GI Smiles Thank-A-Vet
Prioritize Arizona Veterans’ Oral Health and Education
Our Arizona veterans deserve access to comprehensive dental care, and the AzDA Cares Foundation is launching the GI Smiles Thank-A-Vet program to meet this critical need. Many veterans lack access to dental care due to limited VA benefits, impacting their overall well-being and hindering their educational pursuits.
Why Volunteer?
- Critical Need: 85% of Arizona veterans lack VA dental benefits, creating a significant barrier to essential care.
- Meaningful Impact: Provide ongoing dental care to a deserving veteran, directly improving their health and well-being.
- Support Veterans’ Success: Help veterans focus on their studies by removing dental concerns as a barrier to their education.
- Convenient Matching: We’ll connect you with a veteran at a community college near your office, making participation easy.
- Collaborative Solutions: While the AzDA Cares Foundation works to secure funding and lab partnerships, we empower dentists and veterans to find innovative solutions for necessary lab work. This ensures veterans receive the care they need—including as much free dental work as possible—without placing undue financial strain on our generous volunteer dentists.
- Rewarding Experience: Forge meaningful relationships with your veteran while utilizing your valuable dental expertise.
- Get Noticed: We will publicly acknowledge and recognize the contributions of our dedicated volunteer dentists.
Call to Action: Volunteer Today!
Sign up to be matched with a veteran, or several if you’d like, and transform a life.
“Being in school and working part-time, dental insurance wasn’t a possibility financially nor through employment benefits. I’m extremely grateful to AzDA Care for helping me keep up with my routine dental care at such a critical time. If you are a dentist, please consider volunteering. Thank you again.”
