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  • Uganda, East Africa – 2013

    by Phil Openshaw (Hughson, California)  Feb. 15 -  March 3, 2013 It’s late Thursday night after a long week of work, and it’s time to pack for a world [...]

  • Kiribati, South Pacific – 2012

         Our most recent trip to the Republic of Kiribati in the South Pacific (surprisingly pronounced KIT-ty bas) was the most spiritual dental service project I have [...]

  • Tropical Cyclone Evan in the South Pacific – Emails from the Roths

    Our prayers were answered when we received the following from the Roger and Julie Roth who volunteer at the Pesega Dental Clinic. They wrote on December 18th: . [...]

  • TONGA – A Model for Educating the Public

    by Dick L. Oyler D. D. S. [retired]  droyler@hotmail.com During the past year we have implemented, in the Tongan Islands, a Temporal Welfare Program in the prevention of [...]

  • Haiti Health Initiative (HHI)

    by Michael Crookston, DDS, (Roy, Utah) traveled to Timo, Haiti in October 2012 with Haiti Health Initiative (HHI) and wrote the following:   Dr. Marc Johnson, MD, co-founder [...]

  • Service Project to Xi’an, CHINA (Aug. 20-30, 2012)

    by Dr. A. Paul Brown (Orem, Utah) While reading the newsletter from the Academy of LDS Dentists, I noticed a planned humanitarian mission to China.  I felt inspired [...]

  • Tufts and Boston Universities Learn from Dr. Christensen

    A report of the Student Chapter activities by Dustin McCammon (Chapter President at Tufts University) and Justin Van Dusen (Chapter President at Boston University). The past couple of [...]

  • The 1st Student Chapter in Canada

     University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada – by Greg Turgeon, Pres. Student Chapter October, 2012 – All of the members of the Church that attend the University of [...]

  • Student Recruitment Tips and Recommendations

    University of Southern California Academy’s Student Chapter   Every year USC has a Student Involvement Club Fair. While mainly targeted towards the new freshmen, the entire school is [...]

  • 2012 Academy’s Distinguished Service Award Recipients

    Jerry  Summerhays     Gerald (Jerry) Summerhays seemed to be headed for a career in academics and research—1963 high school valedictorian, 3.9 average at U of Utah, research [...]