Vols are needed to At Brownell Talbot drive vets to VAMC Free dental clinic is
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he Disabled American Veterans need volunteers to drive veterans one day a week to and from the VA Medical Center, 4101 Woolworth Ave. in Omaha. While the volunteer drivers don’t need to be veterans, they do need a valid driver’s license, and be able to pass a drug screening and a Department of Transportation physical given at the VA Medical Center. Drivers will be given a lunch voucher on the day they volunteer for the DAV. For more information, please contact Command Sergeant Major (retired) Lance Fouquet at 402-5051482 or sgmman1447@ gmail.com.
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he Nebraska Mission of Mercy – a free dental clinic – will be held March 29 and 30 from 5:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days at Brownell Talbot School, 400 Happy Hollow Blvd. in Omaha. Up to 2,000 people who don’t have insurance or who are under-insured will receive free dental care on a first come, first served basis. Cleanings, root canals, fillings, and prosthetics for kids and adults will be available from the 400 to 500 dental professionals who are expected to volunteer their time those days. For more information, please go online to nebraskamissionofmercy.com.
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Dr. Cowan (third from left), with a check from the Cattleman’s Ball of Nebraska planning committee in Hebron. The 2018 festivities raised more than $1.75 million for cancer research in the state.
one. Caring deeply about his patients means feeling every loss. “It’s very difficult to turn it off, especially when it is a patient you have followed for a very long time,” Dr. Cowan says. “It’s tough. You have to find a way to compartmentalize it. We all feel we have failed when a patient dies.” There are times when being able to cope means attending the funeral of a patient with whom he had become very close. “I don’t do it routinely, because it is so difficult,” he says. “It’s about the need to pay my respects.” Much as the leadership of the Cattleman’s Ball is handed on to a different community each year, Dr. Cowan says it is time for him to pass the reins of the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center to another director. “The cancer center is in an excellent position to recruit a younger, talented director who also has a commitment to take this to the next level, not only in national reputation, but also global recognition.” Though the name of his successor is not yet known, it will be a person who realizes the weight of the duties, the responsibilities, and the commitment that is involved. Dr. Cowan will be certain of that, because he cares about each and every patient who comes to the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. Even those who have not yet walked through those doors.