In Honor of Dental Hygiene Month, Mobile Dental Clinic to Visit Delaware, Philadelphia, and Southern New Jersey to Provide Fluoride Varnish Treatment
to Area Children at No Cost to their Families!
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The St. Christopher's Foundation for Children Ronald McDonald Care Mobile will be touring the Greater Philadelphia region in honor of National Dental Hygiene Month (October). The tour will include stops at the following locations:
October 6: St. Paul's Catholic Church Harvest and Food Fest, Wilmington
Del.
October 16: Broad Street Elementary School in conjunction with Community
Health Inc., Bridgeton, N.J.
October 24: Fairhill Elementary School in conjunction with Congreso,
Philadelphia
At each stop, the mobile dental clinic will provide fluoride varnish treatment to children at no cost to their families as part of its mission to provide dental treatment to local children who have limited access to dental care. Ronald McDonald will accompany the St. Christopher's Foundation for Children Ronald McDonald Care Mobile to entertain the children while encouraging them to care for their teeth.
"We are proud to partner with such excellent community organizations in our celebration of Dental Hygiene Month. It is critical to start proper dental care early in life, and we hope that our visits will give parents and children the information and resources to begin proper care," said Judy Gelenas, Director, St. Christopher's Foundation for Children Ronald McDonald Care Mobile.
The Philadelphia Dental Hygienists' Association and the New Jersey
Dental Hygienists' Association are proud partners in this tour. Through
their generous donations of supplies, the St. Christopher's Foundation for
Children Ronald McDonald Care Mobile will be able to provide children with
take home dental supplies in addition to the treatment th
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