Caring Hand to Mouth
(CH2M) was incorporated as an Oregon Public Benefit Non-Profit
Corporation by founders Dr. Cedric Ross Hayden, DDS, and Julie Hayden in
August, 2006. The vision for this humanitarian service came from
observing practical demonstrations of oral health care for Third World
populations lacking adequate access while the youthful Hayden traveled
with his dentist father and family in various emerging nations outside
the USA. The impact of one on one "caring hands" made a lasting positive
impression on young Hayden.
In 1994 Hayden and his brother, Dr. Matthew J. Hayden, further developed
their desires to help the less fortunate by forming a Group to serve low
income Oregonians. At its peak, the company had some twenty offices and
a mobile dental van statewide in Oregon providing needed services to
over sixty thousand (60,000) low income individuals and their families,
including residents of Chiloquin, Oregon.
In 2009 the Hayden brothers merged their company with a larger company
having a similar mission, and determined to use much of their resulting
time and assets to focus on the charitable outreach of Caring Hand to
Mouth. The target groups CH2M hope to reach include the uninsured and
low income needy.
Caring Hand to Mouth has demonstrated an enviable history of giving. In
2007 CH2M hand delivered needed dental supplies to a remote dental
clinic in northern Nepal. In 2008 Caring Hand to Mouth provided free
dental care to twenty low income children in John Day, Oregon. In 2009
and 2010 CH2M provided scholarships to children to attend summer camp at
Big Lake Youth Camp in Sisters, Oregon. Also, in 2010 Director Matthew
J. Hayden made an extensive tour of South Africa to develop clinic
locations for free oral health care to underserved people in that
nation. Individual Directors of CH2M have personally provided
significant time, assets, and resources to various needs in addition to
those done by CH2M. In 2011, Caring Hand to Mouth
provided $50,000 in donated dental services to the people of Oregon and
started the first WELTRAC clinic which is a dental clinic built in a
shipping container. The first WELTRAC clinic will be sent to
Micronesia by December 2012 with delivery of services planned to start
in January 2013. To learn about the current events of
Caring Hand to Mouth and see pictures, please visit our Facebook page
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