At Dupont Family Dentistry in Fort Wayne, our doctors, Dr. David Diehl and Dr. Allyson Feaseland our dedicated staffmake getting to know you our top priority. We believe that quality dentistry depends on a strong doctor-patient relationship. Full and open communication between patients and staff is essential to not only making your experience in our office a pleasant one but also in creating custom treatment plans designed to maximize your oral health.

By providing education, training, and tools in resource management and preventive health education, Barnabas Task is able to help communities and families rise up out of poverty through long-term development, rather than just recurring relief. We initiate self-sustaining programs to enhance the dignity of people created in Gods image, encouraging them to take responsibility for their own futures.

Dr. Diehl is blessed with the opportunity to work together with Barnabas Task in their mission. He joined the mission in 2013 and has traveled to the Dominical Republic with the Barnabas Task team, as well as other medical and dental professionals, a total of five times and counting. The group typically takes trips once a year in late January or early February. We work closely with several churches and an organization called CHE.

The area of focus is called Cienfuegos, which literally translates to one hundred fires. Cienfuegos is actually the town dump, just outside the city of Santiago, and is home to hundreds of impoverished people and families. The people who live here have been forgotten, and receive very little to no public or governmental support.

We typically see somewhere between 500-600 patients each year, and roughly 100 of those patients receive Christ as well that is our ultimate goal. The more people we treat with dentistry and healthcare, the more people we have the chance of leading to Christ.

We also help the organizations we work alongside by introducing them to American companies who are willing to support their cause. Recently, an American luggage and handbag design company, Vera Bradley, partnered with a local safe house, providing sewing machines, training and a building space they can use to make and sell items.

Our long-term goal is to further build and support local physicians and dentists in Santiago, and enable long-term sustainability with these local providers. It is not our goal to be the primary source of support, our goal is to be the spark that initiates growth and self-reliance.

Dupont Family Dentistry is hosting a private car show & charity fundraiser that is open to the general public for spectating. The event will be hosted at Dupont Family Dentistry from 10am 1pm on Saturday, May 7th, 2022. Come see a variety of cars on display from the Fort Wayne Driving Club! Youll have the opportunity to see Exotic Cars, American Muscle Cars, Classic Cars, Foreign Luxury Cars, and many more!

All proceeds from the event will go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and their mission to find cures for blood cancer. There will be a coffee truck on site, as well as nearby public parking available. There is no fee to attend, however we ask that you donate what youre able to with our on-site fundraising volunteers!

Dupont Family Dentistry salutes all the brave men and women who put their careers, health, and their very lives on the line to protect and serve the greater good of our nation and all of its citizens.

I have been blessed to be a part of many dental missions trips over the years. Serving in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. With many different teams and many different challenges and successes. All of these experiences have enriched my life in ways I have never thought possible. The most significant impact I have experienced has consistently been in the relationships we have developed over the years. Meeting people from all walks of life. And meeting people who have great physical needs. Way more than I can understand as an American.

Through all of this, I have been asked many times by patients and friends if there was a way they can help. I have had people give me money to use towards the costs of trips, and others have offered up prayers for the safety and success of our trips. I personally have felt uncomfortable asking people for financial help on these trips, but I never want to block someones desire to help.

If you have ever wanted to be a part of a mission trip, here is a great chance! 100% of the funds donated will directly go to this project! The link below will take you to the donation page. Once on this page, go to the projects in Honduras drop down menu, and select Good Water.

My team and I are also donating for this project ourselves. We would like to raise the funds as soon as a possible. The deadline for our effort is Feb 28th. Please consider helping. Please watch the videos linked below, they help tell the story of this effort better than I can.

Dupont Family Dentistry believes there is no greater sacrifice than the ones veterans make for our country. We salute all the brave men and women who put their careers, their health and their lives on the line to protect all of us and serve the greater good of our nation.