Free Dental Clinic Saturday
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Read the whole post. From A-B Tech’s web site:
Forty dental chairs will fill A-B Tech’s gym in the Coman Student Center next week, waiting for patients in need of a cleaning, fillings and other services. The North Carolina Dental Society will bring its Missions of Mercy, a free dental clinic for the community, to A-B Tech’s Asheville campus from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug 13 and 14.
If you or someone you know has a dental condition they have been putting off having treated (for lack of funds), get down to the A-B Tech gymnasium early tomorrow. We’ve covered clinics like these for awhile now, here, here, here and here. And as you don’t need reminding, the need for them isn’t going away any time soon.
Congressman Heath Shuler’s office sent out this press release today. He’ll be visiting the clinic tomorrow:
For Immediate Release
August 13, 2010
Contact: Julie Fishman
office: (202) 225-6401 / cell: (202) 731-5114
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
For Saturday, August 14, 2010
Rep. Shuler, Honorary Chair of North Carolina Dental Society’s Mission of Mercy free dental clinic, to Attend the Clinic
Washington, D.C. – On Saturday, August 14th, U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-Waynesville) will attend and show his support for the North Carolina Dental Society’s Mission of Mercy (NCMOM) free dental clinic. NCMOM will set up a mobile dental clinic, including sterilization, digital x-rays, and supplies. Over the course of two days, as many as 1000 people are expected to be treated, and more than $500,000 worth of dental treatment will be donated.
What: Mission of Mercy Free Dental Clinic
Who: U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler, NC Dental Society, Asheville-Buncombe Community Christian Ministries, Eblen Charities, A-B Tech
When: The event takes place from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both Aug. 13 and 14
(Rep. Shuler be present at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 14th)
Where: A-B Tech’s Asheville Campus, in the gym at the Coman Student Center
Background (From the NC Dental Society):
The North Carolina Missions of Mercy (NCMOM) portable free dental program is an outreach program of the North Carolina Dental Society. The program is sponsored by the North Carolina Dental Health Fund. Since its beginning seven years ago, the program has received national and statewide recognition. The North Carolina Dental Health Fund is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization whose mission is “To provide free dental services to those in financial need with few or no other options”. The goals of the program are to:
- Provide free dental care to as many under served persons within North Carolina as is possible.
- Involve as much of the dental community of the state in the treatment of the under served as is possible.
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