Tanzania 2025: A Powerful Week of Service, Smiles & Impact | Dental Legacy Foundation

Описание: In this episode of the Elevation Association Podcast Experience, Dr. Dan Nelson and Dr. Jared Hill share a powerful recap of our 2025 humanitarian trip to Tanzania with the Dental Legacy Foundation.


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This year’s impact was extraordinary—400+ patients treated, 37 flippers created, 1,500 hygiene kits assembled, and countless lives touched during an unforgettable week at St. Gaspar Hospital.

🌍 What This Episode Covers
Our Mission in Tanzania

• Why DLF serves in underserved regions
• Our partnership with St. Gaspar Hospital & Precious Blood
• The challenges and surprises of traveling during political unrest

Life-Changing Clinical Outcomes

• Treating 400+ patients in four days
• 12-hour clinic days and 3 chairs running nonstop
• John Treasure’s mobile lab crafting 37 smile-transforming flippers
• Volunteers assembling and distributing 1,500 hygiene kits

Human Moments That Moved Us

• The young man who cried after receiving his new teeth
• Teens volunteering chairside for the first time
• Hammerstroms donating & assembling new playground equipment for hospitalized children
• Delivering 60+ pairs of soccer cleats to the Village of Hope HIV orphanage

Projects We’re Building Together

• NICU construction progress and remaining needs
• Girls’ housing project at the vocational school
• Expanding digital dentistry (scanners, 3D printing, and more)
• Dental Intel’s 1% Program and their sponsorship of providers & the John Treasure Lab

🧗 Life • Leadership • Legacy

This trip reinforces the heart of Elevation Association: serving with humility, leading through adversity, and leaving a legacy that outlives us.

✨ Interested in Joining Us?

We’re recruiting volunteers for 2026 humanitarian trips:

• Late May / Early June 2026
• October 15–24, 2026 (St. Gaspar Week)

Apply or learn more at: DentalLegacyFoundation.org

🙏 Special Thanks

A huge thank-you to:
• Dental Intel (1% Program)
• Patty Norton & Patterson Dental
• Best (Best for Dentistry)
• Centriserve
• All volunteers, donors & partners who make this mission possible

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🌐 DentalLegacyFoundation.org
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