How to resolve AdBlock issue? LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – For those interested in giving back to local veterans, the Disabled American Veterans has a special duty.
The group is looking for volunteer drivers to transport veterans to the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Fort Miley.
Disabled American Veterans Transportation Coordinator Marilyn Nosaka said the DAV donated a van that is used to transport vets to Fort Miley for medical appointments.
She said the trips take place once a day, Monday through Friday.
There are four pickup spots, she said.
At 5 a.m. the van leaves the Clearlake Police Department at 14050 Olympic Drive. At 5:15 a.m. it makes a stop at DJ's Pizza in Lower Lake, is at the Middletown Post Office by 5:30 a.m. and also picks up vets at the Napa McDonald's at 6:30 a.m., she said.
Depending on traffic, the van normally arrives at Fort Miley by 8:15 a.m., Nosaka said.
Vets are asked to get morning appointments so the van can leave by 2 p.m. If they're done earlier, they leave earlier, but she added, “Nobody is ever left behind.”
Any amount of time volunteers want to dedicate to the trips is appreciated, said Nosaka. “It's whatever they can do for us.”
She said all volunteers must be approved by VA Voluntary Service Assistant Director James McDermott.
Volunteers should have a normal Class C license and provide a Department of Motor Vehicles printout that is clear for the last five years, Nosaka said. In addition, they will be shown a video.
They also must undergo a physical, either at the San Francisco VA Medical Center or the VA's Clearlake clinic, she said.
For more information or to volunteer, contact Nosaka at 800-733-0502, Extension 5612.
More information also is available at http://www.sanfrancisco.va.gov/patients/volunteertransport.asp .
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