Home of the Brave Photos

Texas – Houston VA

Home of the Brave Event – Houston, TX 2023

Phoenix – Arizona VA

“We were honored to be volunteers at the Phoenix VA Hospitals VET Giving in which we treated vets and their families to hamburgers, hot dogs, and sides as well as dessert hosted by #HomeoftheBrave. There was also a band, lots of helpful booths for the vets as well as an immunization area. It was a great Saturday afternoon in Phoenix!” – Julie Caldwell, USAA Employee

Alabama – Tuskegee VA

“Robb Sanders and Chris Chaloult from Bristol Myers Squibb Co. assist in the Veterans Day celebration at Tuskegee VA. They prepared and packed cinch bags with #HomeoftheBrave hats and hygiene kits provided by Soldiers’ Angels along with socks and snacks to give to patients in the dormitory. The parade was fun-filled with many supporters in honor of our courageous veterans.” – Robb Sanders, BMS Employee

Iowa – De Moines VA

Home of the Brave Event – De Moines, IA 2023

Indiana – Indianapolis VA

Home of the Brave Event – Indianapolis, IN 2023

Iowa – Iowa City VA

Home of the Brave Event – Iowa City, IA 2023

Virginia – Salem VA

Home of the Brave Event – Salem, VA 2023

California – San Diego VA

Home of the Brave Event – San Diego, CA 2023

Massachusetts – West Roxbury VA

On November 10th volunteers from Bristol Myers Squibb and Soldiers’ Angels distributed cinch bags with hats, shirts, and a variety of other items to all the in-patients at the West Roxbury VAMC. 143 patients were honored for Veterans Day 2023. – Elliot Simmons, Soldiers’ Angels

Alabama – Tuscaloosa VA

Home of the Brave Event – Tuscaloosa, AL 2023

Pennsylvania – Altoona VA

Home of the Brave Event – Altoona, PA 2023

Ohio – Cleveland VA

Home of the Brave Event – Cleveland, OH 2023

California – Palo Alto VA

We served lunch and handed out hats and t-shirts. – Bethany Chung, BMS Employee

Washington – Spokane VA

Home of the Brave Event – Spokane, WA 2023

New Jersey – East Orange VA

Pictures of all the volunteers at the event and of the donuts we gave out to veterans. -Bichoi Rizk, BMS Employee

California – Sacramento VA

Our Sacramento team brought joy and smiles while visiting patients this Veterans Day weekend. It was a terrific experience that both our team and the veterans really enjoyed. We shared many laughs and heard some great stories. The veterans were extremely appreciative of our gratitude and it was a wonderful time! – Christopher Leonardini, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Mississippi – Biloxi VA

Soldiers’ Angels representative and VA volunteer coordinator have all Photo release forms. – Selina Hoover, BMS Employee

Ohio – Dayton VA

Sandra Guthrie, BMS (left), Tiffany Knight, Dayton VA Volunteer Services (center), and Joe Bolger, BMS (right) visited several in-patient veterans during The Home of the Brave at the Dayton VA, Dayton, Ohio on Thursday, November 9, 2023. This was the first time since Covid that the event was live, and it was a joy to be able to interact with the veterans again this year. The veterans we met were extremely thankful and appreciated our visit. It was an honor to represent Soldier’s Angels and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Veterans Community Network (VCN) for the sixth year in a row. – Joseph Bolger, BMS Employee

Nebraska – Omaha VA

Served lunch to over 150 veterans at the Omaha VA. Pictured are Kelly Pawol and Melanie Moore. – Melanie Moore, BMS Employee

Virginia – Richmond VA

Home of the Brave Event – Richmond, VA 2023

New York – Batavia VA

Volunteers assisted patients in wheelchairs to the Veterans Day Ceremony, visited with Veterans, handed out T-shirts and thank you gifts, and assisted patients back to their rooms. – Mary Ellen Tomaszewski, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Washington – Seattle VA

Pizza delivery to the VA Hospital in Seattle, WA. – Patricia Vandenburgh, BMS Employee

