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Read about what's happening in our VA Mountain Home health care community.
National Salute to Veterans Patients Week is coming up very soon!
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Soldiers’ Angels, members of the East Tennessee State University women’s basketball team, and employees of James H. Quillen VA Medical Center’s (JHQVAMC) Center for Development & Civic Engagement (CDCE) delivered holiday stockings to Veteran patients Dec. 13, 2023, here.
![East Tennessee State University women’s basketball team at JHQVAMC](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-12/WBB_3.jpg)
Veteran patients at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center were treated with a special Thanksgiving meal on November 23, 2023.
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James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (JHQVAMC) and the Mountain Home National Cemetery held a 120th birthday celebration to recognize the day its first resident arrived in October 1903.
![Attendees look on as East Tennessee State University ROTC cadets march on the colors during a ceremony to honor Mountain Home VA's 120th birthday.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-10/Crowd_Shot_Dr._Noe_Speaking_1.jpg)
Please help Veteran patients in need with Winter clothing!
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Go Green for Mental Illness Awareness Week
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The Covid-19 testing tent is closing on Friday, September 29th of 2023.
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Flu Clinic times for JHQVAMC, WCTOPC, and all VA Clinics starting September 18, 2023.
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James H. Quillen VA Medical Center (JHQVAMC) held a ceremony June 16, 2023, at 2 p.m., to dedicate the Community Living Center (CLC) dining room in honor of Hazel Roi McInturff Berry, a World War II Veteran and longtime volunteer at the medical center.
![James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Director Dean B. Borsos unveils a plaque during a ceremony.](https://s3-us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.www.va.gov/img/styles/2_1_medium_thumbnail/public/2023-06/HazelBerry00007.jpg%20cropped.jpg)