DOORS OPEN AT 6:00 AM - CLINIC OPENS AT 7:00 AM
North Side Christian Health Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a member of Three Rivers Alliance of Community Health Centers (TRACHC) will be staffing a referral table at the Mission of Mercy. NSCHC staff will connect event participants to ongoing dental, medical, or behavioral health care.
ABOUT MISSION OF MERCY
Mission of Mercy brings together dentists, clinicians, nurses, imaging technicians and general volunteers to support children and adults who lack access to—or cannot afford—dental and hearing care. Dental procedures provided include dental exams, cleanings, fillings, extractions and root canal treatments. Hearing evaluations, as well as free hearing aids, also are included.
All services are provided on a first come - first served basis. Clinic services will stop when capacity, based on patient needs and volunteer attendance, is reached.
1,800 MOMPGH volunteers served 2,081 patients in 2025—the most since the first clinic in 2017—and provided nearly $2.6 million in services. Of those patients treated:
1,384 received dental care
778 eye exams
408 hearing exams were provided
636 free hearing aids were given to 320 patients
668 free eyeglasses were distributed.
New in 2026, MOMPGH and the UPMC Vision Institute enhanced their collaboration to expand vision healthcare offerings. Patients who present with vision healthcare needs at the MOMPGH October clinic will now be referred to the Vision Institute staff on-site, who will register them for an appointment at the Vision Institute’s Community Vision Day sister event, scheduled for Oct. 18, 2026, at the UPMC Mercy Pavilion, located at 1622 Locust Street in Uptown Pittsburgh.