Events and News

Delta Dental of Missouri awards $50,000 grant to HNC Living Foundation to help provide life-changing dental care for head and neck cancer patients OVERLAND PARK, Kan. Aug. 14, 2020 – Delta Dental of Missouri, the state’s leader in dental benefits, is making a difference in the lives of thousands of Missourians impacted by head and neck cancers through a $50,000 grant to HNC Living Foundation (HNC Living). HNC Living, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of head and neck cancer patients through financial assistance for critical services, will use the Delta Dental grant to support patients with [...]

Delta Dental of Kansas announces $250,000 grant to support HNC Living programs for head and neck cancer patients We often take for granted how important everyday things are in our lives – talking, chewing, eating and smiling.  For the more than 65,000 men and women in the United States who will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer this year, these simple tasks can become a daunting challenge.  For many of these patients, the financial challenges they face are as overwhelming as the cancer itself.  Therapies, treatments, equipment, which make a major difference in recovery and quality of [...]

HNC Living continues its commitment to dental care for head and neck cancer patients with a $325,000 grant to the UMKC School of Dentistry. Read the full story here.

In May 2018, HNC Living Foundation hosted its inaugural charity invitational golf tournament in Santa Fe, NM with the proceeds benefitting the HNC Living Foundation Endowment Fund. Twenty-eight players filled out fourteen two-man teams and competed over two days at the picturesque Club at Las Campanas. Players in the event came from Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. “Our foundation continues to be contacted by patients in need well beyond our Kansas City area roots. The idea for the tournament was to expose the foundation to community leaders beyond Kansas City, explain our mission and the needs [...]