What
are Give Kids A Smile Day & Children’s Dental
Health Month?
Give Kids A Smile Day is a concentrated day during February
- Children’s Dental Health Month - where dentists
throughout the nation provide children with dental education
and access to care under one cohesive event. Any donation
of time that benefits children can be attributed toward
Give Kids A Smile Day (even if it is not on the official
date). ANY DAY IN FEBRUARY
CAN BE YOUR GIVE KIDS A SMILE DAY! Having
all of the efforts concentrated toward one publicized day
aids in each dentist’s efforts being recognized, helps
the access to care problem gain recognition, and allows
opportunities for the entire dental community to work together
for the sake of children’s dental health care.
The
NMDA’s role in the statewide Give Kids a Smile project
is to function as a clearing house and support system for
the numerous charitable education, screening, prevention
and comprehensive treatment programs throughout the state
by having as many of them as possible occur on the same
day or month under the same brand. The campaign also provides
a framework for identifying, cataloging and recognizing
the many access activities—large and small—that
take place throughout the year. The NMDA is also working
to ensure maximum positive coverage and perception by media,
government and opinion leaders and to assist local dental
societies and individual dental offices in those efforts.
The NMDA is providing this Planning
Guide to make it as easy as possible for every
dentist to participate. You can also log onto http://www.ada.org/prof/events/featured/gkas/2007_signup01_index.asp
for more planning and resource materials.
Click
below to download New Mexico school lists & Boys and
Girls Club lists:
