Golden Knights to donate meals to Las Vegas police
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation Manager Mia Festenese, left, and President Kim Frank, center, deliver lunch to Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada Vice President of Marketing Lisa Santwer at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Golden Knights mascot Chance, top/right, and a member of the Golden Aces cheer for Mountain View Hospital nurse Bessy Angue (out of frame) as she is being released from Southern Hills Hospital after recovering from COVID-19 on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Las Vegas. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @benjaminhphoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, from left, Connie Gutierrez, office manager, Jenny Zamarripa, practice manager, and Jenn Palermo front office coordinator, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada Connie Gutierrez, office manager, loads lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Vegas Golden Knights Foundation President Kim Frank, left, delivers lunch to Comprehensive Cancer Centers southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including from left, Shelley Miles, nurse practitioner supervisor, Jenny Zamarripa, practice manager and Amy Lowe, office manager, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including Shelley Miles, nurse practitioner supervisor, right, and Lisa Santwer, vice president of marketing, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including from left, Lisa Santwer, vice president of marketing, Greg Henry, lab manager, and Jenn Palermo front office coordinator, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including from left, Amy Lowe, office manager, Christina Arnal nursing manager, Lisa Santwer, vice president of marketing and Greg Henry, lab manager load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including from left, Amy Lowe, office manager, and Christina Arnal nursing manager, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, including from left, Amy Lowe, office manager, and Christina Arnal nursing manager, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada staff members, from left, Connie Gutierrez, office manager, Lisa Santwer, public relations manager and Shelley Miles, nurse practitioner supervisor, load lunches donated by the Vegas Golden Knights Foundation at the CCCN southwest location in Las Vegas Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Three hundred pre-packaged meals were delivered to staff in to-go containers that could be reheated. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
The Golden Knights are expanding their meal-donation program to include Metropolitan Police Department employees.
Working with Country Financial, the Knights will donate 1,200 hot, ready-to-eat meals to Metro employees.
The Knights have donated more than 7,500 meals to media professionals and first responders. They began the donation program last month to help those in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.
Contact reporter Mark Anderson at manderson@reviewjournal.com. Follow @markanderson65 on Twitter.
