for your first day.
• If you are being dropped off, make sure to setup a pickup location and time or if you are driving yourself stop by the police station with a copy of your license and registration for a parking decal for your vehicle

Donating to VA Boston

We sincerely thank you for your interest in donating to VA Boston Healthcare System. This is a great opportunity to support those who have served. 100% of the donations we receive go towards the support of our Veterans and their families. 

To arrange for acceptance of your donations, please email vhabhscdce@va.gov.

How to Help 

We accept both monetary and in-kind donations which allow us to support a myriad of programs including adaptive sports, recreation therapy, hospice, clothing rooms and many others. You can find further information on our programs here: Programs We Support. instructions on how to donate: 

Programs We Support

Local Center for Development & Civic Engagement offices of the VA Boston Healthcare System

Brockton VAMC Campus
ATTN: CDCE (135)
940 Belmont Street
Brockton, MA 02301
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Fax:

West Roxbury VAMC Campus
ATTN: CDCE (135)
1400 VFW Parkway
West Roxbury, MA 02132
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Fax:

Jamaica Plain VAMC Campus
ATTN: CDCE (135)
150 South Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02130-4817
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Email: vhabhscdce@va.gov to arrange for acceptance of your donations.

Please note:

VA accepting officials may decide to reject offers of gifts or donations of items for any reason including because there is no anticipated need for the items or the maintenance of the items would be out of proportion to their value. We are responsible for providing safe and clean donations. Items that do not meet these criteria will be refused.

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that under the Tax Code, donations to the Department of Veterans Affairs' General Post Fund for exclusively public purposes are deductible from federal income taxes in the manner and to the extent allowable. The announcement reflects the tax law provision which makes those donations deductible as "donations to the United States." A donation to support any of the Department's programs are deductible, whether the donor directs that the donated funds be used for a specific purpose or allows the Department to decide how the donated funds will be used..."