Dental supplies—toothpaste and toothbrush—are being provided to more than 1,600 first graders at 21 schools in Clark County. The I Brush My Teeth bilingual book is also offered.
CHF hosted a Give Kids a Smile event at Springfield Sports Academy elementary school which provided a dental screening and fluoride varnish to more than 50 students.
A Healthy Smiles video contest for middle and high school students produced awesome videos to promote good dental health to elementary students. Congratulations to the winning video producers, Mylo and Malcolm for The Clean Teeth Rap and Jaylyn and Dominic for The Tooth Fairy. Honorable mentions to Caden & Gavin for Timmy Visits the Dentist, Avery for the Tooth Fairy Encounter and Easton for Breaking News. Check out the winning videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzea3TA6qI2KI6RuHji2fRnL1fQqKjrpZ
Special thanks to Drs. Kayvon and Rohit Nezhad for providing dental screenings and dental supplies at the Give Kids A Smile event. Thanks also to the American Dental Association, Springfield Pediatric Dentistry, Krogg and Jayjohn Family Dental, Hometown DDS, Springfield Gentle Dental, Leslie Pinson DDS and North Spring Dental for providing dental supplies. And, thanks to Springfield City Youth Mission’s GirlPower group and to Leadership Clark County participants for organizing the dental kits and assisting with the delivery of the kits to the Clark County School Districts for distribution to the students!
It’s been an inspiring group effort to make Clark County kids smile brighter!