ATSU-ASDOH faculty awarded Wrigley Grant for “Community Outreach Education in a Box” program
Posted: October 28, 2016Heather Johnson, RDH, MEd, and Yvette Thornton, RDH, MPH, both co-directors of Integrated Community Service Partnerships at A.T. Still University – Arizona School for Dental and Oral Health (ATSU-ASDOH), won a Wrigley Company Foundation Community Service Grant for their “Community Outreach Education in a Box” program.
Each box produced by the program contains models, books, flashcards, handouts, and more to help dental students teach good oral health awareness to children. A total of four boxes were created thanks to the Wrigley Grant, which reached 205 children.
The Wrigley Grant is awarded annually by the American Dental Hygienists’ Association to applicants who are “involved in a specific community health project that improves the public’s oral health and provide oral health education.”