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Smile Rescuers

10th annual Smile Rescuers event is another success
PCHS celebrates a decade of providing oral health education

The 10th Annual S

mile Rescuers oral health event was May 17 as part of Bremerton's annual Armed Forces Festival. The event provided useful oral health information in a fun manner for kids of all ages. After gale force winds and sporadic rain showers threatened to shut down last year's event, Mother Nature gave everyone a sigh of relief as the weather was fantastic for this year.

The sun blazed heavily upon the event during one of the hottest days of the year thus far. Children and teens had the opportunity to take their "passport" through six education stations covering topics ranging from the development of a baby's first teeth to the effects of spit tobacco, and the importance of proper brushing and flossing. Each station had either a hands-on model - like a Typodent model or flossing demo - or task to be completed in order to help reinforce the messages of the day. Kids also received a giveaway at each station.

After completing the event and filling out their passports, the kids were able to jump for several minutes inside of the inflatable funhouses in Kathy's Smile Place. Total participation in the 10 Annual Smile Rescuers totaled 317 people, including more than 170 children
and teens.

A group from Leadership Kitsap helped promote the event while partnering with PCHS on the "Smile Kitsap" project. The project worked to donate an oral health educational kit, called Treasure Your Teeth boxes - to each of the elementary schools within the Bremerton School District. Teachers can use the kits - which include an instructional video, tooth growth charts, brushing models, etc... - to help children learn the basics of oral health, without the need of a dental professional directly on hand.

Since 1999, Peninsula Community Health Services and community volunteers have reached nearly 2,000 kids through the annual Smile Rescuers oral health fair. PCHS Dental would like to thank its partners for helping to make the event a success. The groups combined to provide more than 80 volunteers for the 10th annual event:

Americorps; Leadership Kitsap; KCR-Headstart; The Kitsap Sun;
Navy Dental NW; Naumman Orthodontics


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