BRATTLEBORO — Cinco de Mayo here in Brattleboro started at 7 a.m. with more than 100 people lining up at the Elks Lodge to participate in the United Way Free Adult Dental Care Clinic, where dentists and their staffs gave up their Saturday to help their fellow Vermonters with fillings and tooth extractions.
I was amazed how easily oral surgeon Dr. Peter A. Albanese Jr. of the Connecticut Valley Oral Surgery Associates was able to extract one of my teeth. It took only a few minutes and, with only Novocaine, was completely painless.
Thank you to all the dentists, their staff, Rescue Inc., and the clinic's volunteer staff, as well as Carmen Derby, the director of the United Way, for their expert organizational skills to help hundreds of our neighbors get the needed dental care that was not otherwise affordable to them.
This is exactly the type of program that is a win/win situation for a nonprofit organization partnering with skilled individuals to help our fellow Vermonters.
I am so proud of the work all these individuals did. If anyone would like more information about this unique program, contact Carmen at 802-257-4011, ext. 110.