This event was incredible and there is such a need in our state. 904 people were seen in triage on Friday; 956 people on Saturday. After patients were seen in triage, they were taken to the dental floor. After having dental work done they were led through a booth area. I volunteered at the medical school booth. We handed out preventative health brochures, bandaids, and had a smoking cessasation area set up. People could see a good heart vs. a bad heart and a good lung vs. a bad lung (real cadaver body parts). The kids loved this. Then the patients were led to the pharmacy for free prescriptions if needed for pain. They completed a quick survey and then were free to go. It was controlled chaos! Such an amazing thing to be a part of!
Ty working in triage.
The dental work area was divided into different sections: surgery, pediatric dentistry, restorative, dental hygiene, etc.
Ty and I volunteered on Friday and Saturday for the morning shifts. I stuffed orange bag after orange bag with brochures, hour after hour. I have never been more sore. I can only imagine how sore the dentists were from sitting in the same position for hours at a time without a break.
This free dental clinic plans to rotate through the four quadrants of our state every year. It took a lot of people, money, and time to put this event on and I hope it continues to be a success every year.
All pictures were taken with my phone, hence the blurriness.
What an amazing event. That is a wonderful community outreach program! Very cool thing to be a part of.
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wow, i bet all of those people were so blessed by you guys! so neat that you and Ty got to volunteer together!
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I heard about this event! Someone talked about it at one of my networking groups! SUCH a good cause!
ReplyDeleteWhat hard work! You guys are sweet hearts! What a great service!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great event! You should feel proud of yourself for volunteering your time :)
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ReplyDeleteI saw the line for this on the news!!! So neat that you and Ty were able to both volunteer!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can't believe the number of people that were impacted and aided through this event. How incredible. It reminds me of Matthew 25:40. I like the Message version: Then the King will say, 'I'm telling the solemn truth: Whenever you did one of these things to someone overlooked or ignored, that was me—you did it to me.' Incredible!
ReplyDeleteWow! I've heard of dentists traveling overseas to help people, but always thought that something like this would be great in the U.S. as well. This is amazing! Not only does having good dental hygiene help your overall healthiness, but having a nice healthy smile goes a long way toward improving people's self esteem.
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What a great event! How great that you and Ty were able to participate and help make it happen.
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Awww... what a wonderful program. I think next time you should be the tooth fairy. I just think you'd be so cute and the kids would love you. :)
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