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Dental Outreach Program Celebrates Fifth Year
April 10th, 2012
Funded by a donation from Kohl’s Department Stores, the dental outreach program coordinated through a partnership between Children’s Hospital Foundation and the Virginia Department of Health – Dental Division reached nearly 13,000 Head Start, kindergarten and first grade students in the counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Prince George and the cities of Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Richmond and Petersburg during the 2011-2012 school year.
“This year’s program was a great success,” said Lauren McDaneld, Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator, Children’s Hospital Foundation. “We educated more children than ever before about the importance of dental hygiene. We’re excited to reach even more children during next year’s program.”
In addition to distributing dental supplies to more than 550 classes, Foundation staff provided in-school instruction during February’s National Dental Health Month to students at a number of Richmond City schools, including George Mason Elementary, Ginter Park Elementary, Overby-Sheppard Elementary, William Fox Elementary and Woodville Elementary. The 60-minute presentation was designed to meet the Virginia Standards of Learning health requirement and focused on the importance of dental health and hygiene.
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