Checking up for Saturday, January 14, 2006
Lynchburg News and Advance
Saturday, January 14, 2006Thumbs up to the Centra Health Foundation for its donation of $100,000 to the Free Clinic of Central Virginia for equipment to expand its dental services. The gift will help the clinic double the number of patients it serves and reduce the wait time for dental care, which can be up to three months.
Kathryn Pumphrey, executive vice president of the Centra Health Foundation was right when she said, "When you have a dental problem, if affects your whole well-being." The gift brings to more than $200,000 the contributions the foundation has made to the Free Clinic since 1998. The most recent one, which came in December, is also the largest.
Bob Barlow, executive director of the Free Clinic, said the gift will mean the nonprofit will be able to serve 4,000 dental patients. But first the clinic needs the money to build the three new dental stations to hold the new equipment.
Pumphrey pointed out that the Free Clinic's mission to help low-income and indigent people receive medical and dental care fits directly with the mission of the Centra Health Foundation. Both organizations work to boost the quality of life in Central Virginia for those not able to care for themselves or their families.
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