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This year's Phoenix VA Health Care System Summer Research Practicum gave eight college students the opportunity to explore healthcare career prospects with the VA and conduct research in nutritional science this Summer.

Scholars conducted Nutrition research

Staff from the Phoenix VA Health Care System reached out to Veterans and family members today to provide information and assistance as part of the International Overdose Awareness Day, which is officially recognized on Aug. 31.

Phoenix VA staff speak with Veterans during event recognizing International Overdose Awareness Day.

The Phoenix VA Health Care System received a donation of items worth $4000 to distribute to Veterans from MISSION Community Church in Gilbert, Ariz., Aug. 20.

Mission Church Donation Banner

Phoenix VA Health Care System employees graduated from the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22 Leadership Development Institute (LDI) at the Carl T. Hayden VAMC, July 26.

2024 LDI Graduates

Four Phoenix VA Veterans joined more than 500 Veterans representing over 90 VA facilities at the 2024 National Veterans Wheelchair Games in New Orleans, July 25-30.

2024 Wheelchair Games

The Phoenix VA Health Care System hosted the 18th annual Creative Arts Festival at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center on June 27.

creative arts banner

Sometimes, when Veterans come to the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, they will find the main hallways full of activity, laughter, and smiling faces.

Marine Corps Veteran Armando Villegas talks to Phoenix VA Systems Redesign Coordinator Lauren Hill

In an exuberant celebration of freedom and community, the Phoenix VA observed Juneteenth with an uplifting ceremony on June 18, at the Phoenix 32nd Street VA Clinic.

Juneteenth

Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System joined the Phoenix Veteran’s Benefits Administration to provide services to Veterans at the Drop Zone event at the American Leadership Academy & Applied Technologies campus in Mesa, Arizona, June 1.

Phoenix VA nurses speak with Veterans at the Drop Zone event in Mesa, AZ

The Phoenix VA Health Care System held a Nurses Week Celebration at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center to recognize and appreciate the dedication, compassion, expertise, and outstanding contributions VA nurses makes in Veterans’ lives and to our facility during Nurses Week, May 8.

Nurses Week