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Volunteer or donate

Find out how to make a donation or become a volunteer at VA Mountain Home, and learn more about how your support helps us serve Veterans.

Become a volunteer

VA Mountain Home Health care depends on the goodwill of donors and volunteers who want to give something back to America's heroes. Volunteers provide much-needed help throughout the health care system and make patients' experiences more enjoyable. Many different volunteer opportunities are available, and each volunteer's talents are closely matched with one of our assignments. Volunteers can choose to serve at the James H. Quillen VA campus.

Volunteer at our health care facility

By volunteering at a VA health care facility, you'll provide critical support to our nation's heroes.

Benefits of volunteering

In addition to supporting Veterans in your area, you'll enjoy the following benefits as a VA volunteer: 

  • Free Canteen meals during shifts of four or more hours
  • Educational opportunities, such as CPR training
  • Annual tuberculosis test
  • Free annual flu and COVID-19 vaccines
  • Job skills development
  • Career exploration opportunities

Where we need help

Although we're excited to work with all volunteers, we're always in need of more red coat ambassadors and information desk volunteers.

Volunteer duties

Whatever your interests, VA has volunteer opportunities for you. Our volunteer duties fall into three categories: Recreational (focused on general support services), Clinical (focused on patient care), and Operational (focused on logistical or administrative tasks).

Volunteer duties

Whatever your interests, VA has volunteer opportunities for you. Our volunteer duties fall into three categories: Recreational (focused on general support services), Clinical (focused on patient care), and Operational (focused on logistical or administrative tasks). 

Recreational
  • Escort - Escort Veterans to various clinics for their appointments.
  • Recreation - Assist with arts and crafts projects, play bedside games, assist on field trips, show bedside movies, and help therapists with community outings, card games, popcorn parties, and other activities.
  • Food and nutrition - Help staff with meal set up and cleaning of the area.
  • Chaplain - Assist with chaplain services and visit Veterans. 
  • Popcorn program - Prepare and serve popcorn as Veterans arrive at the facility.
  • Bingo volunteers - Assist therapist with group activities.
  • Ambassador volunteers - Greet outpatients, guests, visitors and patients' families, answer phones and transfer calls. Ambassador volunteers are stationed at the main information desks.
Operational
  • Office assistant - Type, file, answer phones, keep records, and do data entry.
  • No Veteran Dies Alone Program - Supporting our Veterans that do not have family.
  • DAV transportation - Drive patients from their homes to VA medical centers.
Contact us
  • If you have questions about donating or volunteering, please contact the VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement program coordinator.
  • VA Center for Development and Civic Engagement Program Coordinator:
  • Phone: 423-979-2891
  • In person:

James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Campus
Building 69 1st floor

Make a donation

Generous donations from people like you help helps us provide enhanced services to Veterans receiving care. You can make a monetary donation by mail, or drop off a donation of materials to one of our main campuses.

How to make a material donation in person

Some donors prefer to make monetary contributions to Mountain Home VA, and other prefer to donate goods needed by Veterans.

Your material donations are used to support specialty programs at each campus:

  • At Mountain Home campus: the Community Living Center, Veterans Recovery Center (including a homeless domiciliary), psychosocial residential rehabilitation (including a food and nutrition program), the Department of Housing and Urban Development and VA Supportive Housing Program (including voucher rental assistance), Veteran Clothing Room, and more.

For more information on donating materials, or to schedule a time to drop off your donation, please contact:

Phone: 423-979-2891

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