Our History

The spark that ignited the concept for Children’s Volunteer Health Network, was a young boy who attended an after school program at a local church. He desperately needed orthodontic care and his single mother did not have the resources. He couldn’t chew his food properly, his appearance embarrassed him and created problems for him at school.

He soon became a very angry young man & began missing a lot of school. The desire to help that child evolved to ‘what can we do to help all local school children who don’t have insurance’? From that thought, CVHN was birthed. Having made over 1800 appointments, we have over 90 medical, dental and mental health providers who see these children at no cost.