MD Special Olympics (June 12, 2010)
Please hold this date on your calendar: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:30 am – 4:00 p.m.--Special Olympics/Special Smiles Program to be held at Towson University in the University Union/Potomac room. For those of you who have participated in this event before, you know how much the Special Olympics competition means to the athletes. It is the premier event in the state resulting from year-long, local athletic competitions. Our Special Smiles organization will provide oral health screenings, athletic mouthprotectors, fluoride varnish and education for the athletes. We are working in collaboration with the other Special Olympics Healthy Athletes professional organizations (such as Opening Eyes, Healthy Hearing, Fit Feet, and Health Promotion) to promote healthy living among the athletes and would love to again have DDS, post-grads, and DHYG students along with faculty and dental professionals from the community participating in this event. We had an awesome turnout of dental school students and professionals participating last year. For the dental and dental hygiene volunteers, I can guarantee you will leave that day with a huge smile on your face.
If you're interested in participating, please email me and identify what time you can participate. For licensed dentists and dental hygienists, you will receive continuing education credit. All attendees must complete a 1 hour didactic component which will emailed to you and all will receive CE certificates of attendance for the 1 hour didactic course as well as for all the participatory screening hours
- Volunteer name
- Email address:
- Contact phone#
- AGD # :
- Hours that they can volunteer (what time to what time):
Will need copy of your dental license and copy of CPR card (because we are doing clinical screenings and working alongside with dental school students) can be faxed or scanned and then emailed.
Thank you and looking forward to seeing you all at the SOSS event,
Sheryl L. Ernest Syme, RDH, MS
Associate Professor
University of Maryland Dental School
650 West Baltimore St., Room 1203
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-706-7773
Fax: 410-706-0349
Email: ssyme@umaryland.edu
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Western Maryland Mission of Mercy (October 29+30, 2010)
The Western Maryland Tri-State area is one in which the oral health need is immense. Allegany County leads the state of Maryland in natural tooth loss. More than 20% of our population is considered to be in poverty. More than 15% of people have not been to a dentist in 5+ years. Conditions in nearby West Virginia are worse.The 2010 Western Maryland Mission of Mercy (M.O.M) Project will be held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, MD on October 29-30.
Volunteers are needed to make this project a success.
There are four areas volunteers are needed:
- Professional Dental Volunteers
- Licensed Medical Volunteers
- Community Volunteers
- Food Service
- Check-in/Registrations
- And More!
- Student Volunteers –Dental/Dental Hygiene/Pharmacy
For More Information Visit: www.WesternMdMom.com or
Contact us at volunteer@westernmdmom.com or Phone: 301-777-7749 ext. 4
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