The Rotary Club of Saipan is still moving forward with its Rota Dental Smiles project in collaboration with island officials.<\/p>\n
Club secretary Lareina Camacho said changes to be made is to upgrade the facility and the municipality has moved forward in renovating the dental clinic.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow the ball lies [with] the Rotary Club. We are going to be tapping our sister club, the Rotary Club of Tokyo Atago, to assist us in furnishing the dental clinic as well as the other clubs within the district. So the Rotary Club is part of District 2750 and it is Tokyo-based and we\u2019re hoping that other Tokyo-based clubs would contribute financially to make this clinic happen this Rotary year,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n
The Rotary year will end this June 30. Tokyo Atago earlier offered to assist the Rotary Club of Saipan in the Rota Smiles Project.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that\u2019s our goal. Originally we were looking at this a year ago that we weren\u2019t going to be implementing until 2016. But we fast forwarded with this project,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n
Currently the Rotary Club has two dental chairs that were donated by the Seventh-Day Adventist Clinic. It still needs to purchase compressors and vacuums.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat is just the actual clinic furnishing, but there will still be a need to provide for administrative supplies and the dental area,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n
Aside from Tokyo Atago\u2019s assistance, funding will come from local fundraising efforts such as the Las Vegas Night and the recently held McDonald\u2019s McFun Run.<\/p>\n
Rota currently has no dentist or dental clinic. Residents have to travel to nearby islands such as Saipan or Guam to receive basic dental care at considerable costs.<\/p>\n
The purpose of the Rota Smiles Project is to provide dental services for the people of Rota at the Rota Health Center in Songsong Village. The project will focus on building renovation and purchasing dental equipment and furnishings, estimated to cost a total of $50,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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