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Focus on the dental home
Give Kids A Smile Promising Practices Symposium helps access programs take the next step toward continuity of care
(Posted 8/27/2009)
More than 100 program planners, health care professionals, dental society staff, community advocates and others gathered at ADA Headquarters June 25-26 to compare strategies, offer advice and learn from others at the third annual Promising Practices Symposium.
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Rite Aid drugstores offer oral health information, donate to GKAS fund
(Posted 8/4/2009)
An ADA-approved, 12-page guide to oral health care is available free of charge at all Rite Aid pharmacies as part of the drugstore chain's nationwide health education and wellness campaign.
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Grant winners lauded at Give Kids A Smile gala
(Posted 6/22/2009)
Washington—Three national organizations will be able to reach more children with oral health care screenings, treatment and education as winners of the 2009 ADA Foundation Give Kids A Smile Program Growth Grants.
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Sacramento volunteers provide $1 million in GKAS dental care
(Posted 6/1/2009)
Sacramento, Calif.—Since early February, volunteers from the Sacramento District Dental Society and its Foundation have been helping thousands of kids smile through their Give Kids A Smile—Smiles for Kids 2009 program.
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GKAS Gala honors three for oral health efforts
(Posted 5/13/2009)
Washington—They Give Kids A Smile year round and the day—and this night the stars came out. Over the past six years, GKAS has expanded to encompass year-round programs while at the same time keeping its special day of observance in February.
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GKAS Symposium to focus on continuity of care
(Posted 4/20/2009)
The third annual symposium convened by ADA's Give Kids A Smile team June 25-26 will focus on continuity of care and finding dental homes for children.
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GKAS sponsors' support leads to successful program
Most registered programs receive free products to help kids
(Posted 3/25/2009)
Nearly 466,000 underserved children nationwide received free oral health services through 2009 Give Kids A Smile, thanks to the generosity of the programs sponsors—Henry Schein Dental, Colgate-Palmolive Co. and DEXIS Digital X-ray Systems.
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Give Kids A Smile highlights access-to-care issues
(Posted 2/12/2009)
With dental disease among pre-schoolers on the rise, the ADA is mobilizing dental professionals in a national campaign to extend necessary care to children and adolescents from low-income families.
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Thank you, St. Louis
'Hearts as big as the arch'
(Posted 2/6/2009)
St. Louis—In the city where it all began, gratitude was the theme of the 8th annual Give Kids A Smile program celebrated here Feb. 5 and 6.
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Award-winning Peoria GKAS program reaches deep into area
(Posted 2/6/2009)
Peoria, Ill.—Times are tough and getting tougher in downstate Illinois. Caterpillar Inc., the area's largest employer, recently laid off some 800 employees, nearby Keystone Steele and Wire Co. of Bartonville, Ill., has cut its workforce, and several retail outlets have closed their doors.
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Teamwork leads to new smiles at D.C. Dental Society GKAS
(Posted 2/6/2009)
"Welcome to the College of Dentistry. We smile with you." The children bused to Howard University from Bancroft Elementary School for the 7th annual D.C. Dental Society's Give Kids A Smile day, the volunteers, dentists, faculty, students, dental staff, they all passed the bright, colorful welcoming sign in the reception area.
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GKAS in Chicago
Governor demonstrates commitment to access
(Posted 2/6/2009)
In his Feb. 5 visit to the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry, Gov. Pat Quinn greeted a roomful of familiar faces, faces he's seen many times during the past six years.
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Ohio Give Kids A Smile tops $5 million mark
(Posted 2/6/2009)
Cleveland—Today, Ohio dental volunteers will surpass the $5 million mark in free dental services donated for Give Kids A Smile since the national program began in 2003.
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Ice storm can't cool GKAS spirit in Louisville
(Posted 2/6/2009)
Louisville, Ky.—Though the city is still reeling from a severe ice storm Jan. 26 that left thousands without power and water and shuttered schools for five days, the organizers of Smile Kentucky! are focused on treating a record number of children today at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry.
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Care conquers distance in big sky country
(Posted 2/6/2009)
Helena, Mont.—Here in Montana's capital city, each of Helena's 30 dentists participates in Give Kids A Smile and this year will donate treatment to about 450 children without access to dental care—up dramatically from last year's total of 180.
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Send your Give Kids A Smile photographs to ADA News
(Posted 2/6/2009)
The ADA News encourages all Give Kids A Smile volunteers to get their digital cameras ready.
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Albert Pujols joins GKAS team, new program Web site launched
(Posted 2/6/2009)
All-star slugger Albert Pujols is going to bat for Give Kids A Smile, headlining a public service announcement that hit the airwaves nationwide last month.
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Hawaii dentists reach out to West Oahu, Kauai
(Posted 2/6/2009)
The Waianae Coast of Oahu is but a 30-minute drive from Honolulu, yet also a light year behind in terms of wealth and health care advances seen in other communities of Hawaii's most populous island. The spoils from tourism just don't ripple out this far west.
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Feb. 6 is Give Kids A Smile day
Volunteers provide dental care to children from low-income families
(Posted 2/5/2009)
With dental disease among pre-schoolers on the rise, the ADA is mobilizing dental professionals in a national campaign to extend necessary care to children and adolescents from low-income families.
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Cardinals all-star Albert Pujols joins the GKAS team
(Posted 1/8/2009)
All-star slugger Albert Pujols is going to bat for Give Kids A Smile, headlining a public service announcement that will hit the airwaves nationwide later this month.
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Henry Schein Dental greetings to benefit Give Kids A Smile fund
(Posted 12/1/2008)
Henry Schein Dental has a developed a way for dentists to send holiday greetings to their patients and donate to a good cause at the same time.
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St. Louis GKAS program surpasses $2 million in donated care
(Posted 10/24/2008)
St. Louis—They were just like any group of kids, happy to be off of school for the day and on a field trip. Five and 6-year-olds bounced around with the enthusiasm only new adventure can evoke. Pre-teens maintained their pre-teen edge: "I know what I'm doing here," without a trace of negativity.
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Give Kids A Smile sign-up now available
(Posted 10/1/2008)
The seventh annual national Give Kids A Smile event is just four months away, and it's time for program coordinators and dentist participants to register their programs and request free products from GKAS program sponsors Colgate and Henry Schein Dental.
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Promising Practices Symposium
Dental team members learn how to better Give Kids A Smile
(Posted 7/15/2008)
More than 100 individuals from all over the U.S. gathered at ADA Headquarters June 12-14 for the second Give Kids A Smile Promising Practices Symposium.
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Celebrating Give Kids A Smile
(Posted 5/14/2008)
Washington—They threw a party in the nation's capital May 13 to honor champions of oral health and millions of smiles.
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Gather new GKAS ideas, tips
2008 Promising Practices Symposium to convene June 12-14
(Posted 5/6/2008)
Give Kids A Smile program planners nationwide are invited to share ideas, successes and strategies that will enhance future access-to-care events and activities at the second GKAS Promising Practices Symposium June 12-14 at ADA Headquarters.
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