BELTON, Mo., (Sept. 2, 2025) – Cass Community Health Foundation is recruiting volunteers to help conduct their annual school-based dental screenings in Cass County and Grandview schools.
Local dentists, dental hygienists, and community members can volunteer their time as screeners, varnishers, or data recorders. Cass Community Health Foundation will visit schools in Archie, Belton, Drexel, East Lynne, Grandview, Harrisonville, Martin City, Pleasant Hill, and Strasburg this fall. The foundation will visit schools within the Raymore-Peculiar school district in the spring. Volunteers with no dental experience are needed to help record screening data, facilitate the events, and hand out home care supplies. Dentists and registered dental hygienists are needed to perform oral health screenings. Other dental office team members can also help. In addition to screenings, volunteers will help provide oral health education, oral hygiene supplies, and, with parental consent, two free fluoride varnish applications to students.
“Each school year, our dental screening program helps thousands of children build healthy habits and access the care they need,” said Cynthia Randazzo, president and CEO of Cass Community Health Foundation. “We invite Cass County and Grandview community members to volunteer and be part of one of the largest efforts to protect children’s oral health in our area.”
The foundation works with school nurses to ensure the children screened receive the dental services they need. Those insured by Missouri Medicaid and those uninsured who pass a financial screening are referred to the foundation’s safety net dental clinic, Cass County Dental Clinic.
Community members interested in volunteering can sign up and learn more about our school-based dental screening program at casscommunityhealth.org/screenings.
For those with limited availability, there are also opportunities to assist at the foundation’s brand-new dental clinic by packing home care goody bags for students. To volunteer at the clinic, contact Haley Holt, Cass Community Health Foundation outreach coordinator, at outreach@casscommunityhealth.org.
