Club and District Donates $4,000 to Adopt-A-Vet Dental Program
From left to right Gary MacDonald, Club Past President & Assistant District Governor for Rotary District 5109; club member, Dr. Jim Garol ; Linda Haigh, AAVD Executive Director ; Elizabeth Fielder, Club Secretary and Community Service Committee Chairperson; Dr. Merrill Mensor, Community Service Committee member present a check for $4,000 to Linda and AAVD. The club contributed $2,000 and received a $2,000 matching grant from District 5190 to assist AAVD in their efforts to provide dental services to local veterans.
Reno Central Rotary has been an ardent supporter of the Adopt A Vet Dental Program (AAVD) since its start three years ago. This is the second time Reno Central Rotary has contributed to this organization that provides a pathway for full-service dental care donated as a pro bono service for low-income disabled military veterans who do not have a “service connected” dental loss or injury covered by the Veterans Administration.
The majority of the dental services are donated by the dental community (dentists, dental Laboratories and dental supply companies) coordinated by Washoe County Dental Society and AAVD with the Rotary contributions to AAVD overseen for Reno Central Rotary by two club members, former veteran U.S. Navy dentists, Dr. Jim Garol and Committee Member Dr. Merrill Mensor (Ret).