Smiles for Kids Day 2012 is February 4th!
2011-2012 Smiles for Kids Grant Partners:
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Smiles for Kids from Cathy Levering on Vimeo.
"Grateful" composed by John Bucchino (www.johnbucchino.com)
We are indeed grateful for Mr. Bucchino's
permission to use this song for our video.
Since Smiles for Kids began in 1991...
$10,000,000
has been donated in dental treatment!13,000+
children have been treated!265,971
children have been screened!
More Smiles for Kids Information:
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2011 SFK QUICK STATS:
30,000 children screened each Fall
(kids in urgent need of care being treated on SFK Day)•
797 children scheduled
to be seen on SFK Day•
40 private dental offices open each year
to treat these children
from South Lake Tahoe to Jackson, Roseville, Elk Grove, Davis, Woodland
5 county area: Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Yolo, Sacramento•
487 volunteers worked on SFK Day
all dentists, hygienists, assistants & volunteer staff•
116 dentists worked on SFK Day
(January 29, 2011)•
183 additional dentists
"Adopted-a-Kid"
ongoing treatment after SFK Day•
65-75 children will have
orthodontic treatment
free of charge•
$400,000 dentistry completed on
Smiles for Kids Day alone!•
$1,000,000 of treatment completed
EACH YEAR!Thanks for giving kids a smile!
Smiles for Kids spot on KVIE
Be sure to turn up your volume!Sacramento area underprivileged children have something to smile about!
The Smiles for Kids (SFK) Dental and Orthodontic Program is dedicated to treatment for the underprivileged children in our community.
The Smiles for Kids program was adopted in 1991 to provide dental services to our community’s economically disadvantaged children. SFK promotes oral health to children in five counties (Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, El Dorado and Amador) and runs throughout the year. It provides dental screenings at area schools, dental referrals for those children who are covered by insurance and have the means for treatment, free dental treatment at private doctor’s offices for those without the means for dental care, crucial follow up treatment for children who have no insurance and whose parents cannot afford treatment, and prevention and education for area children from ages 1 to 18. Since the program’s inception, over 12,000 children have received pro bono dental services valued at nearly $10 million.
In February 2003 the American Dental Association organized a nationwide "Give Kids A Smile" program, patterned after programs such as this highly successful local endeavor. Smiles For Kids joined the ADA in 2003 in this effort to improve the oral health of our underprivileged children.
PAST SFK PARTNERS:
OTHER HELPFUL LINKS: Cover the Kids | First 5 Sacramento
updated 11/28/11