People of low income received free dental care on Friday through a new partnership between two Belleville organizations.

Volunteers of Gift from the Heart, a charity providing free dental care to those in need, brought their mobile clinic on Friday to The Bridge Integrated Care Hub on South Church Street. Though the organizations have clients in common, it was the first time Gift from the Heart had offered care at The Bridge.

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Bev Woods, who in 2007 founded Gift from the Heart and is now its outgoing executive director, said it’s part of the charity’s ongoing effort to “get to the people that couldn’t get to us.”

“Any treatment that you could have done at a traditional dental office, we can do from here,” she said before the work began.

First in line was Robert, a Be

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