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| Tooth fairies and Peter Pan |
October has been quite an exciting month here at our office!
To begin with, it was Hygiene Month this past month! We decorated the office purple and decided to have a staff appreciation potluck to celebrate our great hard working ladies, Marlene and Sara. Marlene has been with us almost two years now, where Sara has started with us around 2 months ago. We appreciate how they educate and help out our patients. Thank you for your great work ladies!
In favor of Hygiene Month, we've decided to participate in Operation Gratitude this year. Operation Gratitude is a program where the community can donate their unwanted candy to soldiers overseas who wouldn't be able to participate. Children and adults are encouraged to donate by the pound to their local dental offices and write brief messages to their troops with their bags of donated sweets. We will be included in the national directory this year, so feel free to give us your unwanted candy, even if you aren't a patient of ours. Donaters will be put into a raffle for a $25 gift card to encourage them to be selfless, and save their beautiful teeth at the same time. Raffle and donations for us are open until November 12th, and draw will be that Friday, November 14th. Please go here for more information:
On finding us to donate: http://www.halloweencandybuyback.com/
About Operation Gratitude: https://www.operationgratitude.com/about-us/about-operation-gratitude/
In putting this awesome plan into motion, we needed a place to premiere it. East Orlando Dental's Veronica Suarez decided to attend the annual Orlando Children's Safety Village's Trunk or Treat 2014. There, she met with all kinds of great kids willing to listen to facts about Hygiene Month and the goodness of Operation Gratitude. They also, as you could imagine, had a blast picking through our toy chest full of non-food items including toys and goods. The children left with a good sense of fun, education, new toothbrushes, and a whimsical sense of plunder as they excitedly ran from vendor to vendor. It was a lot of fun! Hopefully, they will think twice before gorging on the sweets and maybe even participate in the program this year.
Monday, October 20th began our Pink Out week here at the office. We ditched the scrubs and welcomed the pink attire as our East Orlando Ladies prepared themselves for their race that awaited them at the end of the week. Saturday, October 25th was the national Making Strides Breast Cancer 5k. We participated at our home location, Lake Eola, with some 1,113 teams and 9,384 participants to raise over $747,181.97! We called ourselves the East Orlando Pink Ladies, and raised together $480 towards the cause. Not bad for a little office of less than ten! We had a blast, and will likely participate again next year.
Halloween we were tooth fairies to get into the spirit. Everyone turned out looking great and the patients were certainly entertained.
But wait...there's more? Get Involved!
This month, we're collecting canned food for local needy families participating in Second Harvest's Hope for the Holidays 2014. If you'd like to donate electronically, it's now possible! Please go here: http://www.foodbankcentralflorida.org/goto/eastorlandodental
We're looking forward to seeing you all at Waterford Lake's annual Taste of Orlando this year on Saturday, November 15th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We'll have a game and giveaways, so come see us!
Finally, we plan to re-participate in Children's Home Society of Florida this year. Details will come shortly.
That's about it. Thanks for reading, and please feel free to participate in our efforts here at East Orlando Dental to make our neighborhood a better place.
