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Valerie Bussey, an environmental technician at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center, honors patients and community by playing “Taps” at events. Photo by Lindsey Reznicek, UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EVS staff member purses lips to honor veterans, community<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Twenty-four unmistakable notes pierce the air. They hang there over the course of about sixty seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaps.\u201d<\/p>\n

For those serving on United States military bases, \u201cTaps\u201d signals the end of the day.<\/p>\n

When Valerie Bussey plays \u201cTaps,\u201d it\u2019s in honor and remembrance of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are veterans in my family \u2013 Navy, Army, Coast Guard, Marines,\u201d she said. \u201cI want to pay tribute to them as well as other service members and their families in my community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bussey is president of the auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4264, an organization that serves veterans, the military and their families in honor of the sacrifices and commitment of the men and women who serve in uniform. She\u2019s also a member of the environmental services team at UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center.<\/p>\n

She was working at the VFW Post in Steamboat Springs when she learned that the veterans were relying on a recording of \u201cTaps\u201d for their annual Memorial Day remembrance. That didn\u2019t feel right to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I do with the auxiliary is so small compared to what they do,\u201d said Bussey, \u201cThey deserved a fitting bugle call, and I knew I could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bussey began working with a local reserve Marine who taught her to play \u201cTaps\u201d on a bugle, and she\u2019s done so for nearly 20 years now at Memorial Day ceremonies in Steamboat Springs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s humbling to be able to play \u2018Taps\u2019 each year,\u201d she said, fighting back tears. \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bussey said it\u2019s important to her to give back, through her work with the auxiliary, as a member of the community and as someone who interacts with patients through the health care setting, noting there are a number of veterans and auxiliary members who work at YVMC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take pride in making sure that when people enter our doors, the doctors and nurses have what they need to care for patients, and that the patients can trust that they\u2019re in good hands,\u201d she said. \u201cFirst impressions can go a long way.\u201d<\/p>\n

For many years, Bussey interacted with residents at the Doak Walker Care Center, an extended care center previously located on the campus of YVMC. She always made time to stop, listen and engage when cleaning rooms \u2013 something she also does when cleaning hospital patient rooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard stories from code talkers, a Tuskegee airman, World War II nurses \u2013 those women were tough,\u201d she said. \u201cListening to their stories, you realize that a lot of people, probably most people, don\u2019t know what they sacrificed.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the past few years, Bussey\u2019s granddaughter has provided a bugle echo to hers, something she is proud of.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fun to get to play with her, but even more so, I\u2019m glad that she understands the importance of giving back in this manner,\u201d said Bussey. \u201cI try to do what I can to make the lives of others a little bit better. It doesn\u2019t have to be a big, grand gesture, but I know that every bit counts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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EVS staff member purses lips to honor veterans, community Twenty-four unmistakable notes pierce the air. They hang there over the course of about sixty seconds. \u201cTaps.\u201d For those serving on United States military bases, \u201cTaps\u201d signals the end of the day. 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