2004 WMDF Community Grants

WMDDS Children’s Dental Health Days | $1150.00
The grant is for Children’s Dental Health Day activities at the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum for the event in February 2005. This grant is to cover expenses related to the WMDDS putting on this annual event to promote dental health and dental awareness as part of Children’s Dental Health month. The request was for $1000.00. The committee felt that additional funding would permit expansion of the current scope of activity at this event.

Grand Rapids Dental Hygiene Society | $1500.00
The grant is for supplies related to the Community Dental Outreach program to be offered in July and August 2004. The project expects to evaluate and treat upward of 75 children and 25 adults during this event at The Mel Trotter Mission utilizing volunteer dental hygienists, dentists and dental assistants. Last year the program provided services at Mel Trotter that served 68 children and adults.

Oral Health Coalition of Montcalm County | $2850.00
The WMDF has supported the Oral Health Coalition since 2000 in a program that has grown from needs assessment and dental education to now include placement of sealants in needy second grade children in Montcalm County.

The grant is for supplies and equipment related to a school based dental sealant and oral health education program throughout 2004. Significantly, the money is earmarked for a compressor to use with a portable sealant unit.

Sparta Health Center | $3000.00
We have supported the Sparta Health Center with an outreach program to provide dental education and supplies (toothbrushes, toothpaste) to the resident and migrant population around Sparta since 2000. The present grant is to continue and expand this program. The grant is for supplies related to providing dental health during 2004.

Miles of Smiles | $7000.00
The Miles of Smiles Dental Van has provided over 12,500 dental services since its inception, including preventative, diagnostic and restorative dentistry. The van has historically provided service only to Medicaid eligible children until WMDF provided funding to serve low-income non-Medicaid eligible children. The grant is for funding dental services to low income, uninsured, at-risk children via the Miles of Smiles van in Ottawa County during 2004-2005. These children would not otherwise be eligible for service via the Medicaid program.

Grand Rapids Children’s Museum | $1600.00
The Grand Rapids Children’s Museum was a prior recipient of The WMDF Delta Grant to establish the Open Wide exhibit at the Children’s Museum. As part of the original funding an endowment was established to service and maintain the exhibit for five years. The grant is for additional needs to the exhibit. Specifically funding is to finance a new, stand alone girl doll and to replace wooden teeth that have not withstood the traffic of the exhibit with four sets of ceramic teeth (with braces on one set).

The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans | $2900.00
The Grand Rapids Home for Veterans dental clinic has existed since 1992. The dental clinic provides services to approximately 725 low income or indigent residents. Medicaid funding no longer exists for adult care. Prosthetic services have been a considerable component of the need care. The grant will provide funding for lab work related to ongoing prosthetic services.

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