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Do Lessons in a Lunch Box guide elementary students toward dental school? Yes. An ADEA report shows Dr. Winifred J. Booker’s plan works.

Kristie Ceruti • February 15, 2022

An American Dental Education Association (ADEA) report shows that Lessons in a Lunch Box guide elementary students toward dental school. Recently, a dental school applicant cited the Lessons in a Lunchbox program as an example of academic enrichment along their career path. For the program... CONTINUE READING

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Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission (ELIC) recognizes Benco Dental for investments in caring

Kristie Ceruti • June 4, 2021

The Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission (ELIC) recognizes Benco Dental as one of four businesses whose private investments encourage quality care and early learning, as well as innovative and excellent supports for working families. Andrea Heberlein, Executive Director for the PA... CONTINUE READING

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Benco Family Foundation Schedules Trio of Lessons in a Lunchbox Events for Chicago Schools

Kristie Ceruti • February 19, 2020

Benco Dental's charitable arm will join the Children's Oral Health Institute in hosting Lessons in a Lunchbox programs during the 2020 Chicago Dental Society Midwinter Meeting. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, and in celebration, the Benco Family Foundation, together with... CONTINUE READING

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Benco Family Foundation Tops 1 Million Toothbrush Donations with Gifts to Chicago Public Schools and UIC College of Dentistry

Kristie Ceruti • February 21, 2019

The Benco Family Foundation will donate PRO-SYS® toothbrushes to every Chicago Public School elementary student in celebration of National Children’s Dental Health Month as well as contribute an additional 40,000 toothbrushes to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Dentistry... CONTINUE READING

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Benco Family Foundation – Making a Difference, Smile after Smile

shannonbowenblog • June 21, 2018

A simple mission drives the charitable arm of  Benco Dental: The Benco Family Foundation is dedicated to improving the dental health and quality of life in its local communities and around the world. Meredith Wall, Benco Family Foundation Administrator,explains the progress and forward motion... CONTINUE READING

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Forbes’ Randall Lane leads dentistry’s Next Gen Summit, featuring Incisal Edge 40 Under 40 #ie40under40

Kristie Ceruti • May 29, 2018

­   Events May 30 - June 1 in New York City feature Lessons in a Lunchbox community giveback Incisal Edge dental lifestyle magazine will honor 40 Under 40, America’s Best Young Dentists, during a celebration at the Kimpton Hotel Eventi in Chelsea (shown). Three days, four educational... CONTINUE READING

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1,100 students, 5 schools, 1 Lesson in a Lunchbox

Kristie Ceruti • February 7, 2018

Principal Melissa Myers introduced 280 second and third graders to a few visitors in the Heights Murray Elementary School cafeteria last Thursday, February 1. Cheers of excitement quieted to a dull roar as a petite woman clad in a white dental coat embroidered with an oversized carrot pocket... CONTINUE READING

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Oral health ‘Lunch Box’ adapted with ASL, Braille #MakeADifferenceMonday

Kristie Ceruti • November 6, 2017

Children with vision and hearing loss can now participate in the Lessons in a Lunch Box program with confidence.  The Children’s Oral Health Institute in Owings Mills, Maryland announced yesterday that it will extend the Lessons in a Lunch Box program, an oral health literacy... CONTINUE READING

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Bright future for children’s oral health

Kristie Ceruti • June 10, 2014

Carrot toothbrush cases and lunch boxes in the same shade. That's what 20,000 students in more than 20 states will receive before the end of this year. It's all part of  Dr. Winifred Booker's oral-health initiative, Lessons in a Lunch Box. The Baltimore County pediatric... CONTINUE READING

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