Dental News - CareCredit supports Give Kids A Smile Fund

Dental Tribune USA

Fri. 10 July 2015

save

COSTA MESA, Calif., USA: For the ninth consecutive year, CareCredit has donated $100,000 to the ADA Foundation (ADAF) Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) Fund. The grant is designated to support Give Kids A Smile through funding of three major initiatives.

The initiatives are:

GKAS NASCAR elementary school oral health education events for underserved children.
ADA Mission of Mercy and Give Kids A Smile oral health education and treatment event.
GKAS and TeamSmile collaborative oral health treatment events teaming sports and dental professionals to improve children’s oral health.

Building off the success of previous years, children from underserved communities will participate in GKAS NASCAR oral health education events to be held in Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama from July to October 2015. These education events will incorporate key messaging from the Ad Council’s 2min2x oral care campaign, educating and encouraging children to spend two minutes brushing their teeth, twice a day. As in past years, each child attending the event will receive free oral health goody bags.

The grant will also support the ADA Mission of Mercy, a one-day free oral healthcare event to be held in conjunction with the ADA – America’s Dental Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8, 2015. During the event, dentists and dental team members will volunteer their services in the Give Kids A Smile area to provide up to 200 underserved children with education, screenings, cleanings, sealants, fluoride treatments and needed restorative care.

In the fall, the CareCredit donation will also fund several GKAS and TeamSmile collaborative events to be held in conjunction with professional sports teams. Dentist and dental team members will volunteer their time to provide education and free oral health treatment to underserved children in collaboration with high profile sports teams.

“Teaming up with the ADA Foundation’s Give Kids A Smile program enables us to deliver a message about good oral health to thousands of parents and children this year,” said Cindy Hearn, senior vice president branding and communications for CareCredit, member of the ADA Foundation Board and GKAS National Advisory Committee. “As the Founding Donor of the ADA Foundation GKAS Fund, we are pleased that our grant will, once again, be used to further support these exciting programs and can, in a unique and relevant way, improve the lives of children who have little to no access to necessary dental care.”

For more information about the GKAS events, visit facebook.com/GiveKidsASmile or follow GKAS on Twitter @GiveKidsASmile.

(Source: CareCredit)

To post a reply please login or register

CareCredit continues to support Give Kids a Smile

CHICAGO/NEW YORK, USA: When it comes to corporate social responsibility, some companies know how to make all the right moves. One such company is ...

CareCredit presents its fifth donation to Give Kids A Smile Fund

CHICAGO, IL, USA: CareCredit, the nation’s leading patient payment program, continued its support as founding donor of the American Dental Association...

DUX Dental supports Give Kids a Smile program

OXNARD, Calif., USA: In support of National Children’s Dental Health Month and the 10th anniversary of Give Kids a Smile day, DUX Dental recently ...

2014 Give Kids A Smile ‘Smile Champion’ awardees announced

CHICAGO, Ill., USA: The ADA Foundation (ADAF) has announced the winners of the 2014 Smile Champion awards for Give Kids A Smile (GKAS). Cindy Hearn, vice ...

Premier hits $2 million mark in donations in support of Give Kids A Smile

Premier Dental Products has been a supporter of the ADA Foundation’s Give Kids a Smile (GKAS) program since its inception in 2003, and this ...

Give Kids A Smile grant recipients are honored

COSTA MESA, CA, USA: Give Kids A Smile Fund grant recipients were honored at the fourth annual American Dental Association Foundation Give Kids A Smile ...

ADA celebrates 20th annual Give Kids A Smile program

The American Dental Association is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) program, which has provided free oral health care ...

ADA announces commencement of 2021 Give Kids a Smile program

The 19th annual Give Kids a Smile program virtually kicked off this month with more than 1,000 events across the country providing free dental health care ...

Give Kids A Smile celebrates 14 years of providing services

CHICAGO, Ill., USA: The ADA Foundation’s annual Give Kids A Smile program, which provides hundreds of thousands of children in need with free oral ...