Trustee Barry Dolman presents Canadian Section donation to Foundation President David Campbell

Foundation President Campbell receives Japan donation from Chair Toshio Morioka

Foundation President Campbell receives personal donation for the Foundation from Shira Fellow, Trustee Mamoru Sakuda

Canada

The Foundation Student Scholarships for Canadian dental student recipients were reported with photo in the Journal of the Canadian Dental Association in the July/August 2007 issue. Brief descriptions of the students' clinical research or basic science abstracts were printed in the JCDA as well.

United States

Alabama

Senior University of Alabama School of Dentistry student Carmen Marie Ashford was recipient of the Foundation Scholarship Award.

California, Southern Section

St. Leo's Clinic, an Esperanza Project, is near the Del Mar racetrack in a needy Latin area. Thanks to the initial Foundation grant, it has become self-sustaining. With additional help from the local Rotary Club, the Clinic is in a new building and has six dental units. The Clinic is open on Wednesday evenings and all day Saturday, entirely staffed by volunteers. A major focus for this Clinic is the Welcome Home Ministry. Women who have been released from prison have the needed Oral Surgery and prosthetics done by Drs. Kingston and Bobbitt. They are then able to go back into society with a pleasant smile and no dental worries.

An Esperanza Tijuana project is examining over 300 orphans from ten orphanages there, over 200 of the children were in desperate need of dental care. The health clinic is in an area of extreme poverty. The dental office consisted of an 8' x 10' room, in which there were two dental units. Supplies were minimal. A phone call to Dr. Robert Ibsen of Den Mat Corporation resulted in receiving twenty boxes of restorative materials. Charles and Gloria Eller along with Roger Kingston delivered them personally to the clinic. Chuck donated eight jars of fluoride treatment paste.

Dental students in Mexico have their school tuition paid for by the government, but in return they are to give one year of service in dentistry to the public clinic. At the Tijuana Clinic one such recent graduate from Sinaloa Dental School was ecstatic when she saw the dental supplies that Drs. Eller and Kingston brought down to her. Another lady dentist will be joining her shortly.

The San Diego Children's Dental Health Center is located in a small neat cottage in a nice residential area of downtown San Diego. It is well staffed with permanent employees with sufficient dentists who volunteer their time. The waiting rooms are filled with bright-eyed children who have no fear of the dentist. They go to the Butterfly Room, the Fish Room, or the Zoo Room depending on their individual dental needs. The staff was deeply appreciative for the Foundation grant.

Joan Kroc, the recently deceased wife of Ray Kroc of Mac- Donald's fame, built a block-long complex for the indigent in downtown San Diego. This is a residence building with a dining area and a medical clinic. A visit to the distressed area by Dr. Chuck Eller showed that it was only about ten blocks from the extreme opulence of San Diego. A line of about 100 people stood waiting for food. Next to the line was a medical-dental clinic with a very compact four-chair dental clinic. A full-time dentist is employed there. And the clinic seems well-run. The staff knew who the PFA was and were very thankful for all the funding help that the Foundation provided. Thanks to that, the clinic now provides minor prosthetic treatment and even some orthodontics.

Three UCSD Student-run Free Dental Clinics are well known in the area. The brainchild of Dr. Irv Silverstein has become a model for others to follow. It is managed by predental students who then advance to dental student status to become dentists.

Georgia

Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry senior Sharcola Vaughn was recipient of the Foundation Scholarship Award.

Louisiana

LSU senior dental student Nicolas J. Rauber received the Foundation Scholarship for 2007.

PFA Secretary/Treasurer Gary Westerman, recipient Quinn Erwin, and Dean Steven Friedrichsen

Mississippi

Associate Dean for the University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, and PFA Section co-Chair William Buchanan presented the PFA Scholarship Award to Bradley Dale Harrelson, the past President of the American Student Dental Association. Claire Dornbusch received the PFA Senior Student Award.

Missouri

Michelle Fieldern was recognized as the Foundation Scholarship recipient for the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry during the school's Recognition and Awards Program. The PFA Senior Student Award went to Patrick Briscoe at the Graduation Ceremonies.

Nebraska

Quinn Erwin was selected as the Foundation Scholarship recipient for Creighton University Medical Center School of Dentistry. PFA Secretary/Treasurer Gary Westerman and dental school Dean Steven Friedrichsen did the honors in presenting the award.

North Carolina

University of North Carolina School of Dentistry senior Jennifer Bell received the 2007 Foundation Scholarship.

Puerto Rico

Maria Cruz-Pagan, a senior dental student at the University of Puerto Rico received the Foundation Scholarship Award.

South Carolina

The Medical University of South Carolina Foundation Scholarship recipient was senior Melissa F. Minger.

Tennessee

Lacey K. Winford received the 2007 Foundation Scholarship Award.

Wisconsin

Jesse McGuire was the recipient of the 2006 Foundation Scholarship Award. Maggie Chicka was the 2007 recipient.