Foundation News

Foundation Grants for 2007

By Foundation Executive Director Fred Halik

The following list details grants approved by the Foundation Board for 2007:

Glendale Healthy Kids
USC Mobile Dental Clinic

Himalayan Dental Relief Project
Nepal Dental Care for Children

The National Board of French Dental Surgeons
Emergency Dental Bus "Dentists on Wheels"

PFA Nevada Section
Northern Nevada Dental Health Program

National Alliance on Mental Illness Jefferson County
Filling the Gap Dental Program

Conway Interfaith Clinic
Adult Dentistry

Asociacion de Padres de Ninos Montaimente Inhabitarious
El Gaviota Dental Clinic

Hebron Community Health Center/Dental Clinic
Dental Supplies & Small Equipment for Outreach to Indigent

Christian Mission of Pignon
Pignon Dental Fund

Mercy Ships
Sierre Leone Smiles

Volunteer Ministry Center
Indigent Dental Clinic

The Sulzbacher Center
Dental Prosthetics for Homeless Persons

Connecticut State Dental Foundation, INC.
Mission of Mercy Connecticut

Interfaith Community Health Center
Donated Adult Dentistry Services (DADSS) Program

Amigos de los Californios
Furnishing a New Dental Clinic in San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico

PFA Rhode Island Section
Rhode Island Donated Dental Services Program (DDS)

Thousand Smiles Foundation
Thousand Smiles Craniofacial and Dental Care Mission

Afghan Relief Organization
Afghan Relief Organization (ARO) Tech Center Dental Clinic

Massachusetts Dental Society Foundation, Inc.
MDS Foundation Mobile Access to Care Dental Van

U.C.S.D. Dept. of Family and Preventative Medicine
University of California-San Diego Student-Run Free Dental Clinic

Oklahoma Dental Foundation
Dental Care Program

The Salvation Army
The Oxnard Corps - Dental Clinic

St. Vincent de Paul Village, Inc.
Restorative Dentistry for the Homeless

National Dental Foundation
NDF Dental Volunteer Day

PFA Oregon Section
Turnu Rosu Romania - 007

Washington Women in Need
WWIN Services to Low Income Women

Maryland Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped
Removable Smiles (Prosthesis) for Donated Dental Services

Nebraska Dental Association Foundation
Nebraska Mission of Mercy

Flying Samaritans, Orange County Chapter
Returning Smiles to Baja

Coastside Medical Dental Clinics da Sonrisas
Sonrisas Bright Smiles Outreach Program

The Children's Dental Center of Greater Los Angeles
Dental Home for Disadvantaged Children in Greater L. A.

West Virginia Health Right, Inc.
Dental Access for the Uninsured Poor

PFA Nevada Section
"Give Kids A Smile" Dental Screening & Treatment Day

Minneapolis District Dental Society
Dental Care for the Homeless

Alliance to Washington State Dental Association, Childhaven
Precious Smiles to Last a Lifetime

United Way Success By 6
Give Kids A Smile Day & the Volunteer Care Network

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
Access to Dental Care for HIV Positive Individuals

Dr. Robert Shira Fellows

  • PFA Section of Canada
  • PFA Section of Japan
  • DenMat of California
  • Dr. C. F. Larry Barrett, past PFA President
  • Dr. James Brophy III, PFA Editor
  • Dr. Richard Call
  • Dr. Malcolm David Campbell, past PFA President
  • Dr. Charles Eller, PFA President-elect
  • Dr. James Englander, PFA President
  • Dr. Fred Halik, past PFA President
  • Dr. George Higue, past PFA President
  • Dr. William Kort, past PFA President
  • Dr. James Long, past PFA President
  • Dr. Carl Lundgren, past PFA President
  • Dr. Toshio Morioka
  • Dr. Rory Mortman
  • Dr. David Orr
  • Dr. Robin O'Sullivan
  • Dr. Kevin Roach, past PFA President
  • Dr. Nicholas D. Saccone, past PFA President
  • Dr. Minoru Sakuda, PFA International Trustee
  • Dr. Karyn Stockwell, PFA International Trustee
Pledges
  • Dr. Gary Lowder, past PFA President
  • Dr. Michael Perpich, past PFA President

Updates

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L-R, Past President Howard Mark, Dean Lamont MacNeil, recipient Kyle Sorenson, Chair Robin Santiago, and Associate Dean Michael Goupil

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L-R, Dr. Laurie Moeller, recipient Anna Kate Milburn, and Dean Eric Hovland

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L-R, Dr. Philip Nauert, recipient Patrick Waters, and Dean Catherine Flaitz

UNITED STATES

Connecticut

The PFA Scholarship Award was presented to UCONN's School of Dental Medicine student Kyle Sorenson last April in Dean MacNeil's Office by Chair Robin Santiago and past PFA President Howard Mark along with Dean Lamont Mac- Neil and Associate Dean Michael Goupil.

Illinois

Our PFA Foundation Scholarship was noted by the University of Illinois in their Fall/Winter edition of their UIC College of Dentistry alumni magazine VISION as being presented to Andrew Boyer (page 70).

Louisiana

The Louisiana State Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry presented the PFA Scholarship Award to dental student Anna Kate Milburn last May by Dean Eric Hovland.

Mississippi

The University of Mississippi School of Dentistry Scholarship Award was presented to student Priscilla Jolly last April.

North Carolina

UNC School of Dentistry Senior Jacob Dabell was the 2008 recipient of the Foundation Scholarship Award presented last April.

South Carolina

Chair Scott Cayouette presented the Foundation Scholarship to senior student Caroline Hartley last February.

Texas

The 2008 Scholarship recipient from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Patrick Waters received the Foundation Award from Dean Catherine Flaitz and Dr. Philip Nauert last April.

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