Smile Saturdays 2024 was a great success!!
Thank you to our amazing team, we were able to provide FREE dental care to many of those in our community who needed it the most. We donated over $15000 of dental services to patients in need on November 23rd!
Stay tuned to apply or volunteer at our next event!
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Smile Saturday 2022
Over $20,000 in Donated Dental Services!!!
And I have been a constant example of how you can help those in need by working hard. You should remember the words of the Lord Jesus: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Acts 20:35 (New Living Translation)
Smile Saturdays 2022 was a HUGE success!! We were able to exceed last year’s amount this year in donated (100% free!) dental services! A huge shoutout and gratitude once again to Dr. Talon Davis and his crew South Arlington Smiles who partnered with us this year. Also, we can't emphasize enough the staff here at Pine Cove Dental who love people and love our community - Dr. Levy Do, Elyse, Cinthia, Trang, and Christa. Waking up at 6 am on a Saturday to volunteer is no joke - Y'all are awesome!
A huge thanks to our food sponsors and supporters who encourage us more than you know. Last but not least, thank you to our patients who support our practices and allow us to do what we do best and to give back!!!
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The application and event are over for this year. The number of applicants this year was much more numerous than in prior years. If you were not able to get help this time, please check back on this page or our social media for the next event, collaborations, and/or dental/medical resources. For those in Mansfield undergoing financial hardships, please contact the Mansfield Mission Center.
When I decided to take a leap of faith and founded Pine Cove Dental, I knew I would need the support of this wonderful community, and that I would have the opportunity to give back. Part of that commitment came in the form of serving as the Dental Director of the Mansfield Missions Linda Nix Clinic, a 100% free dental clinic serving residents living in the Mansfield ISD area. In an effort to serve as many patients as possible, we decided to focus on pain control and geared the clinic towards dental extractions. We saw the waiting list cut in half in as little as a few months, all by the efforts of volunteer Dentists, assistants, and students. However, when COVID-19 spread across the country, we had to pause our operation due to restrictions and the reduction in volunteers. Partnering with Dental Health Arlington, a reduced-fee clinic, we've been referring those who call us for care there; however, Smile Saturdays is a special project that allows us to donate dental services and encourages other offices to do so right in our offices.
In the midst of this uncertain time, I know many of our patients in our community have lost jobs or even loved ones who were the sole provider for their families. With rising inflation and cost of living, I know there are many of you or people you know who are struggling financially and are not able to afford your regular dental care or have put on hold the essential care you needed. Growing up in a large poor family, we never had much materially, but we always had each other. And now, we're here for you. My team and I came up with "Smile Saturdays" to help meet that need. It is born out of Compassion. It is based upon a call to serve (Matthew 25:40) and to do what we can for our brothers, sisters, and neighbors. It is a day of FREE dental care for those in our community who need it most. This is the beginning of hopefully many more Saturdays and God willing many more offices joining our cause to serve.
A BIG THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS!!!
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Pine Cove Dental is actively looking for community partners to sponsor our upcoming Smile Saturdays event. We’re also looking for more volunteers to help with the event and for future Saturdays. If interested please fill out the following form.