Dental Day

I was recently part of the dental day event held on the Spirit Lake Reservation. I was part of the event because, quite obviously, the people of Spirit Lake are open minded and friendly, and clearly do not follow this blog. It has to be said that it wasn't really their fault. I went along with 2 very fierce and qualified ladies, Victoria and Shelia, who should also not have the fact that I was in their party held against them.

We stayed with a team of other people and met with the most organized, caring hobbits it has ever been my pleasure to meet. How Libby and Mike Flowers achieve what they do with what they have to work with should be researched by NASA scientists. I'm not sure that they are from this planet... in fact, I'm not sure any of the volunteers that day were. These people are the Navy Seals of humanitarians. And the kids were tough. Amazingly tough! These kids made Rambo look like Mr. Rogers.


The totals were 232 children seen and $107,701 worth of dental care provided. 268 fillings, 254 sealants, and 69 steel crowns were completed. But I don't know if you can put a price on a smile.