Piscataqua Savings Bank Donates $5K for Dental Care for the Homeless

PORTSMOUTH, NH – Piscataqua Savings Bank recently awarded $5,000 to Families First Health and Support Center to support mobile dental services for homeless and other low-income people.

The mobile dental program served 470 homeless patients in 996 visits last year at Cross Roads House, St. Vincent de Paul in Exeter, and its new site at the Salvation Army in Rochester. Three volunteer dentists support the mobile dental program, Dr. Skip Homicz, Dr. Kevin Dugas, and Dr. Neil Hiltunen.

Submitted by Margie Wachtel.

Piscataqua Savings Bank has supported Families First’s dental program annually since 2002, when it helped found the agency’s on-site Dental Center.

“We are very thankful for the bank's long-term commitment," said Executive Director Helen Taft. "They've helped us launch the Dental Center, maintain services for 14 years, and even expand to add mobile dental care for people who can't come to us."

Families First Health and Support Center provides primary, prenatal, behavioral and oral health care; parent and family groups; one-on-one family support; and mobile health care. Learn more at 603-422-8208 or FamiliesFirstSeacoast.org.

Caption: Dr. Kevin Dugas provides dental care at the mobile dental site at St. Vincent de Paul in Exeter.