Thank you to our incredible Dental Manager Savannah Snider!  She has volunteered at the clinic since January of 2020 and was hired as the clinic's Dental Manager in January 2022. She has helped us maximize our volunteers to achieve a zero waiting list for new dental patients!  Of  course we are always needing more volunteer dentists that can help our patients that need fillings. 

Savannah has helped us facilitate more than 140 dental visits in the month of May!  She has also taught all dentists and dental assistants how to use the clinic's new EMR program, Athena.  Additionally, she taught our dental assistants how to "scribe" for their dentists.  We will be losing Savannah to FSU PA School at the end of the month--but we wish her well as she takes her next educational steps.  A true leader, she also helped identify, recruit, and train Mr. Chris Stevens, who will be replacing Savannah starting in July. (A special big thanks to Olive Baptist Church for their dedicated funding for this position in the clinc)

Mission Moment Spotlight:

Melanie Got Her Smile Back!

Melanie is one of our wonderful patients that we take care of at the Health and Hope Clinic.  Recently she sent us a card and made us some beautiful vases that spell out the word HOPE as a way of showing her gratitude for all the dental work we have helped her with.  In her thank you card, she states "You made me smile again!"

Who does the Health & Hope Clinic Serve?

Your Health & Hope Clinic serves the uninsured and underserved in our region. The clinic, prior to the pandemic, saw mostly people that worked but had income that did not exceed 200% above Federal poverty level. In the last two years since COVID, we are seeing more and more zero income patients, homeless population, incarcerated, or that are in a drug rehab program. We provide our patients' healthcare and dental care, along with all our other wrap-around services like optometry, dermatology, mental health counseling, women's services, health education, tobacco free classes, etc. In August 2020 we were already seeing double the amount of patients from the previous year due largely to the pandemic. In May of 2022--the growth continues.   We provided 963 patient visits, enrolled 58 new patients, and recertified 33 existing patients.

We Offer HOPE to our Patients

An important part of what this clinic does is offer HOPE to our patients. In the month of May we engaged with 183 patients through prayer and gospel conversations. A special THANKS to our wonderful Encouragement Team, led by Gary Humrichouser, that additionally gives words of HOPE and prayer with our volunteers every day before our clinic hours begin.