oha 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 AMERICA BRINGING HEALTHY MOUTHS TO LIFE SPRING 201 2 ORALHEALTHAMERICA.ORG President and CEO DEAR FRIENDS OF OHA,

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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

SPRING 201 2

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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Your gift is tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

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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

VISIT WWW.ORALHEALTHAMERICA.ORG

AND DONATE TODAY

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