Each year we adopt one local Veteran. Veteran must provide DD2-14 and who does not have dental insurance or can't afford it. Each year the veteran that we helped, nominates another veteran in need. We schedule the appointment and are with the veteran through the process. We provide financial assistance and emotional support. We would like to go the extra mile and get them a day at the spa or barber shop too. We then invite them to be our guest of honor at our Annual Sweetheart Dinner and Dance Fundraiser Fundraiser in February. The reason this area of our ministry is so important is because the founder of Show Me Your Hands was in need of dental work herself. She suffered with Chronic ear nose an threat pain and was only able to afford a dentist because her husband was deployed and told her to take care of her teeth while he was gone. During that time she found a dentist who would ultimately save her life and give her back her smile, confidence and dignity. The dentist preformed his last surgery on Patti, before he went into full retirement. During the surgery he found the cause of all of her health problems was from a chipped tooth from a decade ago. It has surrounded with infection and calcified, deep inside her nasal cavity. Had she received proper dental care years ago, maybe she could have avoided the two ear surgeries, a heart attack and embarrassment. We know we can't change the past but we can make a difference for someone else's future. Patti feels compassion for those in the same boat she was in and feels that we should care more for our Veterans as it is told to us that the only way the Government will help Our Veterans dental needs, is if the Veterans teeth were injured during the line of active duty.