Ovahcs to host summer vetfest pact act event at wickham park community center thursday, august 22, 2024 | va orlando health care | veterans affairs

Orlando , FL — The Orlando VA Healthcare System (OVAHCS) will host a Summer VetFest/PACT Act event on Thursday, August 22, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the Wickham Park Community

Center located at 2815 Leisure Way, Melbourne, Florida 32935. Ample parking for the event will be available on site at the Wickham Park Community Center.  Veterans Benefit Claims Assistance,

Eligibility and Enrollment Services, toxic exposure screenings, outreach tables with free giveaways and more will be available to all who attend.  Additionally, Mr. Timothy J. Cooke, OVAHCS

Director/CEO will be onsite to speak with Veterans. Appointments to speak with the Director can be made by emailing your name and contact information [email protected]. Someone

will return your email with an available time slot for your session.  For planning purposes, event organizers kindly request your RSVP here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WZXL2ZQ PACT Act

Summer VetFest is just one component of the VA’s nationwide PACT Act Veteran outreach campaign, which is the largest coordinated outreach campaign in VA history. Media representatives

interested in attending and hosting media engagements are encouraged to contact the Office of Public Affairs by emailing [email protected] or by calling 407-840-6967.  To learn about

the facilities and services offered by the OVAHCS, please visit: VA Orlando Health Care | Veterans Affairs, subscribe to receive email updates by clicking here, like us on Facebook at: 

@OVAHCS, follow us on Instagram at: @OVAHCS or on Twitter at: @OVAHCS.                                                                                             ### ESTABLISHED IN OCTOBER

2006, THE ORLANDO VA HEALTHCARE SYSTEM (VAHCS) WAS DESIGNATED A 1A FACILITY (MOST COMPLEX) IN 2021, WITH MORE THAN 5,660 EMPLOYEES AND AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $1.5B AND SERVES MORE THAN 131,000

VETERANS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE ORLANDO VA MEDICAL CENTER AT LAKE NONA PROVIDES OUTPATIENT, INPATIENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. LAKE NONA’S 65-ACRE MEDICAL CAMPUS ENCOMPASSES 134 ACUTE

INPATIENT BEDS, PROVIDING COMPLEX MEDICAL/SURGICAL/MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALTY CARE, ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, AND A LARGE MULTISPECIALTY OUTPATIENT CLINIC AS WELL AS A 120-BED COMMUNITY

LIVING CENTER, TWO MENTAL HEALTH RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION TREATMENT PROGRAMS/DOMICILIARIES (60-BEDS LOCATED AT THE LAKE NONA CAMPUS AND 58-BEDS AT THE LAKE BALDWIN CAMPUS). OUTPATIENT

SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT A HEALTH CARE CENTER IN VIERA, A MULTISPECIALTY COMMUNITY BASED OUTPATIENT CLINIC IN DAYTONA BEACH, AND FIVE COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINICS LOCATED IN CLERMONT,

KISSIMMEE, DELTONA, PALM BAY AND TAVARES