Congrats to Kelly W Keith DDS​ for being named CADF’s Volunteer of the Quarter! As a longtime CADF volunteer, Dr. Keith encourages young dentists to get involved with charitable dentistry, and says there’s no better way to get started than through the opportunities offered by CADF. His best advice to new dentists: “You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by volunteering with CADF.”

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering with CADF, email volunteer@capitalareadentalfoundation.org or call 512-992-1217 today and we’ll get you started!

Congrats to all the incredible dentists, volunteers, translators and staff who participated in this weekend’s first-ever Austin Texas Mission of Mercy organized by TDA Smiles Foundation and supported by St. David’s Foundation. We are so proud of all of our CADF board members and volunteers who rolled up their sleeves and got involved. All told, TMOM served 632 patients and provided $566,090 in charitable dental care, including 3,186 procedures and 65 prosthetic cases. A special shout out to former CADF Board Chairs, Alan B Moore DDS (TMOM Dental Chair) and Kavin Kelp, DDS (TMOM Prosthetics Chair) and CADF Access to Care Chair, Kent B. Macualay, DDS for their leadership and to Seretti Dental Lab, Q Dental Lab and Afforable Dentures for stepping up and helping provide lab support, Dr. Barry Rouch for staying late and current CADS President, Dr. Dale Gallagher and CADS Past Presidnet, Dr. Ensy Atarod for volunteering!

Austin TMOM Getting Started at Travis High School

The Texas Mission of Mercy Screening Day was an unparalleled success this past weekend! A team of more than 35 volunteers screened 181 patients and started 18 prosthetic cases!

A special shout out to CADF Board Members Dr. Kent Macaulay; TMOM Dental Chair, Dr. Alan B. Moore, Dr. Kavin Kelp; Dr Kelly Keith; Dr. Roland Davies and Dr. Meredith Overstreet for dedicating their time to prepare for this meaningful event.

Our heartfelt appreciation and thanks to the following individuals and organizations:

• Dentists with a Heartand Rose Dental Group-Southwest Austin for generously hosting the Screening Day at their office.
• The amazing staff at Rose Dental who volunteered and helped with setup, cleanup, and most importantly, radiographs.
• Michelle Sommer and Dr. Rollin Sarradet at Rose Dental for helping organize the event.
• The TDA Smile Foundation staff, Sara Harney, Judith Gonzalez, and Traci Mondragon.
• Tino Hernandez helped with translations.
• The St. David’s Foundation.

Our hardworking and compassionate dental volunteers:

• Molly Burton
• Kacie Culotta
• Roland Davies
• Simon Garza
• Kelly Keith
• Kavin Kelp
• Anne Lyon
• Meredith Overstreet
• Kent Macaulay
• Alan Moore
• Rollin Sarradet
• Paul Stubbs
• Alexis Tessler
• Stephanie Trahan
• Jim Tyree
• Aleka Zimmer
• Beverly Zinser and her husband, Steele

The Capital Area Dental Foundation has been awarded a $20,000 grant from St. David’s Foundation to expand its Community Dental Day program. In the past year, CADF has partnered with Dentists with a Heart on two pilot Community Dental Days, which have delivered over $60,000 in charitable dental care to more than 120 patients. Thank you St. David’s Foundation for supporting Community Dental Days. Together, we will transform the lives of 300 uninsured patients this coming fall.

If you are a dentist and are interested in learning how you can volunteer for one or more of the upcoming Community Dental Days, please email us or call CADF at 512-992-1217.

Thanks to our volunteers and supporters, CADF has had an amazing fiscal year.  Our 140 amazing volunteer dentists provided life-changing dental care for over 1,400 patients in need. We invite you to read about four of our brave patients and their compassionate caregivers in our 2016-2017 Annual Report,.

The Capital Area Dental Foundation is known for collaboring so it’s fitting that we would team up with our local cooperative brewpub to host our next CADF Social.!

Please join us on May 10th at Black Star Co-op where we’ll celebrate the efforts of our dedicated volunteers and share new information about how you too can utilize your unique skills and expertise to transform lives in our community…snacks and craft brews included!

The work CADF does to provide life-changing charitable dental care would not be possible without the generous contribution of time and talent from dental professionals just like you!

We look forward to seeing you at Black Star Co-op on Thursday, May 10th at 5:30PM. Sign up here so we can get a good headcount!

Thank you to the Henry Renfert, Jr. Fund at the Austin Community Foundation for supporting our volunteer recruitment efforts! 

Thank you to everyone who atended or supported the 2018 CADF Annual Gala at the JW Marriot.  Because of your loyal and generous support, CADF helped raise over $177,000 that will be put to immediate use transforming the lives of Central Texans in need of dental care.

A special thank you to our Gala Co-Chairs: Jennifer Aaron, Michelle Dishongh and Dr. Kelly Keith and to all of our sponsors including Presenting Sponsor, Austin Oral Maxillofacial Surgery.

Click here to see and download your favorite pictures from the evening!

Need to blow off some steam after work? Curious about what it involved in being a CADF volunteer?

Join CADF on March 29 from 5:30-7:30 pm at Greenlight Social at 720 West 6th Street in downtown Austin to meet our staff and some of our dental volunteers. Enjoy a drink and snacks and learn about opportunities to get involved with CADF.  Whether you have time to treat one patient a year, or several a month, we have the program that will fit your interests and schedule.  New this year, learn about our Community Dental Days and sign up to see what it is all about.