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Laconia Elks Makes Donation To Support Dental Care For Veterans
The donation by the Laconia Lodge of Elks 876 will help provide veterans with much-needed care.
Press release from Harbor Care:
June 21, 2022
The Laconia Lodge of Elks 876 made a generous $6,000 donation to Harbor Care to assist with critical dental care for vulnerable veterans living in Plymouth.
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Harbor Care’s Veterans FIRST program operates a 30-unit permanent housing complex at Boulder Point in Plymouth dedicated to veterans who have experienced or are at-risk of homelessness. Because dental care is not currently a benefit provided by the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, nearly all of the 30 veteran residents at Boulder Point need care. Many have deferred such treatment for years.
In 2021, Harbor Care launched a dental clinic within its community health center. The donation by the Laconia Lodge of Elks 876 will help provide these veterans with much needed care.
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"We are so grateful to the Elks for their incredible commitment to our veterans and helping to provide this important service," states David Tille, Harbor Care’s director of veteran services. "This donation will be extremely helpful in improving, the health, wellbeing, and self-esteem of our veterans at Boulder Point."
According to Lisa Sauceda, District Deputy of the Laconia Elks, there is a passion for supporting veterans that is held by the Elks nationally, reflected in their mantra: "So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them."
This press release was produced by Harbor Care. The views expressed here are the author's own.
