Organizers of a free dental clinic coming to King’s Fork Middle School this weekend aren’t letting the threat of a little snow worry them too much.

“We have a couple of ideas” to cope with any snow, said Lauren Alphin, co-director of The Virginia Dental Association Foundation’s Mission of Mercy program.

One of those ideas, she said, is calling on the services of a company used by the local dental clinic she works for, Harbour View Dental Center, to plow the parking lot, if city crews are busy elsewhere.

Alphin, who worked at the event last year in Suffolk, said there is likely to be a line of folks waiting for the clinic early in the morning on Saturday. Last year, at least 100 people were lined up outside the school gym by 5 a.m., she said. Patients will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.

“We’ll get patients in the door as fast as we can so no one is standing out in the weather,” Alphin said.

Last year, 464 patients were served. This year’s goal is 700 adults, according to Alphin. She hopes the first patients will be seated at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, with the clinic finishing up by 5 p.m.

To streamline the process, pre-screening will be performed in the gymnasium beginning at 3 p.m. Friday. On both days, patients are asked to bring all medications as well as food and drink. On Saturday, they should be prepared to stay all day, and child care will not be provided.

The clinic is expanding this year, with an additional 20 chairs being brought in. “(That) means we will be seeing an additional 20 patients at a time,” Alphin said.

Beginning at 1 p.m. Friday, dozens of volunteers, including dental students from Virginia Commonwealth University, Rotarians, nurses, doctors and others, will be unloading a truck, setting up and preparing to begin screening.

Procedures will include fillings, extractions and cleanings, while impressions have already been taken for a limited number of dentures to be fitted.

The clinic is intended for the uninsured, underinsured and/or unemployed, but no one will be turned away.

“We feel confident that most people (served) don’t carry dental insurance,” Alphin said.

It takes a lot to make the clinic happen, including support from community dentists and other volunteers, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Suffolk Public Schools, including King’s Fork Middle School; the city of Suffolk, including Suffolk Police Department and Suffolk Fire and Rescue; Obici Healthcare Foundation, the Virginia Health Care Foundation, Sentara Obici Hospital and the Rotary Club of Suffolk.