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Homeless Not Toothless (HNT), founded by Dr. Jay Grossman in 1992, is a non-profit organization of dentists who volunteer their time and who either pay for laboratory expenses or work with labs who donate dental work as their way of contributing to this worthy cause. Homeless Not Toothless is committed to encouraging the health, care, and support for as many foster children as possible to have their dental needs met through a well-structured community of doctors and dentists. The organization now has close to three dozen dental practices involved, volunteering their time and effort throughout the greater Los Angeles area and receives many of its patients through referrals by the Venice Family Clinic as well as local shelters. Since its start, HNT has provided more than $2,000,000 in dental treatment to its patients. HNT hosted a fundraiser with actress Sharon Stone and writer/producer Antwone Fisher at the Smile for Every Child fundraiser on September 10, 2009. The event was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Santa Monica. The goal of the fundraiser was to raise five million dollars to build a facility that will treat the homeless and foster children of Los Angeles County. As of October 15, 2009, the building has been fully funded and remodeled, and a remainder of one million dollars needs to be raised to fund completion of the dental clinic. The medical component of the facility has been completed and is open and running. The fundraiser event attracted the support of many celebrities including Sharon Stone, Antwone Fisher, William H. Macy, Larry King, Todd Black and others. The program raised funds for the free El Monte Dental Clinic, which will allow the program’s participating dentists to provide free dental care to 28,000 Los Angeles foster children. Donations may be made for the organization and its upcoming clinic on the organization’s website http://www.homelessnottoothless.org ==References== *Behnam, Nicole. "Homeless Not Toothless Dr. Jay Grossman, DDS, Provides Free Dental Care to Homeless Patients." Westide Today, Health October 2006: 73. Print. *Kramer, Jeff. "Dentist Changes His Cynicism About Homeless Into Idealism." Los Angeles Times 8 July 1993: Part J, Page 1. Print. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homeless Not Toothless」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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