Palencia Dental donates to Palencia Tennis Tournament benefitting Camp Boggy Creek

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - April 17, 2023 - PRLog -- Stephanie Kinsey, DDS, owner and founder of Palencia Dental in St. Augustine, Fla. sponsored the recent 11^th Annual Palencia Charity Tennis Tournament to benefit Camp Boggy Creek for special needs children. Dr. Kinsey is a member of the original board that started the tournament and has helped raise more than $120,000 for the camp organization through sponsorships and participation. The charity tennis event was held from March 31 until April 2 at Palencia Tennis, 600 Palencia Club Drive in St. Augustine.

Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Fla. was founded in 1996 by actor and philanthropist Paul Newman and Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. USMA, KCB, a United States Army general and war hero. Since 1996, the camp hosts children with serious illnesses in a safe, medically sound environment where children can participate in fun activities through fellowship and friends. Programs are free of charge to campers and families from donors, partners, and volunteers who support the nonprofit.

"We are honored to continue our participation in the local fundraiser with a goal to raise more than $20,000 each year from tournament players, an exhibition match, vendors, raffles, goodie bags, meals, and more," said Dr. Kinsey. "The dental practice mission to give back is part of our annual giving campaign to local nonprofits."

According to Tom Salmon, Palencia's Tennis Director, this year's event attracted 109 teams and 218 players in 10 different divisions. Salmon is planning the event for next year in April. For more information, contact Tom Salmon at 904-825-4012 or email tom.salmon@hines.com.

For more than 28 years, Dr. Kinsey's concentration is in neuromuscular, sleep apnea, temporomandibular joint and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ/TMD), migraine pain dentistry treatments, and oral surgery, along with implants and cosmetic dentistry and facial aesthetics, to name a few.

She is an American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) Qualified Dentist. Her St. Augustine and Northwest St. Johns County dentistry practice is dedicated to restoring and enhancing the natural beauty of one's smile combining conservative and state-of-the-art procedures along with advanced dental medicine and aesthetics. She is also a Fellow with The International Association of Physiologic Aesthetics (IAPA) and serves as a member and Fellow with IAPA's founding organization, the Las Vegas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies (LVI). She is certified with the Florida Board of Dentistry to administer intravenous (IV) conscious sedation for patient comfort during dental procedures.

Palencia Dental is an independently owned dental practice at 159 Palencia Village Dr. Suites 107-109 in St. Augustine, Fla. For more information, call 904.826.4343. Visit the website at www.palenciadental.com.