June 2011 E-News


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Calling all Little Leaguers: Win a trip to The Little League World Series!
The annual NSTEP® (National Spit Tobacco Education Program) slogan contest is quickly coming to an end, but there is still time to enter before the July 1 deadline. Little League Baseball and Softball players ages 14 and under can submit a slogan focusing on the dangers of smokeless tobacco for a chance to win a trip to the Little League World Series in August. Find out more about the contest and how to enter.

Smiles Across America Welcomes New Grantees
For the 2011/2012 school year, Smiles Across America® (SAA) is proud to welcome four new sites into the SAA family: The Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, Smiles Across Pinal County in Arizona, Oral Health Across the Commonwealth in Springfield, Mass., and Collier County School District in Florida. Learn more about these newest additions to SAA and how becoming grantees will allow them to make even bigger impacts on their communities.

OHA Teams with National Assembly of School-Based Health Care
OHA’s Smiles Across America® Product Donation Project recently partnered with the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care (NASBHC), donating 5,000 units of fluoride varnish to 20 School-Based Health Centers across the country. NASBHC was recently awarded a grant from Kaiser Permanente to fund technical and financial assistance to school-based health centers to incorporate oral health promotion, assessment, and preventative practices within well-child visits. Read the full press release.

2010 Annual Report Another Year Brings Healthy Mouths to Life!
Click above to read OHA’s Annual Report and find out how we brought access to oral health care and education in 2010.

From the President & CEO:
Fall for Smiles
This summer, OHA is growing its Fall for Smiles® grass-roots informational campaign, which begins in September. Read more from President and CEO Beth Truett about how you can become a marketing partner and help bring healthy mouths to life!

Corporate Spotlight:
Delta Dental of Minnesota
Delta Dental of Minnesota’s Ann Johnson considers the company’s relationship with OHA, through its support of Smiles Across Minnesota, a “powerful partnership.” Read more to find out why.

Intern Insight
During her time as an intern with OHA, Northwestern University pre-dental student Allyson Supowitz spent some time shadowing Chicago-area dentists. Find out what she learned. Interested in becoming an OHA Intern? Learn more!

In the News
Dentistry Today and DrBicuspid.com covered the announcement of the Fall for Smiles® campaign for 2011.

OHA was mentioned in an article on DentistryIQ.com about the Ad Council agreeing to launch a major oral health public awareness campaign.

DentistryIQ.com and DrBicuspid.com covered OHA’s new partnership with the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care.


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