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title: "Giving Back: Missions and Donated Care | Dr. Jon Copeland"
description: "How Dr. Jon Copeland gives back: dental missions in Honduras, Guatemala and Zambia, and the Missouri advisory board of Dental Lifeline Network since 2016."
url: https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/giving-back
publisher: Copeland Consulting Services
email: drcopeland@joncopelanddds.com
contact: https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/contact
---

# Giving Back

![Dr. Copeland on a volunteer trip to Latin America providing dental to two girls](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/_astro/mission-girls.BxPNjcrw_1L5lV4.avif)

Donating time and talents have always been important to Dr. Copeland and that is where he learned his passion for dentistry. Dr. Copeland went on a mission trip to Honduras while in high school and was exposed to an extreme level of poverty and need shortly after Hurricane Mitch. He assisted medical doctors and dentists on that trip and extracted nearly one hundred teeth by the end of the trip. He has been on several out-of-country missions since to Guatemala and Zambia. It has also been important to give back locally. Dr. Copeland has served on the Missouri advisory board for Dental Lifeline Network since 2016 and has served as Missouri’s ambassador. He has also worked with several other local veteran’s organizations including the Kaufman Fund. Most recently, he has donated his time and talents to victims of human trafficking.

## Dental Lifeline Network

Missouri’s Donated Dental Services (DDS) program. Patients are waiting for care in MO and more dentists are needed. Therefore, Dental Lifeline Network · Missouri is launching a statewide volunteer recruitment effort to engage more volunteers and serve more vulnerable adults in need of donated dental services.

_“DLN gives me the opportunity to improve the dental health of those around me that might have a hard time getting the care otherwise. Whether they are medically compromised, veterans, or in some other way impoverished, DLN gets those patients to my door, and we are happy to help.”_  
\-**Dr. Jon Copeland, DLN**

![Dr. Copeland on a service trip to Latin America helping to remove teeth on patients in need](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/_astro/mission-care-1.D6hQdbFZ_Z1XrJ91.webp)

![Dr. Copeland on a service trip to Latin America helping to remove teeth on patients in need](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/_astro/mission-care-2.BAeWBcT3_ZE7zx4.webp)

[Dental Lifeline NetworkPlay the video, captions on](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUi_dqPCnY)

Dental Lifeline Network

[Open on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOUi_dqPCnY)

## Talk with Dr. Copeland

[Contact Dr. Copeland](https://joncopeland.multisites.ai/contact)[Email](mailto:drcopeland@joncopelanddds.com)