MOUNT WASHINGTON, OH (FOX19) - Three local dentists are offering free services on Saturday, May 11 for the annual Dentistry From The Heart event.

More than 500 residents are expected to line up as early as 5am to receive free dental care.

Dr. Rachelle Boudreau, Dr. Eric Henize and Dr. Thomas Phillips along with volunteers and sponsors will give free extractions, fillings and cleanings.

Dentistry from the Heart will take place in three locations:

Dr. Rachelle Boudreau is located at 11333 Springfield Pike; Dr. Eric Henize is located at 4723 Cornell Road and Dr. Thomas Phillips is located at 2131 Beechmont Avenue.

Since its inception in 2001, Denistry From The Heart has grown to include over 200 annual events nationwide and provided more than 45,000 people with free dental care.

More information can be found at www.dentistryfromtheheart.org.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, OH (FOX19) - NAMI Clermont County and NAMI Hamilton County,  area chapters of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, will be offering its well-regarded class, NAMI Basics, beginning on March 2.

NAMI Basics is a three day education program for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents living with mental illness. Classes will be held starting Saturday, March 2, 9, 16, 2013 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Beech Acres Children’s Center in Mount Washington.

The class uses a curriculum developed by the professional staff at NAMI’s national offices, and it is taught by volunteers who have successfully completed NAMI’s teacher training program and who have a family member with mental illness themselves. Recent studies have shown the class to be effective in helping families cope with the mental illness of their family member.

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) - Mercy Health – Anderson Hospital is about to face a parking problem.

“As the hospital prepares for a significant expansion project, we need to provide parking for 1,200 employees, 150 physicians, 500 patients and 200 construction workers, even as we lose 150 parking spots for construction of a new tower,” said Vice President of Medical Affairs Stephen Feagins, MD.

Feagins decided that when it comes to parking problems, he wasn’t smarter than an eighth-grader. He turned to his partners in the Forest Hills School District for help with this real world issue, securing the services of Nagel Middle School’s eighth grade math whizzes to come up with a creative solution to the parking conundrum.

On Friday, January 25, 32 Nagel math students took on the role of civil engineer. They met for the first time with Construction Project Director Kevin O’Brien of Danis, the construction company building the tower at the hospital.