Encinitas, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/31/2015 -- Dr. McElroy's latest charitable contribution is a significant donation to the San Diego Dental San Diego Dental Health Foundation for the Dental Clinic at Veterans Village of San Diego Health Foundation for the Dental Clinic at Veterans Village of San Diego (VVSD). Even as construction on the clinic's newest phase is finishing, some dental services are already being provided to veterans.

Dr. McElroy plays a hands-on role in charity work, organizing trips abroad to perform free dental surgery, donating to the Wounded Warrior Project, and sponsoring local sports teams. In addition, he participates annually in Dentistry From The Heart, providing free dental services to anyone in the community one day a year.

The clinic will be able to provide free dental services to residents of VVSD and other San Diego County veterans in need. Dr. McElroy remarks, "Some of these patients have been without dental care for many years. A healthy, good-looking smile is one less hurdle in front of them as they search for jobs, look for housing and continue to improve their lives in other ways as well."

Dr. McElroy is also a Veteran Affairs (VA) provider; just another benefit he provides to veterans in addition to his charitable work.

Veterans Village of San Diego was founded in 1981 as the Vietnam Veterans of San Diego. Five Vietnam veterans were struggling with the traumas of war and looking to enhance services from the VA, desperate to shine a spotlight on the lack of medical and psychological care for Vietnam veterans.

The facilitator of the counseling session was Father William Mahedy, who served as an Army chaplain in Vietnam. Mahedy suggested to the group, "Why don't you take this energy and do something that will really make a difference?" The group took the suggestion to heart and formed Vietnam Veterans of San Diego to help their comrades who were sleeping on the streets, under bridges and in parks.

From this modest beginning, VVSD has evolved over the past three decades into a nationally-recognized, non-governmental organization known for delivering innovative services to veterans.

In 2005, the name was changed to Veterans Village of San Diego to better reflect what they have been doing all along: helping to restore the lives of all veterans in need.

To make an appointment with Dr. McElroy, call 760-621-8700.