Category: Giving Back

Detroit Mercy students, Benco Family Foundation changing lives globally

Stepping outside the familiar. Fine-tuning clinical skills. Placing the needs of others above their own. Student-run mission trips at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry provide these opportunities and countless other life-changing moments for energetic young professionals. Funding can be a challenge, though, and in 2019, the Benco Family Foundation took action to assist. Chelsea Watkins, left, and Jessica Dinh. In 2019, Jessica Dinh and Chelsea Watkins (shown at top with a young patient) participated in student-run mission…

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How can dentists support children in need of foster and adoptive parents in Illinois?

Participate in a give back event to benefit Let It Be Us this October in Chicago. Children who are coming out of the hospital. Children who have never celebrated a birthday. Children who require foster parents with knowledge of American Sign Language or those interested in learning. Children who need love and hope. These are just a few of those who find homes through the innovative programming of Let It Be Us. The 501(c)3 Nonprofit and Child Welfare Organization founded…

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Celebrating Dental Assistants, All Week Long!

Because one day of celebration just isn’t enough, we set aside an entire week (March 3-9, 2019) to show our appreciation. Your service to patients gets more important with every passing year as the art and science of dentistry evolves and your role grows in complexity. That’s why we love the theme chosen this year by the American Dental Assistants Association: “Today’s Dental Assistant — Polished, Poised and Professional.” Are you ever! We thank you for everything you do every single…

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Watching their giveback grow: Dental team celebrates 24 years of educating kids

Preschoolers in one of the first classes Mary Turcan Majewski, EFDA (shown) taught during National Children’s Dental Health Month are now turning 27. Mary, as part of the duo from Watkins Dental Group in Dallas, Pennsylvania, provides dental education in the community. She explained a bit about the 30-minute program she and colleague Jennifer Clarke, RDH, have been sharing for 24 years at schools, day care centers and Head Start programs. (Photos Courtesy Luzerne County Community College)      

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This Valentine’s Day, support Keep A Breast and Fall in Love with Natural Extensions® Earloop Face Masks.

The Lucy Hobbs Project members are invited to support the Keep A Breast Foundation during the month of February with a special offer. This Valentine’s Day, Fall in Love with Natural Extensions® Earloop Face Masks. Buy eight boxes, get two free. Use coupon code: LUVLUCY For each Fuchsia Earloop Face Mask box you buy, a donation will be made to the Keep a Breast Foundation. The Keep A Breast Foundation is a non-profit organization that uses art and educational programs…

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