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

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