November Brings Miss America 2009 to the VA Maryland Health Care System
There she is! Miss America! Miss America 2009 Katie Stam, 22, who travels 20,000 miles a month, changing location every 24 to 48 hours, will visit the Baltimore VA Medical Center when she comes to Maryland with the USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) in November during Veterans Day week. Stam, a communications major at the University of Indianapolis who aspires to become a TV news reporter and anchor and who is passionate about service, plans to visit hospitalized Veterans as part of her effort to promote community service and involvement. The VA Maryland Health Care System welcomes Stam, the USO-Metro, and anyone who would like to become a volunteer.
(Vocus/PRWEB ) November 5, 2009 -- There she is! Miss America! Miss America 2009 Katie Stam, 22, who travels 20,000 miles a month, changing location every 24 to 48 hours, will visit the Baltimore VA Medical Center when she comes to Maryland with the USO of Metropolitan Washington (USO-Metro) in November during Veterans Day week. Stam, a communications major at the University of Indianapolis who aspires to become a TV news reporter and anchor and who is passionate about service, plans to visit hospitalized Veterans as part of her effort to promote community service and involvement. The VA Maryland Health Care System welcomes Stam, the USO-Metro, and anyone who would like to become a volunteer.
Who:
Katie Stam, Miss America 2009
When:
Nov.15, 2009, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Where:
The Baltimore VA Medical Center
10 N. Greene St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Highlights:
As part of a USO-Metro celebrity handshake tour, Stam will visit with hospitalized Veterans, meeting with them individually, posing with them for Polaroid snapshots, which she will then sign and give to the Veteran.
Info:
| | - For more information about the either Katie Stam or the Miss America organization, please visit www.missamerica.org
- To follow Stam’s example and to become a regular volunteer at the VA Maryland Health Care System, please contact Dallas Renninger at dallas.renninger@va.gov. or via phone at 410.605.7100
- For more information on USO of Metropolitan Washington’s programs and services, please visit www.usometro.org.
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The VA Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS) provides a broad spectrum of medical, surgical, rehabilitative, mental health and outpatient care to veterans at two medical centers, one rehabilitation & extended care center and five outpatient clinics located throughout the state. More than 52,000 veterans from various generations receive care from VAHMCS annually. Nationally recognized for its state-of-the-art technology and quality patient care, VAHMCS is proud of its reputation as a leader in veterans’ health care, research and education. It costs nothing for Veterans to enroll for health care with the VA Maryland Health Care System and it could be one of the more important things a Veteran can do. For information about VA health care eligibility and enrollment or how to apply for a VA medical care hardship to avoid future copayments for VA health care, interested Veterans are urged to call the Enrollment Center for the VA Maryland Health Care System, Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at 1-800-463-6295, ext. 7324.
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