PROJECT SMILE

Project Smile is a prevention-oriented dental program for indigent children (ages 4 -14) started by Christ Church parishioners, Montie and Steve Acuff, which began in 1992 as a cooperative effort between the Episcopal Diocese of Georgia and the Anglican Diocese of Belize in Central America. Every year, various teams of volunteer dentists, along with auxiliary personnel, travel to St. Mary the Virgin Anglican Church in Belize City where the team works in a permanent seven chair dental treatment facility in an unused classroom at St. Mary’s School. Gradually, the program has expanded to meet other needs at the school, including providing hot lunches, playground safety and equipment, and even a computer lab.