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OHA's Spring 2012 Newsletter
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The Wisdom Tooth Project® is moving full-
steam ahead, helped in large part by a recent
$176,000 renewal grant from the DentaQuest
Foundation. The grant will help fund the launch
of a web portal that contains both national and
local components. To prepare for this portal,
OHA traveled to Hartford, CT to lead a meeting
alongside Dr. Ruth Goldblatt, OHA’s regional
consultant for the Wisdom Tooth Project.
Dr. Goldblatt helped OHA recruit and unite over
30 health and human services leaders from the
local community (pictured above)—including
those from oral health, medicine, social services,
senior support networks, state government, and
national organizations—to discuss the oral health
needs of older adults in Connecticut and begin to
compile today’s resources while strengthening
tomorrow’s opportunities.
This year, OHA is building a robust online space
to connect, educate, and advocate for the oral
health of older adults by providing resources
and linkages at both national and local levels,
the first of which will be Connecticut.
The collaborative meeting in Hartford was
an outstanding success and energized the
entire group to continue working to address
the oral health needs of older adults—our
nation’s fastest growing age group. “All of the
professional people gathered to attend this
meeting were pleased to lend their knowledge
and voices in support of the Wisdom Tooth
Project,” said Harvey Leon Frydman, Director/
Municipal Agent at the Naugatuck Senior Center
in Naugatuck, CT. “In my 32 years of attending
professional conferences and meetings, this
was a stellar event.”
Thanks to an initiative by Henry Schein
and the Henry Schein Cares Foundation
(HSCF), your donation to Oral Hea
lth America can have an even bigger
impact this summer!
From May through July, HSCF will match your gift dollar for dollar up to $50,000.
With 76 cents of every dollar donated
going directly to OHA’s programs,
your gift will make a huge difference
in bringing healthy mouths to life. To
donate, visit ORALHEALTHAMERICA.ORG
or check page 42 of your Henry Sc
hein May sales flyer to donate to OHA
through Henry Schein.
With gratitude for your continued support,
The Wisdom Tooth Project Expands Thanks to Generous Grants
ORAL HEALTH AMERICABRINGING HEALTHY MOUTHS TO LIFE
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ORALHEALTHAMERICA.ORG
President and CEO
DEAR FRIENDS OF OHA,
OHA’s 22nd annual Gala & Benefit at Chicago’s Navy Pier, successfully raised more than $500,000 to help
bring healthy mouths to life.
Guests were treated to a four-course
dinner, dancing, an energetic live auction,
and a great opportunity to network with
colleagues. Guests also raised auction
paddles during the event’s first-ever bid-
for-the-cause, which raised money for
OHA’s programs.
“While OHA’s gala represents the largest
single revenue source supporting our
programs in education, advocacy and access
to care, most gratifying of all is the broad
support it receives from our community of
industry partners,” said OHA’s Director of
Development Brad McLaughlin.
SMILES ACROSS AMERICA INNOVATION GRANTS UPDATE
OVER $500,000 RAISED AT THIS YEAR’S GALA & BENEFIT
The Smiles Across America® (SAA) Innovation
Grant recipients have been busy!
The Dakota Smiles Mobile Dental Program has visited two sites
on the Cheyenne Indian Reservations where only 23 percent of
the tribe’s children have received preventive dental services.
The mobile program was able to treat 286 children and provide
fluoride varnish, sealants and oral health education. The Santa
Barbara-Ventura Counties Dental Care Foundation held a two-hour
oral health education program in the strawberry fields at El Puerto
Berry Farms with the pickers. The City of Portland’s Children’s Oral
Health Program (COHP) created Oral Health Totes for Teachers as
a way to make oral health education available for everyone. The
totes include an oral health curriculum which is easy to follow and
includes lessons for grades kindergarten through middle school.
The totes allowed COHP to deliver oral health education in the
classroom without using staff time and resources.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRANT RECIPIENTS—KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
“Next year’s big event on February 20, 2013 already promises to be even bigger and better.
We could not be more grateful.”-brad mclaughlin, oha’s director of development
Oral Health America is proud to partner
with the Partnership for Healthy
Mouths, Healthy Lives coalition and the
Ad Council on a three year oral health
literacy campaign.
Participating in this landmark project supports
OHA’s commitment to provide oral disease
prevention services and education to all
Americans, especially those most vulnerable.
ORAL HEALTH COALITION PARTNERS WITH AD COUNCIL
During this year’s Gala & Benefit, OHA remembered Mr. Bernard (Bernie) Beazley, who helped create America’s Fund for Dental
Education (now Oral Health America) as chief
counsel for the American Dental Association.
Bernie also served as OHA’s Board Chair in 1960
and as Gala Chair Emeritus from 1986 until 2010.
During the Pre-Gala Reception, OHA announced
the creation of the Bernard and Kathleen Beazley
Summer Internship Program, which will provide
a unique look into the world of public health
dentistry and oral health leadership for one rising
undergraduate student each summer. Beginning
A LONGTIME SUPPORTER’S WONDERFUL LEGACY
in May 2012, the 12-week paid internship experience allows the student to be extensively involved in OHA’s work to
improve the oral health of vulnerable Americans across the entire spectrum of life. The internship is possible thanks
to a planned gift to OHA by Mr. and Mrs. Beazley.
For more information about planned giving, please contact Brad McLaughlin, Director of Development, at [email protected] or (312) 836-9900, ext. 14.
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“I began my involvement with OHA at about the same time I began my career in the dental industry. I was especially impressed by the way OHA was and is able to successfully connect with congressional leaders and others who were able to positively impact oral health. The NSTEP® program was of particular interest to me since it brought attention to a problem that, up until then, had received little public attention”
- Michael OrecchiaSeptodont-Confi-Dental DivisionVice President-General Manager
“Oral Health America has been making a difference, improving oral health for children and adults for over 50 years. It is truly a joy to support such an organization that maintains its focus and dedication to oral health improvements but continues to renew itself and its activities to better serve the community.”
- Linda Niessen, DMD, MPH, MPPDENTSPLY International
Vice President Chief Clinical Officer
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