Financial-aid recipient: Actor Archie Villeda is a local actor who most recently appeared in Su Teatro’s Dona Rositas Jalapeno Kitchen in 2015. Other titles include Ludlow: El Grito de Las Minas in 20914 and the class comedy La Carpa Aztlan Presents: I Don’t Speak English Only in 2012 (pictured below with Manuel R. Roybal Sr.). For six years he also was Su Teatro’s lead graphic designer.
His medical story: Archie came to the Denver Actors Fund in urgent need of bridge work on his bottom teeth. At the moment, he does not have have dental insurance or qualify for Medicaid. He came to the right place, because the Denver Actors Fund has a partnering dentist who accepts certain emergency cases referred by The Denver Actors Fund, primarily as an in-kind donation. Dr Brian Kelly DDS (himself a former Broadway dancer!) removed three teeth and created a bridge to replace them. He also gave Archie a full cleaning as part of his overall treatment plan to move all his patients from disease to health.
How we have helped: Dr. Kelly’s services would have cost Villeda $8,450 out of pocket. Instead, Kelly donated all services free of charge except for $750 in outsourced lab fees, which the Denver Actors Fund has paid. Because of this unique partnership, Archie received the essential treatment he needed at no actual cost to him – and it only cost The Denver Actors Fund $750. But the overall value of Archie’s services makes him the largest direct beneficiary in the Denver Actors Fund’s four-year history.
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The Denver Actors Fund is a modest source of immediate, situational relief when members of the local theater community find themselves in medical need. To date, the Fund has allocated more than $129,000 to artists facing medical need. In addition to financial relief, a team of more than 60 Denver Actors Fund volunteers offers good neighborly assistance including meal prep and delivery, child care, transportation, errands, construction, pet-sitting and more. For more information, visit our web site at DenverActorsFund.Org.
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