ISDS Foundation Monthly Byte: Fall 2022: September & October

Fall 2022 Monthly Byte

September/October Issue

Congrats to our Winners

We want to thank everyone for their support of the ISDS Foundation's raffle and your sponsorships and attendance at our special events at the ISDS Annual Session.

We want to congratulate the following individuals who won this year's raffle:

Dr. Doug Chang:

$750 in Visa Gift Cards

Dr. Lauren Hood-Olson:

$1,000 in Visa Gift Cards

Dr. Vishruti Patel:

$2,000 in Visa Gift Cards

To view photos from our fundraising events, please see our ISDS Foundation Facebook page by visiting here.

Thank you!

Show your support!

Show that you care with this quality constructed poly cotton, durable scrub cap! All scrub caps are unisex and include adjustable elastic and a sweatband insert. Hand wash or wash in gentle cycle and air dry.

Display your support with the ISDS Foundation embroidered logo.

Caps are $25. Order online by clicking here!

ISDS Foundation awards $15,000 to help Illinois Dental Schools

The ISDS Foundation’s Dental Education Endowment Fund: “Our Legacy, Our Future” program earmarked $5,000 from its endowment’s earnings for each dental school in Illinois in 2022. The ISDS Foundation Board requested a “wish list” from each dental school administration and asked them to identify where these requested funds would be most needed for each educational program to succeed and most visible to those donating to the endowment.

To read about this year's projects, click here.

Greek Leadership Winner

Congrats to Dr. Gordon Barkley. He was chosen as our 2022 Greek Leadership Award Winner.

The ISDS Foundation recognizes outstanding leadership with the William J. Greek Memorial Leadership Award. This award is presented annually to an ISDS member who has demonstrated leadership qualities, a sincere involvement in ISDS, and has been in dental practice for ten years or less. To read Gordon's CV, click here.

Congrats to our Community Grant Award Winners

2022 Community Grant Winners

The Illinois State Dental Society Foundation recently announced the winners of the 2021 Community Grant Awards. The grant program attracted the interest of 20 worthwhile organizations that are actively working to expand access to oral health care services to needy individuals around the state. This year $100,000 in grant monies were awarded to thirteen organizations for projects designed to provide access to dental care and increase oral health awareness and education.

Read about the winners and more here!

Congrats, Scholarship Winners!

Scholarship applicants were asked to write an essay of no more than 500 words that addressed questions about the value of membership.

Click here to meet the winners and read their essays.

Send a note, while helping the Foundation!

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These "all occasion" cards have many uses, and you can purchase a package of 10 for a $50 contribution to the ISDS Foundation. When you send one of these cards and write your note inside, you honor a person in a very special way and also support the worthy programs of the ISDS Foundation.

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Dentists Support Program Needed Now More than Ever

The emotional effects of the COVID-19 crisis are far-reaching, with increased depression, suicides, and alcohol and substance abuse. If you know of a dentist who is struggling with emotional distress, addiction or substance abuse, please help them to reach out to the ISDS Foundation’s Dentists Support Program. Call 312/318-8810 or 708/287-4132. All calls remain confidential.

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