ECU dental students participate in Missions of Mercy

East Carolina University dental students participated in the North Carolina Missions of Mercy dental clinic Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21, at Garber Ministry Center in New Bern. Pictured Saturday, Jan. 21, with Gov. Beverly Perdue are, from left, Bridgette Jones, Christine Wingo, Christin Carter, Shannon Holcomb, Alex Ho, Perdue, Anna Liakh, Holland Killian, Nirav Patel, Hanna Zombek, Lara Holland, Amanda Stroud and Dr. Joseph Califano, professor and chief of periodontology. A total of 22 students participated in the event. The Missions of Mercy portable free dental program is an outreach program of the North Carolina Dental Society. (Contributed photo)