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  • Maximo Flores, an Environmental Service Technician at the Phoenix VA Health Care System was recognized as one of two VA Outstanding Employees during the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society’s 17th Annual Patriotic Awards Luncheon, April 19, 2024.

    Maximo

  • The Phoenix VA Sustainability Fair was held April 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center to celebrate Earth Day, which was on April 22.

    The Phoenix VA Sustainability Fair

  • Claire Piazza and Leah Swenson noticed a Veteran sitting outside of the Veteran Resource Open House event in Whiteriver, Ariz., and they decided to stop what they were doing to go talk to him.

    Veteran speaks to a Phoenix VA social worker

  • Ms. Senior Arizona America, a community partnership for the Phoenix VA, re-established after being on a four-year hiatus made a grand return! The event, held during Women’s History Month on March 27, 2024, at the Carl T. Hayden VAMC, brought together over 50 Veterans, staff, and supporters.

    Ms Senior Arizona

  • Five years at the Phoenix VA, Jasmine Hardy shares her transformative journey from Indiana to Arizona. At the Phoenix VA, she is committed to her role as the Program Support Assistant, states Jasmine, “it's a personal mission to make a positive impact on others.”

    Jasmine Hardy

  • Veterans and their families are rolling up their sleeves to participate in a new therapeutic activity at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center every Wednesday at 11 a.m.

    Phoenix VA Veterans participate in gardening group activities around the Carl T. Hayden VAMC

  • Veterans in the Phoenix VA Music Therapy Program received a gift of guitars at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center Feb. 21.

    Veterans receive guitars donated to Music Therapy Program

  • The Phoenix VA Health Care System Health Promotion and Disease Prevention program kicked off their Colorectal Cancer Awareness campaign with an event at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center on March 5.

    Colorectal Cancer Awareness

  • One thing the Phoenix VA leadership understands very well is that in order to give the best care to the Veterans, it has to provide the best opportunities for continued growth and development of its staff.

    Graduates of the 2023 Leadership Initiative Training for Employees (LITE) program.

  • U.S. Army Veteran Regina Ward, DNP and surgical specialty clinics unit-based nurse educator and chair of the nursing clinical practice council at the Phoenix VA is a distinguished healthcare professional.

    U.S. Army Veteran Regina Ward, DNP