Local residents turned out at the Templeton Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church for a free community wellness clinic over the weekend. Adventist Health, the SLO Food Bank, Transitions Mental Health, and Tolosa Children’s Dental Center partnered to provide a wide range of services, including dental care, vision exams, mental health resources, food distribution, and haircuts.

Organizers say the goal was to make healthcare more accessible for everyone, especially for uninsured or underinsured individuals in the community.

Nicholas Lozito, the director of mission and spiritual care for Adventist Health, explained what kinds of services were offered during the event. “We've had about 15 dentists show up and oral surgeon here giving people root canals to fillings, to extractions. Ophthalmologis

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