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n For the ninth consecutive year, CareCredit has donated $100,000 to the ADA Foundation (ADAF) Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) Fund. The $100,000 grant is designated to support Give Kids A Smile through funding of three major initiatives: • GKAS NASCAR elementary school oral health education events for underserved children. • ADA Mission of Mercy and Give Kids A Smile oral health education and treatment event. • GKAS and TeamSmile collabo- rative oral health treatment events, teamingsportsanddentalprofession- als to improve children’s oral health. Building off the success of previ- ousyears,childrenfromunderserved communitieswillparticipateinGKAS NASCARoralhealtheducationevents to be held in Indiana, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama from now through October. These educa- tion events will incorporate key mes- saging from the Ad Council’s 2min2x oral-care campaign, educating and encouraging children to spend two minutes brushing their teeth, twice a day. As in past years, each child attending the event will receive free oral-health goody bags. The grant will also support the ADA Mission of Mercy, a one-day free oral health-care event to be held in conjunction with the ADA — Ameri- ca’s Dental Meeting in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8. During the event, den- tists and dental team members will volunteer their services in the Give Kids A Smile area to provide up to 200 underserved children with edu- cation, screenings, cleanings, seal- ants, fluoride treatments and needed restorative care. In the fall, the CareCredit dona- tion will also fund several GKAS and TeamSmile collaborative events to be held in conjunction with professional sports teams. Dentist and dental team members will volunteer their time to provide education and free oral-health treat- ment to underserved children in col- laboration with high-profile sports teams. “Teaming up with the ADA Foun- dation’s Give Kids A Smile program enables us to deliver a message about good oral health to thousands of parents and children this year,” said Cindy Hearn, senior vice president branding and communications for CareCredit, member of the ADA Foun- dation Board and GKAS National Advisory Committee. “As the found- ing donor of the ADA Foundation GKAS Fund, we are pleased that our grant will, once again, be used to fur- ther support these exciting programs andcan,inauniqueandrelevantway, improve the lives of children who have little to no access to necessary dental care.” For more information about the GKAS events, visit facebook.com/ GiveKidsASmile or follow GKAS on Twitter @GiveKidsASmile. exhibitors16 CDA Presents — August 21, 2015 CareCredit supports Give Kids A Smile fund with $100,000 grant Ad 3 Dr. Reneida Reyes, president, ADA Foundation, and Gene Wurth, executive director, ADA Foundation, receive CareCredit’s $100,000 grant to benefit the ADA Foundation Give Kids A Smile Fund. (Photo/Provided by CareCredit) Here at the CDA For more information,visit www.care credit.com, facebook.com/GiveKidsA Smile and twitter.com/CareCredit or stop by the booth, No. 801.

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