Attendees:Chairman Jerry Berns, Jerry Blum, Joe Kraut, Hannah Deutch, Bill Singer, Maxwell Colon, Jerry Farris, Elliott Donn, Mort Friedlander, Sheldon Ohren, Gerald Alperstein, Warren Dolny, Ben Podtor, Norman Rosenshein, Mrs. Bailor, Joe Fleischmann, Ed Fisher
Staff: NED Herb Rosenbleeth; DOO Larry Richardson; Nikki Salzman
Subject: Volunteering in Veterans Hospitals
- Volunteers are desperately needed at some clinics
- Now volunteers have to do more to be accepted as volunteers
- It makes it difficult to get volunteers
- We need to take photos of the volunteer work that we do in hospitals.
- This is an opportunity for publicity for JWV and raises our profile in the community
- Note: you must get permission from the patient before taking his or her photo
- Take patients out of the hospital and into the community. Put together outside events that they can look forward to.
- Give gifts at the hospitals around holiday times – don’t just make it Chanukah-centric, we want to make sure everyone is included.
- Remember: our mission is to take care of all patients, not just the Jewish ones.
- Several Posts are involved with local Stand Downs - in CT, for example, JWV is going to have a booth there and hand out packages of heavy socks. Socks go so fast because in the winter having socks is very important for the homeless community
