About the
ELKS Veteran Services

Louisiana Elks Care ...
Louisiana Elks Share with our Veterans

Louisiana Elks, with funding from the Grand Lodge, our State Association and our Subordinate Lodges provide services on at least a monthly basis, some weekly, to the Veterans Administration Medical Facilities within our State.

Through our V.A.V.S. Representatives and their Visitation Committee, provide the patients with coffee services, entertainment, cards and bingo games and comfort items or someone to talk to. Through the V.A. Patient Coordinator, we purchase items such as TV’s, VCR’s and miscellaneous amenities for the facilities’ Day Room.

The Veterans Administration Medical Facilities serviced by Louisiana Elks are:

• V.A. Medical Center at Alexandria, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Gary Yelm, PDD
  Email: garyyelm2001@yahoo.com

• V.A. Medical Center at New Orleans, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Wm. "Bill" Boudreaux, PSP
  Email: bboudx53@aol.com

• Overton Brooks V.A. Hospital at Shreveport, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Joshua Wendt
  Email: jousha.wendt.us.af.mil

• Louisiana Veterans Home at Bossier City, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Brandi Wendt
  Email: brandiahayden1@gmail.com

• Louisiana Veterans Home at Jackson, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Don Baye, LEA President-elect
  Email: dlbaye1949@gmail.com

• Louisiana Veterans Home at Reserve, LA

  V.A.V.S. - Representative Darren L. LaBarthe
  Email: ddll@live.com

• Louisiana Veterans Home at Jennings, LA

  V.A.V.S. Representative - Wm. "Brice" Palmer, PG Tiler
  Email: bricepalmer@yahoo.com

This Grand Lodge Program is coordinated by our State Association Chairman:

National Veterans Service

Don Baye, LEA President-elect
Email: dlbaye1949@gmail.com