ADA News Coverage (Reprinted by permission from ADA News) Give Kids A Smile® Coverage Submit Your Event Photos to ADA News

Give Kids A Smile Coverage

The following links open in a separate browser window. You may need to disable your pop-up blocker for these links to work properly.

Gather new GKAS ideas, tips
2008 Promising Practices Symposium to convene June 12-14
(Posted 5/6/2008)
Give Kids A Smile program planners nationwide are invited to share ideas, successes and strategies that will enhance future access-to-care events and activities at the second GKAS Promising Practices Symposium June 12-14 at ADA Headquarters.
Go to full story.

Give Kids A Smile Awards Gala set for May 13
(Posted 4/2/2008)
The Give Kids A Smile Awards Gala May 13 at the ADA Washington Leadership Conference is fast approaching, and if you haven't purchased tickets or otherwise confirmed your attendance at the Gala, please do so right away.
Go to full story.

KinderSmile Foundation's first Give Kids A Smile
(Posted 3/17/2008)

Go to full story.

Give Kids A Smile program promotes health and happiness for all
(Posted 3/17/2008)

Go to full story.

Local groups join together to make San Diego GKAS special
(Posted 2/14/2008)
National City, Calif.—An estimated $31,240 worth of dental care was delivered here Feb. 2 through a collaboration of area dentists, dental team members, students and community members gathered at the dental hygiene clinic of Southwestern College.
Go to full story.

An 'outpouring of community love' in North Carolina
(Posted 2/4/2008)
Burlington, N.C.— It takes a community to Give Kids A Smile. What you saw at the Alamance County Dental Health Center Feb. 2 was "an outpouring of community love," said Dr. LaRosa Pinnix-Bailey, who has organized GKAS events in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont since 2003.
Go to full story.

North Carolina GKAS event surpasses goals
(Posted 2/4/2008)
Burlington, N.C.— Dr. LaRosa Pinnix-Bailey estimates the GKAS team provided more than $21,000 in free dental treatment Feb. 2.
Go to full story.

More than 1,700 kids screened in Nassau County
(Posted 2/1/2008)
The Give Kids A Smile program is a "national model" for oral health care access, bringing the dental profession and corporate sponsors together for the benefit of the nation's children, said Dr. Mark J. Feldman, ADA president, expressing his thanks to the more than 200 volunteers who participated in the Feb. 1 GKAS event in Nassau County, N.Y.
Go to full story.

It's Give Kids A Smile!
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Today, more than 51,000 dental professionals will provide free dental services to more than 500,000 children from low-income families, at more than 2,000 sites nationwide. It's all part of the sixth annual Give Kids A Smile program.
Go to full story.

GKAS is a big hit in Denver
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Aurora, Colo.— "I like brushing!" Seth Lua exclaimed as his sister buried her face in her mother's arms. Seth, age 5, was one of 300 children to attend the 6th annual Give Kids A Smile held Feb. 1 at the University of Colorado Denver School of Dental Medicine.
Go to full story.

Collaboration results in care for more than 200 in Milwaukee region
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Milwaukee—From the Madre Angela Dental Clinic and Marquette University downtown to Children's Hospital, Milwaukee Area Technical College and private practices in between, Greater Milwaukee Dental Association volunteers fanned out Feb. 1 in celebration of the 6th Give Kids A Smile Day.
Go to full story.

Give Kids A Smile excitement runs high in New Mexico
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Santa Fe—It's hard to imagine a more enthusiastic group than the children in the Roundhouse of New Mexico's State Capitol building for GKAS—until you see the adults.
Go to full story.

Expanding Give Kids A Smile horizons
National Advisory Board reviews plans for treatment day, gala, symposium and more
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Just two weeks before the 6th Give Kids A Smile Day, the expanded program's national advisory board accepted significant donations, reviewed its successes of 2007, brainstormed and planned for the future.
Go to full story.

Snow can't put a damper on Give Kids A Smile in Indianapolis

(Posted 2/1/2008)
Indianapolis—A snowstorm forecast for last night and this morning didn't freeze the enthusiasm of Give Kids A Smile here.
Go to full story.

