Special Events

Give Kids A Smile is celebrated each year on the first Friday in February. Upcoming dates include:

• 2013
  February 1
• 2014
  February 7
• 2015
  February 6

ADA Foundation Give Kids A Smile 10th Anniversary Gala

In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Give Kids A Smile^®, the annual ADA Foundation GKAS Gala is being combined with the ADA Presidential Gala into one special event at the 2012 Annual Session.

Join your friends and colleagues for an elegant evening honoring ADA President Dr. William Calnon, and celebrating the great achievements of Give Kids A Smile’s last 10 years.

This event will include fine dining, good friends, a great cause, and dancing. It will be the perfect finale to your stay in San Francisco! Register through the Annual Session Website at http://www.ada.org/session/

Date and Time: Monday, October 22, 7-11:30 p.m.

Location: Marriott Marquis San Francisco, Yerba Buena Ballroom

Cost: $250*

Code: E001

Attire: Business Attire

*$100 of each ticket will be a tax-deductible charitable contribution to the ADA Foundation.  

2012 Give Kids A Smile Community Leadership Development Institute

The GKAS Institute will take place in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24-27^th.  Participants will have an opportunity to learn, in-person, how to initiate, expand, and/or enhance a GKAS program. Up to ten ambassadors will be selected to attend via an application process.  An estimated 650 underserved children will receive comprehensive care during the St. Louis GKAS Program, which will take place during the Institute. The ADA would like to pay special thanks to the generous sponsors of the Institute,  Hu-Friedy, Henry Schein and the ADA Foundation.

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