College of Dentistry Featured in the ADA News
November, 2008
The American Dental Association’s
principal publication, the
ADA News, featured the College of Dentistry in its October 20th
issue with an article titled, “Care
on the Go” which showcases the recent “back to school”
event that partnered the Delta Dental Foundation and dentistry’s
mobile clinic or “H.O.M.E. Coach.”
Launched in 2005, the H.O.M.E. Coach was originally funded by a
donation from the Columbus-based Osteopathic Heritage Foundations,
whose support enabled the Coach to begin providing dental health
care to underserved children throughout the Columbus area.
When the need for additional funding arose, that need was met by a
donation of $450,000 from the Delta Dental Foundation of Michigan,
Ohio and Indiana.
The gift was officially presented on May 9th at the College of
Dentistry’s Annual Post College Assembly, but the celebration of
that gift took place on August 28th, at a “back to school” event at
Columbus’ Weinland Park Elementary School.
The event, which was publicized in a
Columbus Dispatch
newspaper article and an
online video [.wav], was also
covered by Columbus’ ABC News (WSYX) channel 6, and WNBS TV-10.
Honored guests at the event included Ohio State President Gordon
Gee, College of Dentistry Interim Dean Carole Anderson,
Superintendent of Columbus City Schools Gene Harris, and Delta
Dental of Ohio’s Marketing President Michael Clark.
Featuring interviews with Weinland Park Elementary School children
who received dental treatment from the H.O.M.E. Coach’s staff that
day, the “back to school” event drew an array of Columbus media
representatives, and it was the focus of news articles in
publications that included ODA Today, the Black Alliance for
Educational Options in Ohio, Grantmakers in Health Bulletin, as well
as the ADA News.
Speaking to reporters from the Columbus Dispatch and local television news
stations, President Gee thanked the Delta Dental Foundation
for its support and partnership. “We all appreciate this generous
donation to the College of Dentistry’s H.O.M.E. Coach, which
represents a great example of Ohio State’s service to the local
community,” Gee said. “The University’s mission is to educate and to
serve--and that service includes the kind of work that’s being done
by this mobile dental clinic, which is improving peoples’ lives in
Columbus and throughout Ohio.”
To read more about the H.O.M.E. Coach and the “back to school”
event, go to:
www.dent.ohio-state.edu/news/2008/08-27-08Coach.php
Click to view the Columbus Dispatch's news clip with Quicktime
