GRANT RECIPIENTS HONORED AT GIVE KIDS A SMILE GALA

Posted: July 6, 2009
GRANT RECIPIENTS HONORED AT GIVE KIDS A SMILE GALA


COSTA MESA, CALIF., JUNE 2009 — Five grant recipients of the GIVE KIDS A SMILE Program Growth Fund were honored at the American Dental Association Foundation Annual Awards Gala held recently in Washington D.C. at the Library of Congress.  For the second year in a row, CareCredit’s annual $100,000 donation to the Fund has enabled five key programs to expand services and access to care for children in underserved communities. 
 
The 2009 grant recipients each received $20,000 and were chosen based on their superior vision and leadership in dentistry, demonstrated through the success of their existing outreach programs.  By supporting existing programs that have both untapped potential and organizational strength, the goal of providing care for more kids will be more quickly realized. 
 
GIVE KIDS A SMILE grant recipients include:
§         Program Champion grantees – the America’s Dentists Care Foundation (Missions of Mercy) and TeamSmileTM.  
§         Program Growth grantees – the Hispanic Dental Association, the National Dental Association (NDA), and Oral Health America. 
The grants will be used by these organizations to fund school and community oral health projects, school-based mobile dental vans and increase access to restorative dental care.
 
“Access to care is a top priority for CareCredit. We are able to fulfill this objective in a meaningful way as the Founding Donor of the GIVE KIDS A SMILE Fund and by working in partnership with the American Dental Association to expand access to care for underserved children,” said Cindy Hearn, GIVE KIDS A SMILE Advisory Board Member and Ssenior vVice Ppresident of Marketing at CareCredit. “We’ve had the privilege of providing greater access to dental care for over 20 years and helped over 7seven million patients get treatment by providing comfortable payment options.” 
 
Today, CareCredit is at work in more than 120,000 healthcare practices. CareCredit is exclusively selected for their members by most state and national dental associations, including ADA Business ResourcesSM, AGD, AAOMS, and AAP, and is also recommended by leading practice management consultants. For more information on CareCredit, call 1-800-300-3046 ext. 4519 or visit http://www.carecredit.com.  Information on the GIVE KIDS A SMILE® program can be found at http://www.givekidsasmile.ada.org.
 
ADA is a registered trademark of the American Dental Association. ADA Business Resources is a service mark of the American Dental Association. ADA Business Resources is a program brought to you by ADA Business Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Dental Association.
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