Volunteer opportunities
The Jack T. Clark Foundation ensures that the public learns the importance of oral cancer prevention and early detection through regular oral cancer screenings. By partnering with health fairs and other community events throughout the state, we are able to share with the public important information regarding oral cancer.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
2010
- March 27 - Dallas Oral Cancer Screenings - Feria de Salud
- May 15 - Richardson Oral Cancer Screenings - Will Ride Against Cancer!
- May 22 - Goliad Oral Cancer Screenings - Triage Smiles on Wheels
- June 11-12 - Taylor Oral Cancer Screenings - Triage Texas Mission of Mercy
- August 13-14 - Waco Oral Cancer Screenings - Triage Texas Mission of Mercy
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Smiles on Wheels - a project of the Texas Dental Association's Smiles Foundation
The Texas Dental Association's Smiles Foundation has launched its newest program, Smiles on Wheels, which is a mini version of the current, large-scale Texas Mission of Mercy (TMOM) series. While TMOMs cater to urbanized areas and provide emergent care to 800 - 1200 patients over a 2 day period, Smiles on Wheels is a smaller, rural-county based program that rolls into a small community, sets up 10 operatories, and hopes to service over 100 members of that immediate area over a single day. Smiles Foundation will execute eight of these mini-missions by August 2009.
The Jack T. Clark Foundation has collaborated with the Smiles Foundation to provide volunteers for the triage portion of this event. In addition to providing the patients with their initial diagnosis, the volunteers screen each patient for oral cancer. As each patient is screened, the volunteers educate the patients on oral cancer risk factors, as well as the importance of early detection. Our involvement in this endeavor will help us to further work toward our mission in reaching local communities and sharing with the public important information regarding oral cancer.