VOICE Congregations Celebrate Raising $200K

VOICE clergy leaders, partners and donors cut the ribbon around a large paper mache tooth to mark a milestone in their fundraising on Sunday.

The group collected $200,000 in private funds to add a full-time dentist to the Northern Virginia Dental Clinic in Sterling to serve low-income adults in western Fairfax County. The celebration included about 150 people from St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Trinity Presbyterian, Northern Virginia Hebrew Congregation and The Unitarian Universalist Church of Reston. There was food and Latin music to celebrate. 

The new dentist bieng hired will start seeing patients on July 1. VOICE leaders announced they were able to have enough funds to cover the cost of a dentist for two years because of two new commitments added this past week. 

Donors recognized for their commitment to the program include: Joy Charitable Trust of Northern Virginia Community Foundation, Delta Dental Foundation, Inova Health System, Jon C. Burr Foundation, Molina Healthcare, Reston Hospital/HCA, St. John Neumann Parish, St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church, The Closet and DelTek Corporation of Herndon. VOICE also thanked three area dentists, Dr. Kristin Donohue, Dr. Peter Smith and Dr. Stuart Graves, for their contributions.