Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Hospitals plan lunches for first responders
Three sites providing Tue. drive-thru event
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Taco Tuesday donation for health care workers
Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospitals want to salute community heroes with a drive-thru Taco Tuesday lunch event next week.
The event is open to all Las Vegas-area first responders and health care workers. One hundred guests per location will receive free boxed lunches as a thank-you for the work they have done during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, first responders can receive one free lunch at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Desert Canyon, 9175 W Oquendo Road; Encompass
Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Henderson, 10301 Jeffreys St.; and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Las Vegas, 1250 S. Valley View Blvd.
Oral surgeon offers free wisdom tooth extraction
A Las Vegas oral surgeon is launching a program to provide one higher education student in
Las Vegas with a free wisdom tooth extraction.
The Wisdom for Wisdom program was started because of the economic hardships that many families are experiencing during the COVID-19 crisis.
Sara Neumann, spokeswoman for Canyon Oral & Facial Surgery, said that an extraction can typically cost a couple thousand dollars.
“The doctors wanted to give back to local students, now more than ever with the financial crisis,” Neumann said. “They hope to offset some college costs.”
College students can apply at canyonofs.com/wisdom until Thursday.