San Antonio – Texas VA

Veteran’s day appreciation breakfast. breakfast tacos and drink provided. Additionally, swag bag with Hygiene kits also provided. – Larry Clark, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Milwaukee – Wisconsin VA

We were able to hand out hats/t-shirts, Hygiene kits, cinch sacks, donuts, and coffee. We served approximately 375 veterans. – Vicky Zagorski, VA Volunteer

Hampton – Virginia VA

Members of Bristol Myers Squibb Oncology, Cardiovascular, and Dermatology teams supported Home of the Brave and Soldiers Angels on the historic lawn of the Hampton VAMC. – J.J. Wilson, BMS Employee

Lexington – Kentucky VA

Home of the Brave Event – Lexington, KY 2023

Los Angeles – California VA

Veterans Day BBQ at West LA VA in Lot 7. We served BBQ chicken, chili mac & cheese, beans, coleslaw and rolls. – Jeff Collins, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Buffalo – New York VA

Volunteers stuffed goody bags for 85 Veterans in need, greeted veterans, and handed out t-shirts and thank-you gifts at the VA hospital. Volunteers also hosted a Buffalo Bills football party at the VA hospital with prizes for all. – Mary Ellen, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Columbia – South Carolina VA

What a Wonderful Columbia VA Home of the Brave Event we had on Nov 9th, 2023. This Veteran’s Day Event was a Success in honoring our Men and Women who served. Soldiers’ Angels supported by providing our Inpatient veterans with Blue Cinch Bags that contained a “Thank YOU” Card with a ‘Home of the Brave’ T-Shirt or Cap( See Pics of Joyful Veterans of Chemotherapy Lab). Also, We added many smiles of joy by providing ‘Coffee and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. Bananas and ‘Cutie’ Tangelos were provided as an alternative healthy choice. The Volunteer Team had an awesome experience and looks forward to next year Veteran’s Day Home Of The Brave Celebration! – Rovenia Jenkins, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Bedford – Massachusetts VA

Home of the Brave Event – Bedford, MA 2023

Minneapolis – Minnesota VA

Home of the Brave Event – Minneapolis, MN 2023

St. Louis – Missouri VA

We helped host a MASH bash where we watched oldie-but-goodie episodes of MASH and provided snacks and desserts for the Veterans at John Cochran in St. Louis! – Chrissy Jolley, BMS Employee

Memphis – Tennessee VA

4 BMS volunteers assembled the Soldiers Angels cinch bags for the Memphis VA Veterans Day Celebration. – Jeff Herington, BMS Employee

Chicago – Illinois VA

Flag pledge of allegiance; videos of veterans; speeches by hospital administrators, physicians and veterans; visits to inpatients and residential counseling patients. – Beth Hahn, USAA Employee

Cheyenne – Wyoming VA

The Fort Collins HPE team of seven volunteers, visited the Cheyenne VA MC and spent time playing Bingo, visiting with room-bound residents and out-patients. The residents were overjoyed with our visit. One of the residents gave us a tour of the newly added wing which now houses the residents. It was clear they didn’t want us to leave. – Ingrid Hooker, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

San Francisco – California VA

#HomeoftheBrave 2023 event at VAMCSF serving donuts/coffee to clinic patients and delivering cinch bags to Community Living Center inpatients. – Arnold Gelb, BMS Employee

Durham – North Carolina VA

11-10 was the CLC (longterm care) veterans. We set up the room and assisted in bringing the veterans down to the room, portrait image#9 is one of 2 WWII veterans at Durham, the pizza party on 11/11 had hipaa issues prohibiting photos so we only have an image of the pizza table. – Chad Hord, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

Loma Linda – California VA

These are photos of the volunteers and the veterans who received the gifts and were able to thank them personally. – Morris Tien, BMS Employee

Brockton – Massachusetts VA

Brockton’s Recreational Therapy staff distributed cinch bags and shirts to in-patients to honor them for Veterans Day. – Elliot Simons, Soldiers’ Angels Volunteer

VA Central Western – Massachusetts

Pictures of myself, table centerpieces, the volunteers who worked with me. One is a veteran himself and they are all my family members since no one from the participating companies signed up to volunteer. – Stefanie Delaney, BMS Employee