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Mission of Mercy featured on VPM

For many across Virginia, dental health care is still out of reach-these programs are trying to bridge the gap (WVTF-Radio IQ, August 11, 2022)

UVA Wise alum was volunteer at dental event (Coalfield Progress, July 26, 2022)

Virginia Dental Association Foundation hosts dental clinic at UVA-Wise (WYMT, Kentucky, July 23, 2022)

Improving access: Mission of Mercy dental clinic organizers look at need for local care availability (Kingsport News-Times, July 23, 2022)

For the first time since 2020, large-scale health clinics planned in southwest Virginia (WVTF-Radio IQ, July 19, 2022)

Personality: Dr. Audra Yuki-Wright Jones

Free Dental Care Provided by VDAF Mini-MOM Event at Appalachian Highlands Community Dental Center (November 5, 2020)

Local nonprofits awarded over $450,000 from the John Randolph Foundation (October 28, 2020)

Appalachian Highlands Community Dental Center, Johnston Memorial Hospital residents provide free dental care to Southwest Virginia residents (August 10, 2020)

State looks to private industry for protective medical gear (March 26, 2020)

Will Virginia get a full Medicaid dental benefit? Advocates say it could be life-altering for poor patients. (Virginia Mercury, 2020)

Virginia’s most vulnerable seniors can’t access critical dental care (May 2019)

VDAF’s Mission of Mercy Recognized by Virginia House of Delegates

NBC12: Richmond Man Receives Free Dental Care Through DDS

Virginia Mercury: The gaping dental gap: As Virginia prepares to expand Medicaid,
thousands still lack access to dental care

WJHL Johnson City: Mission of Mercy Dental Clinic in Wise

Richmond Magazine: Mission of Mercy 2018

Radio WVTF: MOM Free Dental Care in Wise

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