The ‘Flying Doctors’ return this spring offering free dental and vision care but volunteer doctors and dentists are needed to make the event a success. Reporter Ernest Figueroa shares the details…
The Flying Doctors; offering free dental and vision care for the uninsured, underinsured, and underserved; return to Copper Mountain College this spring, but the Morongo Basin Healthcare District still needs volunteers in the following specialties: general dentistry, dental hygienists, optometrists, opticians, nurses, and optical techs. Both full-day and part-day shifts are available.
To volunteer, please contact Jeff Grabow at [email protected].
The Morongo Basin Healthcare District sponsors the day’s events in collaboration with Copper Mountain College, Los Medicos Voladores -Flying Doctors, and Healing California, a nonprofit organization who provides the dental and optometry equipment. The event takes place Saturday, April 25, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Bell Center on the campus of Copper Mountain College in Joshua Tree.