Subject: Project Homeless Connect

I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to all who participated in Project Homeless this year.  The event was extremely successful with many people getting dental care.  While PA students and dental hygiene students have been working together for several years now, this year was the first year that Junior Dental Hygiene students worked more closely with Physician Assistant students to provide interprofessional care.  Pacific University’s school of Optometry and Physical therapy were also at the event.  Preliminary numbers reveal that over 50 people were provided with emergency or preventive dental treatment.

The story was covered by Fox 12 news and while it doesn’t specifically reference Pacific, you can see Pacific dental hygiene and PA students working in the clip.

http://www.kptv.com/story/31095146/child-raises-more-than-1000-for-homeless-connect

Thanks again,

Prof. Coplen