Phoenix Suns keeps 16 low-income children smiling
Posted: June 23, 2010
ATSU-ASDOH receives $10k grant
MESA, Ariz. – Sixteen low-income elementary school children in Greater Phoenix will receive comprehensive oral care thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Phoenix Suns Charities to A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH).
Youngsters needing restorative oral care will be selected from a pool of more than 300 children who received free dental procedures during ASDOH’s annual Give Kids a Smile Day in April 2010.
A service event, Give Kids a Smile Day is held in partnership with the Arizona Dental Association and its non-profit affiliate the Arizona Dental Foundation. Individual and community volunteers including the Valley’s top dentists, ASDOH students, faculty, and staff participate in this day-long event.
The Phoenix Suns Charities grant will enable ASDOH to provide free restorative care for 16 underserved children and enhance skills of students in pediatric dentistry.
“This grant is a tribute to our mission and instills in our students a commitment to public health and to serve people in need,” said ASDOH Dean Jack Dillenberg, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Established in 2002, ATSU-ASDOH is Arizona’s first dental school and a school of ATSU, a 501-c-3 non-profit educational institution. ASDOH’s mission is to educate caring, technologically adept dentists who become community and educational leaders serving those in need.
Phoenix Suns Charities uses the unique resources of the Suns organization to raise funds that benefit non-profit organizations that assist the needs of children and families. Since its inception in 1988, the Phoenix Suns Charities have donated more than $10 million to Arizona organizations, helping children and families across the state.