Richard Petty Encourages Volunteerism

Legendary stock car racer and seven-time NASCAR champion Richard Petty has teamed up with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to promote volunteerism at VA hospitals. Petty was named chairman of the 2006 National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans. Petty will make public service announcements encouraging the public to volunteer at VA facilities, and be the national spokesman for more than 140,000 volunteers serving veterans at 154 VA hospitals, more than 850 outpatient clinics and 134 nursing homes across the nation. To find out more about volunteering at a VA facility near you visit the Department of Veterans Affairs website.

Give it a try, you'll like it. I did.