Long Summer/ Mission accomplished!

Here is a final update until I receive research from the project but I am happy to report that we were able to make 100 copies of the packet to Ghana, Africa. I am anticipating an update with the group that went and volunteered and see the impact of the project. I'm so impressed that we actually got this project done and out to the public it took a lot of hard work and dedication. I will be giving another update next week when I can meet with the director. 

Long Weekend and a Long road getting Smaller

Last week's 5K was a GREAT Success! Thank you to all those who participated and came enough though it was snowing! My heart was absolutely filled and we appreciate your efforts to serve! Results of the completion of the final project will be posted at the end of April and we look forward to a complete set of 100 packets for the Nurses in Ghana, Africa.

We would like to post a special thanks to Henry Schein, Crest, Johnson and Johnson, and Colgate for giving amazing donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste so we can spend any extra donation money on fluoride tablets for children.

Thank you all and we will have an update for you shortly as well as post pictures for the 5K. :)

Getting Busy and Looking For Sponors!

I apoligize for not updating as soon as possible I ran into a lot with setting up the 5K and arranging sponors.
>As of right now you can now register on the website for the 5K

>Crest, Colgate, Johnson and Johnson have done an awesome job with donations! all we need now is toothbrushes! Special Thanks to all those involved!

> Again like us on Facebook and be sure to invite your friends to participate in our event!

Tomorrow I will be finishing the instructional packet and will be looking forward to donations so we cover the cost and print 100 packets. Following the first week in April I will be attending the CGIU Commitment to action meeting and will be bringing back new ideas and ways to help may our project a success. Again we accept any and all donations where it's five dollars to fifty we need all the help we can get!
Thank you all who have contributed and have made this possible!

As promised 5K website!

If any one is interested in the 5K please be sure to register on the new website smilesforghana.org so you can get the preregistration fee of only $20.00. If you are registering on site it with be a $25.00 fee but we encourage everyone to run! The website  also contains a course map of the 5K please visit at your convenience.

We have had so many awesome people sign up and volunteer for this project and would like to make a special shout out and thanks to Co-director Jacqueline Verbica, Graphic Artist Chris Koch, and our awesome web designer Tim.  

Exciting News!

Yesterday was extremely productive and a great launching site for our Smiles for Ghana 5K! The Day was filled with visiting local businesses, meeting the volunteers who will be taught and trained to go to Ghana, and finally meeting our graphic designer who has been so gracious to design all our posters and t-shirts for free! So special thanks to Chris for all his hard work.

I had the pleasure of going around with my crew of volunteers and visiting local businesses around the Ogden community and inviting them to participate in our program and 5K FUN RUN. All the businesses visited were extremely helpful and willing to share fund raising ideas and to spread the word to others! I was energized by what awesome businesses and local owners we have in our community. I'm glad that we all share that same passion to help Ghana, Africa with their struggle for health care. Kudos to all those awesome businesses out there and more to come! :)  

The meeting yesterday consisted of introducing the volunteers to the Smiles for Ghana program and inviting their support for our commitment to action. We had great enthusiasm and lots of willingness to help and reach out to others. Again we encourage everyone to please invite their friends and family to participate even if in a small way because everything counts.

The website for the 5K pre-registration will be ready by this week. Also stay tuned to Weber radio and to campus postings because Weber State University is about to be plastered with posters advertising our 5K Run on April 9th. Be sure to mark your calendars that date at 8:00am in the morning! The start line and check in will be set up by the Marriot Health building on Weber State Campus.

More updates coming soon but again we want to send special thanks to dental reps supplying needed samples and products to send to Ghana, and also to all those working to help support the cause in any way!

Visiting local Businesses and Official meeting!

Tomorrow night is the official Study abroad to Ghana meeting where I will be presenting our first view of the instructional packet to the volunteers, and inviting them to participate in the volunteer training program we have set up to help them teach the local health professionals. Our regular meeting times will depend on the volunteer schedules but we are excited to teach them all the dental education, which knowledge they will be taking down with them to Ghana, West Africa. I will put a complete update of tomorrow's events late tomorrow evening.

Also tomorrow my crew of additional volunteers and I will be visiting local businesses and health care professionals to see if they would be interested in donating to our cause or sponsoring our 5K FUN RUN held at Weber State University! This should be a very eventful day and exciting to see the community come together to bring these supplies to Africa :) If any of you are interested in donating or becoming a sponsor it is $50.00 to sponsor the cause and receive your business logo on the 5K T-shirt. Although any and all donations are accepted! Please make checks out to Charity Beyond Boarders addressed to:
            Weber State University Respiratory Therapy
            Attention Lisa Trujillo
            3904 University Circle
            Ogden, Utah 84408

The sign up for the 5K is being updated as we speak so it should be up and running by next week so all of you can sign up and get ready to run! We look forward to a great turnout!

Change in 5K

Well as of Now Weber state has changed the Dated of the Fun Run For Smiles Charity. So to update everyone The Run will be held April 9th at 8:00 am at Weber State University in Ogden! For pre-registration it's $20.00 dollars and $25.00 on site, please be sure to send me an email on shirt size by March 5th. Thanks for all the support! And I'm really looking forward to this! Be sure to tell everyone you know so we can raise this money!        

Be sure to visit us on Facebook as well!
Victoria Stauffer

WELCOME!

I'd like to welcome all those who are participating in this awesome project to send dental aids and intructional packets to health care workers in Ghana to help better educate and decrease dental problems in local communitees. I hope this will be a great turn out and growing time as a community.