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Wellness Fair
Myrtle Whitmore, left, Clara Barton Hospitals Laboratory director is pictured with Wilma Demel, hospital auxiliary member. Clinical committee members along with pink ladies helped to organize several hundred oral health Get the Job Done take home bags for children of all ages. The supplies include toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, and chap-stick. The bags will be shared with children who stop by the Oral Health Booth on Oct. 15 at the Wellness Fair. The Hospital was the recipient of a Kansas Health Foundation Youth Endowment grant through Golden Belt Community Foundation. The grant funded the supplies for the take home bags and fluoride treatments. An oral hygienist will available at the booth applying fluoride varnish treatment to childrens teeth with parental consent. Fluoride varnish is a temporary protective coating that is painted on the teeth to help prevent new cavities and to help stop cavities that are already started. The oral health booth and nearly 50 other wellness exhibits will be open between a.m. and 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 15th at the Wellness Fair located at the Hoisington Activity Center, 1200 Susank Road.
- photo by COURTESY PHOTO