GKAS care crosses cultural boundaries
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Indianapolis—At the Indiana University School of Dentistry, the 100 or so GKAS volunteers are not only donating their time and professional skills, they are enhancing their cultural awareness.
Go to full story.

Weather postpones Ohio screening but GKAS show goes on

(Posted 2/1/2008)
Columbus, Ohio—Give Kids A Smile planners here know you have to be flexible in winter: a screening set for the Statehouse was postponed until March, but the show did go on when Good Day Columbus broadcast live from the state capitol.
Go to full story.

GKAS message goes out to television audiences nationwide

(Posted 2/1/2008)
Albuquerque, N.M.—Television news stations throughout the country yesterday morning told listeners about today's Give Kids A Smile programs—slated to provide free dental services to a half million children from low income families from coast to coast.
Go to full story.

Working together is the key to Kentucky GKAS success
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Louisville, Ky.—Here in Louisville and its surrounding counties, Give Kids A Smile Day is embraced by the entire community.
Go to full story.

Hoping to serve 100 children
North Carolina volunteers ready to host GKAS program
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Burlington, N.C.—Give Kids A Smile is a real community event in the heart of the North Carolina Piedmont and they're excited about Feb. 2, the dental professionals, volunteers, sponsors, schools, local businesses, parents and, need we say, children. GKAS here, as in some other locations, falls on a different date than the scheduled Feb. 1 kickoff events around the country.
Go to full story.

Giving kids a smile in Flint, Mich.
(Posted 2/1/2008)
Dr. Shayhana Ebrahim held a Give Kids A Smile event Feb. 1 at her Graham Court Family Dental office in Flint, Mich.
Go to full story.

Dentists, sponsors gear up for GKAS Feb. 1
(Posted 1/24/2008)
Generous donations from corporate sponsors will make it possible for thousands of dentists nationwide to Give Kids A Smile Feb. 1 and help raise awareness about the needs of underserved children.
Go to full story.

Giving kids a smile in Maryland
(Posted 1/14/2008)
Baltimore, Md.— Here in "Charm City" they're forging new partnerships to Give Kids A Smile.
Go to full story.

GKAS Promising Practices Symposium proceedings available
Den-Tek to donate 'Fun Flossers' for product kits
(Posted 11/30/2007)
If you're looking for ways to revitalize your Give Kids A Smile program or launch a new GKAS event, visit ADA.org for the proceedings from this year's Promising Practices Symposium.
Go to full story.

Tiny Smiles program earns grins in St. Louis
(Posted 11/19/2007)
St. Louis—As founders of Give Kids A Smile, on which the ADA national children's dental access program is based, members of the Greater St. Louis Dental Society have always been pioneers.
Go to full story.

Promising Practices Symposium
Program planners gather at ADA for first major event of expanded Give Kids A Smile
(Posted 9/18/2007)
Dr. Jeff Dalin, the cofounder of Give Kids A Smile in St. Louis—on which the ADA's national children's access day is based—recounts the story of a troubled 13-year-old who came to one of the Greater St. Louis Dental Society's twice yearly GKAS events for treatment.
Go to full story.

Six grants awarded for local events in New York state
(Posted 9/18/2007)
Albany, N.Y.—Saying there were "too many excellent programs to choose only one," the New York State Dental Foundation's board of trustees voted last month to award Give Kids A Smile grants to six programs throughout the state.
Go to full story.

Return to Top

Submit Your Event Photos to ADA News
GKAS programs are invited to send photographs from local events to the ADA after their event. Photos will be used for archival purposes and some may appear in the ADA News, online on ADA.org or in other ADA publications. Digital photos are preferred.

• E-mail photos to:
  adanews@ada.org
  Files should be 300 dpi, with no single e-mail larger than 3MB.
  Please identify the individuals in the photo and indicate where and when it was taken.
  
  
• Mail photo prints to:
  ADA News, 211 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago 60611
  Please identify the individuals in the photo and indicate where and when it was taken.
  Please indicate if and where you want the photos to be returned.

Return to Top