Miles for Smiles UMD
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Miles for Smiles is a student fundraising organization located at the University of Maryland, College Park. Our mission is to raise oral health awareness at UMD with a 5K event, which will raise funds to provide better dental care for families in rural areas of Honduras. Over 80 percent of the population does not have access to dental services, while families that have access must travel hours to reach the dental clinics.
Miles for Smiles works closely with UMD Global Dental Brigade, an organization with students that travel to Honduras to volunteer at the mobile clinics. Students assist dental professionals in providing appropriate treatments, as well as work to provide oral hygiene instructions to children in hopes of reducing the severity of dental problems.
With the funds raised from last spring, we have purchased autoclaves and biosonics to help improve the sterilization practices of the mobile clinics in Honduras. This year, we are working to raise funds hygiene kits to for these mobile clinics.
Our main event is the Miles4Smiles 5K held during the spring, which helps to raise awareness by symbolizing the distance that many patients, especially children, have to walk to reach the nearest dental clinics. Every donation will help make every step of their trip more valuable.
Miles for Smiles works closely with UMD Global Dental Brigade, an organization with students that travel to Honduras to volunteer at the mobile clinics. Students assist dental professionals in providing appropriate treatments, as well as work to provide oral hygiene instructions to children in hopes of reducing the severity of dental problems.
With the funds raised from last spring, we have purchased autoclaves and biosonics to help improve the sterilization practices of the mobile clinics in Honduras. This year, we are working to raise funds hygiene kits to for these mobile clinics.
Our main event is the Miles4Smiles 5K held during the spring, which helps to raise awareness by symbolizing the distance that many patients, especially children, have to walk to reach the nearest dental clinics. Every donation will help make every step of their trip more valuable.
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College Park, MD