The Stratton Community Foundation continues to help local children who live in our rural mountain communities have access to dental supplies, education, and preventative services.

Consequences of bad dental hygiene are extensive, and include pain, difficulty eating, infection and overall poor health. They contribute significantly to illness, poor nutrition, academic performance, unemployment, and poverty.

Local schools continue to seek our help for solutions. They frequently report teens who have never been to the dentist, graduating seniors who cannot enter the armed services or job force due to extreme tooth decay, young children who are not eating properly due to pain and the inability to chew, rising emergency room visits and missed school attendance.

There is a significant gap in health services and lack of access in our region due to the inability to travel great distances to find a provider, families without dental insurance, and so few providers who are able to accept new patients or Medicaid, along with other challenges of poverty. Solutions require our active leadership, and thanks to you we are able to help.

In School Dental-Health Services

As a Community Champion of the Vermont 802Smiles Network, the Stratton Community Foundation provides funding for hundreds of children to have access to Tier 4 services, including cleanings and preventative treatments.

Dental Kits & Education

Each year, we distribute 2,000 dental kits to children across the region and inspire schools to assign healthy behavior education. At one school, children are brushing after lunch!

Community Partnerships

We partner with many organizations, like Southern Vermont AHEC. Recently we joined with the Medical Reserve Corp of Southwest Vermont to offer a free pediatric dental pop-up to give essential dental assessments and valuable advice to parents on maintaining their children's oral health. Our role included building community awareness, recruiting volunteer dentists and hygienist and arranging for free transportation through the generosity of the Stratton Mountain Resort and Neighborhood Connections.