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September 29, 2022

Hoffman Estates VA Clinic will offer a special Saturday flu vaccination and COVID-19 booster clinic on Oct. 1, 2022, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

August 26, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital will host an employment hiring fair and healthcare enrollment event on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

August 24, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital will host a virtual town hall for women Veterans on Sept. 7, 2022, at 5 p.m., via Facebook.

August 23, 2022

Each month, VFW Post 7539 and Trinity Lutheran Church have donated $400 worth of food and household items to Joliet VA Clinic’s micro food pantry to assist local Veterans in need.

August 10, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital’s Dr. Reynold Lopez-Soler has been appointed Chairman of the Department of Veterans Affairs Transplant Surgery Surgical Advisory Board (SAB).

July 26, 2022

Hines VA-Serwa Research Center on Aging (Serwa Center) awarded its second series of $50,000 research grants seeking to improve the quality of life and address the unique health needs of aging Veterans.

July 12, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital's Joliet Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) will host a mobile food pantry on July 19, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

July 12, 2022

On July 16, 2022, the nation-wide Veterans Crisis Line will transition to a new number: 988 and Press 1.

June 16, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital's Renal Transplant Program completed its first living donor kidney transplant on June 16, 2022.

June 14, 2022

Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital's Joliet Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) will host two mobile food pantries for low-income Joliet-area residents on June 29 and July 19, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.