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2022-2023 school year

Year report

 

2022/2023 School Year Report

Plan Ahead Smiles Program

Sponsor Delta Dental of Kentucky

Current Board Members:

Tracy Laughner PHRDH President program educator

Daniela Noack Secretary Treasurer 

Raedean Kramer honorable chairwomen made 44,000 dental bags

Stacey Saylor

Nikki Noack

Thanks to America’s Tooth Fairy for giving us approximately 2500 tooth brushes out of the 9,400 given.

77 schools done

9,085 children and teachers educated 

4,568 miles driven

35 out of town work days 


50 KY Counties reached since 2016

16 new Counties reached this school year.


Expanding in Kentucky State wide

 We could not get back to all the previous counties due to schedule spots filling. Our goal is to reach the greatest need. No matter where is in Kentucky.  This year we reached 31 CountiesNew Counties reached this school yearAre——-McCracken, Campbell, Hart, Barren, Greenup, Jackson, Clay, Ballard, Hickman, Graves, Jefferson, WarrenCity, Magoffin, Floyd, Edtill, Johnson and Lawrence. 

Expanding PASP

 7 free volunteer outreach programs in Mindanao Philippines  

We will be returning for 4 weeks in Winter 2024 to have an expanded improved program.  We are currently LOOKING for sponsorship / funding since this is out of the state of Kentucky.

Hello

Welcome 2022-2023 school year

Hey Kentucky Schools, Plan Ahead Smiles Program will try to get back to all the schools this year.  Thank you Delta Dental for the increased funding. We have been able to schedule about 50 schools includimg  more than 10 new Counties before summer break.  

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About Us

Changing Oral Health

This is an interactive teaching experience in the school setting. This program motivates young children to plan ahead in the future of their own oral health.  This teaching makes the science of a healthy mouth easy to understand and remember for decades to come.

Setting up Your School

This is service funded by grants, gifts and volunteers. If you would like to set up your school for this coming school year contact us at ...see link 

planaheadsmilesprogram@gmail.com


***All pictures have been used with proper release



Fundraising for 2019-2010 School Year!


Member of KOHC

 The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition (KOHC) aims to improve oral health of all people In Kentucky. Your membership connects you with a diverse community of stakeholders who are armed with tools, knowledge, data, and capacity. The priorities of the coalition include: improving oral health literacy, expanding school based oral health services, and increasing access to oral care. 


Sharing the Vision

This is a non profit 501-c3 tax exempt corporation. We need your help to expand this program to reach more schools. Please contact us! Some local dental offices support the program by giving toothbrush bags.   Other work includes preparation and scheduling of the program.

Thank you to school nurses, school boards and educators for helping reach the students with quality education.


Please send your tax deductible donation to 


Plan Ahead Smiles Program

15 Kelley Drive

Florence Kentucky 41042


859-279-5614

RECENT ARTICLE 

  https://www.horizonfunds.org/nonprofit-stories-plan-ahead-smiles-program 


Covid -19 Changes

Age levels

Expanding to upper level students

Respect for the Cautious

In the past, we did 1st and 3rd grades.  Since we missed most of our regular counties last school year we will return to 1st and 2nd-grade levels.  This also accommodates the schools with upper and lower elementary schools.We add more age groups with some very small rural school programs.

Respect for the Cautious

Expanding to upper level students

Respect for the Cautious

In schools that want masks, social distancing, and smaller groups, we will accommodate.  This may end up meeting the needs of fewer children, but is an option.

Expanding to upper level students

Expanding to upper level students

Expanding to upper level students

As a prior middle school and high school science teacher, I have been asked to teach upper-level Oral health science.  Funds prevented this.  We currently can add this to our out reach when requested.

Making Smiles Happen

WHY PLAN AHEAD SMILES PROGRAM?

Our Purpose

There are many areas in our lives that have an effect  on our dental health.  These are our assess to the dental services, our income and ability to pay, our diets, our fluoride uptake and the sealants that protect teeth.  Smoking effects the whole body, especially the teeth. As important as all these factors are, when one observes the difference between those with a healthy dentition and those precious people who don't want to smile, the most important factor we see is the person themselves. Did they understand how to plan out their healthy smile?  Did they understand that their mouth is a science that is most strongly controlled not by their caregivers or their parents income but by their own  personal choices?  They are the number one caregiver of their body and mouth. Understanding the mouth becomes possible with an exciting  in depth teaching of the principles that govern the mouth- called Oral Health Science.  This is a missing link within the Oral Health Crisis affecting Our region.  With a lot of energy and hope we are trying to make change one student at a time in one school at a time.


Thanks,


Tracy and all those that make this program possible


And to Delta Dental's Making Smiles Happen.  Plan Ahead Smiles Program makes smiles happen one  student at a time.

Making Smiles happen

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Volunteers Welcome- Local or Outreach Trip.

Each program takes hours of bagging dental supplies. loading the vehicle, setting up the program, and reloading.  Dental Students, hygienists, or high school students who would like to volunteer, please contact planaheadsmilesprogram@gmail.com

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