WELCOME TO THE DAV VAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Veterans needing a ride on the DAV van should contact the coordinator for your area. The coordinator for your area is listed below. All patients should be able to board the van without assistance. Walkers are allowed on a space available basis. The van does not accommodate wheelchair patients. In all cases, 72 hours advance notice is required to arrange for a ride. Any veteran riding the van must schedule appointments between 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
If you are currently using the van or the Boise Transportation Network, please be sure to contact one of the numbers listed on the following page if there is any change in your schedule.
BOISE
DAV HOSPITAL SERVICE COORDINATOR
Jim Rosetti, HSC Boise VAMC
Phone: 208-422-1000 ext 7555
BAKER CITY
AREA TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR
Robert Warner
Phone: 541-523-5340
MINIA-CASSIA
SERVICE OFFICER AND AREA TRANSPORTATION
Richard Dalton
Phone: 208-678-3599
NAMPA/CALDWELL
DAV HOSPITAL SERVICE COORDINATOR
Jim Rosetti
Phone: 208-422-1000 ext 7555
TWIN FALLS
SERVICE OFFICER AND AREA TRANSPORTATION
Cheryl Ringenburg
Phone: 208-733-7610 ext 21
Fax: 208-733-9082
WEISER
AREA TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR
Lori Walla
Phone: 208-549-0381
VAMC-CHIEF
VOLUNTARY SERVICE
Sharon N. Clark
Phone: 208-422-1175
RULES AND REGULATIONS
The DAV Van Driver is a volunteer and receives no salary.
Patients should be ready to leave when the van arrives.
If a veteran schedules a ride on the van, he/she should make every effort to keep his/her appointment. The coordinator should be informed of ANY changes in plans.
All van riders should be considerate of their fellow van riders as well as their driver.
The van driver is not to lift or attend medically to any patient.
The volunteer driver is permitted to pick up and discharge riders. The driver may also stop for a rest stop or an emergency situation. Side trips and errands are not allowed.
Drivers and riders are not permitted to smoke, chew tobacco, drink alcohol, use foul language, carry weapons, drugs, or any illegal substance on the van. The van driver may not provide transportation to anyone who is intoxicated, abusive, or poses a threat to the driver or other passengers on the van.
Passengers are required to wear seat belts at all times. Any passenger refusing to buckle-up will be denied transportation on the van.
All trash will be placed in the proper trash receptacle.
Riders needing special care will be allowed to bring a “caregiver” on a space available basis.
No large articles or wheelchairs will be transported on the van.
Patients being discharged or on pass from the hospital will be allowed to ride the van home on a space available basis.
Riders who catch other rides should notify the driver and/or the HSC.
Patients utilizing the DAV Transportation Network will not be eligible for reimbursement of travel expenses.
Have a pleasant and safe trip.
BOISE & SURROUNDING AREA ROUTES TO BOISE VAMC
û Homedale, Marsing, and Canyon County:
Pickup points:............... Star Star Merc
........................................ Middleton Downtown Shell Station
........................................ Shell Station at exit 25 of I-84
........................................ Notus Shell Station
........................................ Parma M&W Market
........................................ Wilder Shell Station
........................................ Homedale Shell Station
........................................ Caldwell Chevron at 10th Avenue South & the freeway
........................................ Emergency entrance of West Valley Medical Center
........................................ Maverick at 10th Avenue South & Ustick
........................................ 20248 Hoskins Road
........................................ Nampa Karcher Mall near Ross Dress for Less
........................................ Albertson’s at 7th Street & 12th Avenue South
........................................ D and B Supply on 12th Avenue South
........................................ Melba/Bowmont Chevron at Greenhurst & Southside
........................................ McDonalds at exit 38 of the freeway
........................................ Kuna West side of the Winco parking lot
û Weiser, Payette, Ontario, Emmett, and surrounding area:
Pickup points:............... Emmett Tom’s Cabin Restaurant
........................................ Subway near Albertson’s
........................................ Stinker Station
........................................ Fruitland Shell Station at Palisades Corner
........................................ Shell Station at the highway
........................................ Middleton (Caldwell) 44 Quick Stop
........................................ New Plymouth Lowell’s Market at 5 Corners
........................................ Hamilton Corners at Highways 52 & 30
........................................ Nyssa Anderson Corner
........................................ McDonalds at West Park Plaza
........................................ Ontario McDonalds at West Park Plaza
........................................ McDonalds at K-Mart
........................................ Shell Station at the freeway
........................................ Shell Station on Idaho
........................................ The Elk’s
........................................ Payette Albertson’s
........................................ Jerry’s Market on 6th
........................................ Lonnie’s market
........................................ Weiser Sinclair Station at Highway 95
........................................ Maverick Station at Highway 95
........................................ Chevron Station
........................................ Pioneer Market
........................................ Ridley’s Market
û...................................... Twin Falls, Jerome, Lincoln, Gooding, and
Elmore Counties:
Pickup points:............... Twin Falls Sheriff’s Office
........................................ Filer Logan’s Market
........................................ Buhl Oasis Stop-N-Go
........................................ Jerome Ridley’s Market
........................................ Gooding Ridley’s Market
........................................ Wendell Farmhouse
........................................ Bliss Ziggy’s
........................................ Hammett Penney’s Market
........................................ Glenns Ferry Shell Station
........................................ Mountain Home Foothills Chevron Station
û Cassia, Minidoka, and Blaine Counties:
Pickup points:............... Burley Sheriff’s Office
........................................ Exit 211 Wayside
........................................ Exit 208 Hub 66
........................................ Greenwood Store