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Local hygienist reflects on trip to Cambodia, where she cleaned teeth and spread smiles

MALONE — Shortly before the pandemic changed the daily lives of people around the world, a local woman traveled to Southeast Asia, volunteering as part of a group that went to Cambodia to provide dental care to children. Lauren LaBare, of Malone, was the sole dental hygienist among 17 volunteers on the trip to Siem Reap, in the northwestern portion of the country, in November 2019. LaBare described her time in Cambodia as a unique experience, and one that was incredibly rewarding, explaining how happy the children whose teeth she cleaned were to receive dental care. “It was amazing to see the kids’ smiles after we cleaned their teeth,” LaBare said, “I found that they were very gracious and appreciative.”

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100809:13:34:00

laurie, did they run towards him? i can just imagine that they looked at him as way more than just a doctor. they loved dr. tom. our motto is that the children come back every two years, so they would be peering around the corner waiting their turn in life and all pointing to tom. and my favorite story, i watched it over and over, tom with reach child would pull down the dental mask and give them a big smile. and the children would walk all the way across the room with their mouths already open. that gives me chills. oh, laurie matthews, co-founder of dental relief, global dental relief, thank you for sharing your stories with us. laurie. thank you so much. you bet. a man is getting to know his wife and four children right now. he s making up for a lot of lost time. lee spent four years in prison for a crash.

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one was doctor dennis grahams from colorado. he is remembered for hiking halfway up mount everest to deliver dental care for buddhist monks. we are told the good doctor grahams worked a third of the year free of charge as a volunteer dentist helping those who needed so much and could only pay with their gratitude. lori matthews, co-founder of global dental relief is joining us by phone from denver with more on the charitable works and contributions of the late dr. tom graham. lori, good to have you with us. thank you. why don t you tell us more about tom. i mean, just talking about his hike up mount everest to help these buddhist monks, about 100 other people, also, is just the tip of what this gentleman did. that s right. tom was our very first volunteer in 2001. he immediately dedicated himself to the work. he gave four months a year.

Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100809:15:00:00

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to afghanistan. and we know that according to the claim from the taliban that the workers were killed because they were spying and trying to convert muslims to christianity. the state department agains that to be the case and friends have also said this is absolutely not true. that s not what they were there for. that s right. tom never mentioned religion in any of the time working with global dental relief. he absolutely, anyone that knows him, would not be out there trying to convert people. he was working from his heart really trying to help people in need. are you worried that this may deter others from reaching out and trying to help in an area that, let s be honest, most people would not want to go into in any circumstance? well, i think we re all trying to make sure that tom s life mattered. to us, that means maybe all of us in our response will think a little more about stepping in and helping others and leading a life of caring. i mean, he was a tremendous

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