Healthy Smiles Dental Donation Drive

Branford Early Childhood Collaborative (BECC) Sponsors

AMERICA'S TOOTHFAIRY SMILE DRIVE TO BENEFIT LOCAL AT-RISK CHILDREN

(Branford, CT, 2014) - Branford Family Resource Center and Branford Early Childhood Collaborative (BECC), in conjunction with Branford Healthy Smiles, are teaming up with America's ToothFairy to accept donations of  toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and rinse to benefit Branford families in need.

From Friday Feb. 7th through early March collection boxes will be available at the Family Resource Center at Indian Neck School, Blackstone Library, and the Soundview YMCA.

The non-profit Branford Cares will accept the donations and will coordinate with Family Resource Center and BECC to distribute at a variety of locations such as the Counseling Center, Family Resource Center, Branford Food Pantry, Community Dining Room and WIC. Branford Healthy Smiles, a Branford oral health collaborative, is grateful to Blackstone Library, Soundview YMCA and all of our partners in this important project.

National Children's Oral Health Foundation: America's ToothFairy (NCOHF) is dedicated to raising awareness of the #1 chronic childhood illness: pediatric dental disease, facilitating the delivery of comprehensive oral health services and eliminating this preventable disease from future generations. For more information, please visit www.AmericasToothFairy.org. 

 For more information on these activities, contact Wendy Miller at wemiller@branfordschools.org or phone (203) 315-3799.