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DCF Partners with Clinica Esperanza in Roatan

The beginning of the new year saw a DCF team preparing for our first international service trip of the year. The site was Roatan Island off the coast of Honduras working with a local healthcare organization called Clinic Esperanza. The team was made up of two private practice…

DCFFebruary 6, 2023

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“I was in prison and you came to me” – A trip to the DR

“……..I was in prison and you came to me.” Matthew 25:36 Our last international service trip of 2022 has just been completed. A team of 11 traveled to the Dominican Republic from October 15th to 23rd. This included 3 dentists, recent MUSC graduate Ken Parker, DCF friends Barbara and David…

DCFNovember 2, 2022

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How good it is to be on mission!

A team of 19 volunteers - including 9 College of Dental Medicine students - returned safely from Honduras after serving there the week of September 10-17. We worked once again with our friends at Good Samaritan Baptist Mission in San Marcos de Colon. The turnout was consistent all week;…

DCFSeptember 21, 2022

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DCF Serves Dominican Republic May 2022

CONTINUING TO SERVE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, MAY, 2022 It has been a sincere joy this year to resume DCF international mission trips. We all trust that covid concerns will continue to subside and not cause future disruptions in our lives such as what we have experienced for the past 2 years. …

DCFJune 29, 2022

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DCF Opens Registration for Fall Honduras Trip

Dental Community Fellowship will provide another dental service outreach with our friends in Honduras working in conjunction with Good Samaritan Baptist Mission in San Marcos de Colon from September 10-17, 2022. The plan is to depart Charleston early on Saturday, September 10. The team will be met at the airport…

DCFJune 6, 2022

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DCF Mission Trip Updates, February 2022

For those of you who have participated on a previous Dental Community Fellowship international mission trip, you will recall hearing about the necessity of being “flexible.” Is that not a daily truism brought about by the pandemic? Our best laid plans for overseas trips to resume in 2022 have…

Mary Webb ParkerFebruary 11, 2022

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Find something that needs to be done and do it: Dentist provides free dental care

by Brodie Hart/ Thursday, January 27th 2022/ abcNews4 Charleston NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Seeing a need, and doing something about it. It’s simple in theory, but how many of us walk right past that person lying in the street? What if, instead, you extended a hand to help them up?…

DCFJanuary 28, 2022

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Alumni Spotlight: Sasser reaps the rewards of dentistry and service

Written by Elizabeth Carlson, University of Alabama Birmingham, 2021 Charleston, S.C. is home to several nonprofit dental and medical clinics that provide healthcare to underserved communities around the city. And chances are good that, if you walk into any one of these clinics, you might run into periodontist Dr. Bill…

DCFJanuary 28, 2022

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DCF Returns To International Service September 2021

Can you believe that we are now seeing what we hope is an end to the pandemic?Praise God for how rapidly the covid vaccines were developed. It’s now been almost a year and a half since a DCF team served overseas. We havemissed each other and our friends in other…

DCFJune 22, 2021

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DCF PLANS TO RESUME MISSION TRIPS IN SEPTEMBER

DCF Plans To Resume Mission Trips in September After a long delay due to covid, plans are now underway to return to overseas service later this year. Good Samaritan Mission in Honduras is once again requesting teams to support their various ministry projects. We will be the first healthcare team…

DCFMay 17, 2021

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