First responders get more than $4K in free meals for EMS Appreciation Day

May 25, 2017 at 4:35 p.m. | Updated May 25, 2017 at 4:36 p.m.

by Gazette Staff

Dr. Matt Young, center, owner of Texarkana Emergency Center, along with Texarkana, Texas, Mayor Bob Bruggeman, left, Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Ruth Penney-Bell, LifeNet flight nurse Robyn Walker, second from right, and pilot John Buchanan recite the Pledge of Allegiance on Wednesday morning during a ceremony recognizing National EMS Appreciation Week.
Dr. Matt Young, center, owner of Texarkana Emergency Center, along with Texarkana, Texas, Mayor Bob Bruggeman, left, Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Ruth Penney-Bell, LifeNet flight nurse Robyn Walker, second from right, and pilot John Buchanan recite the Pledge of Allegiance on Wednesday morning during a ceremony recognizing National EMS Appreciation Week.

About 500 free meals were served to first responders Wednesday for EMS Appreciation Day, Jason Sadowski, owner of area McDonald's restaurants said in a press release.

The meals meant more than $4,000 in free food from McDonald's in Texarkana; Ashdown, Ark.; and Atlanta and Leary, Texas, for our local EMS, law enforcement and firefighters, the press release states.

EMS Appreciation Day was sponsored by McDonald's, Texarkana Emergency Center, LifeNet and Fox Sports Radio 1400.

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