July holds a special meaning for the AfS community. For those who are not yet aware, July was National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month – an opportunity to focus a spotlight on the struggles and hardships that clefts can induce, as well as the people impacted by it. Our team likes to emphasize...
Category: Volunteer Viewpoint
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Volunteer Spotlight – Tom Hanscom in Myanmar
Volunteer Photographer Tom Hanscom Tom wrote this touching article for his community newspaper when he returned from his mission to Sagaing, Myanmar What do you say to Tina Fischlin when she approaches you at Rotary Club meeting and asks you to be the photographer on the next Alliance for Smiles (AFS) medical mission trip to...
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A volunteer’s story…
One of our longtime volunteers, Dorothy S. Ferreira, has authored this article in RDH, The National Magazine For Dental Hygiene Professionals. “How many of you remember the ad tagline, “Join the ADHA. See the world”? Oh wait, that was for the Army, not dental hygiene. But there is a league of dental hygienists who have...