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  • Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital hosted a Suicide Prevention Art Walk and Fair, on Sept. 8, to raise awareness of and prevent Veteran suicide.

    Ian Long, a Navy Veteran, co-organized Hines VA Hospital's Suicide Prevention Art Walk and Fair, on Sept. 8, 2022. The event raised awareness of Veteran suicide and provided resources for those in need.

  • Veterans help Veterans. That’s what Joseph Palmer believes.

    Joseph Palmer, Veterans Affairs Officer of VFW Post 7539, drops off food to Joliet VA Clinic's micro food pantry on Aug. 23, 2022. VFW Post 7539 and Trinity Luthern Church of Bloomingdale, Illinois, donate food and household items monthly to the pantry for Veterans in need.

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

    Dr. Reynold Lopez-Soler consults with a Veteran about kidney transplant options at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital on Aug. 11, 2022. Lopez-Soler is the Director of Hines VA's Renal Transplant Program.

  • A team of 10 Veterans won a combined 18 medals at this year’s National Veterans Golden Age Games while representing Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. 

    Franklin Newson, of Naperville, Illinois, poses with some of his 19 medals earned during the National Veterans Golden Age Games. Newson has competed with a team from Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital since 2017, and won 7 medals during the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, games in July 2022.

  • A World War II Navy Veteran celebrated his 98th trip around the sun with a little help from the La Salle VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).

    World War II Navy Veteran Ervin Safranek, of Paw Paw, Illinois, celebrated his 98th birthday during a surprise party thrown by La Salle VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic staff, on July 21, 2022.

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

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

  • An Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital doctor received the Department of Defense's Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Patriot Award on June 27.

    Dr. Paul Nemeth displays his Patriot Award from the Department of Defense alongside his nominator, Kristine Nicoletto. Nemeth is chief of Emergency Medicine at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. He received the award for his eight years of supervisor support to Nicoletto, a lieutenant colonel in the Illinois Air National Guard's 182nd Medical Group. The award is given to civilian supervisors for directly supporting Military Reserve and National Guard members. (Photo by Jeff Howerton)

  • Oscar Solis, Jr. is a retired U.S. Marine who doesn’t like celebrating the Fourth of July.

    Sailors watch fireworks in Yokosuka, Japan, August 8, 2018. (U.S. Navy photo by Garrett Zopfi)

  • Admit it, we all stress eat sometimes, and these past two years have been stressful!

    Colorful fruits and veggies such as broccoli, spinach, Granny Smith apples, blueberries, ruby red grapefruit and more displayed neatly on a table.

  • It was a thoughtful ceremony. Hines VA employees, some Veterans, and a special guest laid the first stones in a Memorial Stone Garden located near the Winter Garden May 26, 2022, in dedication to recently passed Veterans who received their care here at Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital.

    Judy Sheridan holds a memorial stone for her husband Robert Sheridan, a Vietnam Veteran who passed away in 2020. Sheridan's stone was one of dozens of stones laid in dedication to Edward Hines, Jr. Veterans Hospital's new Memorial Stone Garden located near the Winter Garden