Health Programs

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Nov

San Bernardino – Tina the Tooth Visits Elementary Schools

Tina the Tooth (also known as Assistance League of San Bernardino member Cathy Bechtel) visits kindergarten classrooms as a part of Assistance League of San Bernardino’s oral hygiene instruction to all 49 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. In 2015, volunteers from Assistance League have given oral instruction to over 2,000 kindergarteners since […]

Nov

Placer County – Assistance League Screens Children’s Eyes

Assistance League of Greater Placer partners with Prevent Blindness Northern California to screen eyes for preschool children ages 3, 4 and 5. Twenty-five Assistance League members are certified for the Screen Eyes Early (S.E.E.) program and work with preschools in Lincoln, Rocklin and Auburn. Screening is done late February and early March. Many of the […]

Nov

Montgomery County – Passport for Good Health

Some may ask, and with good reason, what does the Passport for Good Health™ committee accomplish? Is it still a vital part of our philanthropic mission? The committee members believe it is, the members of the community who benefit from our efforts think it is and the directors of health clinics where we distribute the passports […]

Nov

San Bernardino – Dental Clinic for Needy Children gets Makeover

Established in 1949, the Dr. Earl R. Crane Children’s Dental Center is a philanthropic endeavor of the Assistance League of San Bernardino. It underwent a make-over during the summer of 2013 and reopened that fall with a new look and new dentist, Dr. Anna Duong. “Thanks to Arrowhead United Way and dozens of volunteers, the center […]

Nov

Newport-Mesa – Dental Center Fills a Need

The Cheri Harris Children’s Dental Health Center has kept drilling and filling since it was established in 1952 by the Assistance League of Newport-Mesa. The center provides comprehensive, ongoing dental care to underserved children and young adults in the community, according to director Anne Wong. The care includes general and preventive dentistry, root canals, composite […]

Nov

Corvallis – Dental Education Program Keeps Local Kids Smiling

The Assistance League of Corvallis used to have a more broad program that matched up needy children with dentists. But Kuenzli said the implementation of the Boys and Girls Club’s dental program filled that need, so the ALC changed its focus to education. “We’ve been doing a dental education program in the sixth grades for […]