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Thursday, February 4, 2016
Children's Dental Health Month
Would you like to win a $50 gift card to Craig's Cruisers?
To celebrate Children's Dental Health Month we are running a Facebook contest for the month of February! We want you to show us your kids being silly while brushing their teeth. The winner of the contest will receive $50 to Craig's Cruisers.
To celebrate Children's Dental Health Month we are running a Facebook contest for the month of February! We want you to show us your kids being silly while brushing their teeth. The winner of the contest will receive $50 to Craig's Cruisers.
Here's how it works:
1. Like our page!
2. Post a picture of your kid(s)being silly while brushing their teeth on our Facebook page
3. Tag us!
4. Hashtag
5. Share this post.
Once you have completed those steps you will be entered to win! Our awesome staff will vote on who is the silliest, so make sure to do something fun! The winner will be announced February 29th.
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Would you like to share a smile with a soldier this
Christmas?
Did you know that there are many United States Marines
that never receive a care package from their family? Being a Marine, and accepting
the job of protecting our nation, takes courage and strength. Here at
Hudsonville Dental, we want to make sure that all Marines have something to
look forward to this Holiday season. For this reason, we are sending 15 care
packages to our Marines overseas, who would normally be empty handed on
Christmas day.
In order to do this, we need your help! Any care package
donation is a great way to give back to a soldier in need this Holiday season.
Items that are needed include:
Food
and Goodies:
Hard candy, instant coffee, sunflower seeds, beef jerky,
dried fruit and nuts, gum, pop tarts, drink packets, and other non-perishable
snacks.
Hygiene:
Baby wipes, body wash, durable razors, hand sanitizer,
loofahs, lip balm, sun screen, and shaving cream.
Entertainment:
Magazines, books, playing cards, rolling dice, dominoes,
travel board games, water balloons, and stationary.
We greatly appreciate any donations. Remember, these commonly
used items are a luxury for Marines. Any donation helps make a difference in their
lives.
To donate, you may drop off any items at:
Hudsonville Dental
3250 Central Blvd.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Mon/Wed 8 a.m.- 5 p.m., Tues/Thurs
8 a.m.- 7 p.m., Fri 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.
If you have any questions
regarding donations feel free to call us at:
616-669-6600
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
HALLOWEEN CANDY BUYBACK
Each year at Hudsonville Dental and Contemporary Family Dental we host a Halloween Candy Buy Back for the community.
2015 marks our 7th annual event!
The event is scheduled for Monday, November 2 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
How it works: Kids can bring in any extra, unwanted Halloween Candy and we will buy it back from them for $1.00 per lb of candy (up to 5 pounds).
We then ship all the candy to an organization called Operation Gratitude, who then ships it to our troops overseas.
Kids are always welcome to write notes or draw pictures for our troops, which we send along with the candy.
Locations:
Hudsonville Dental Associates
3250 Central Blvd.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
3250 Central Blvd.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
Contemporary Family Dental
2005 Breton Rd SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
616-726-1271
Friday, April 25, 2014
Giving Smiles, Creating Hope winner #2!
Giving Smiles Creating Hope:
Meet Sandie, the winner of the
next Giving Smiles, Creating Hope nomination!
We received multiple nominations
to help her smile. Here’s an excerpt from
one of them:
“I don’t know anyone more deserving to get
their smile back than Sandie DeHamer. I
have known Sandie for over 40 years. She
is always the cheerleader for anyone needing encouragement, always the first to
volunteer to help any way she can for someone in need. Now it is her time of need.
I am not sure how it happened since Sandie
rarely talks about herself and never complains.
But I notice she has been covering her mouth when she smiles and it
looks like she has a broken tooth. I
imagine she meant to get it fixed before her world started to turn upside down.
Being a Realtor the last several years has
been difficult. I know. But for Sandie, the last few years has been
one heartbreaking event after another.
She lovingly cared for both her dad then her mom when they fell ill and
one after another passed away within a few months. Shortly after, her husband was hospitalized
with pneumonia and is now facing some major life health challenges himself. Sandie never complains. She is like an angel. The only way you knew what she was going thru
was because she would ask for prayers for her loved ones facing the major life
challenges. She has a faith so strong
and love for God so deep, it is truly an inspiration.
Please help our angel get her smile
back! She will take that smile and share
it with the world, bringing hope to so many with that gift. It is just who she is.
All the best,
Jan Norton Fairchild”
Another nomination Sandie
received:
“Dear Dr. Dykstra and Staff,
I am writing on behalf of the letter I
received in the mail, 2013 Giving
Smiles, Creating Hope. What a
wonderful idea!
I am writing on behalf o my precious wife
Sandie.
I can not think of anyone who is more
deserving and in need of getting her smile back.
She came to your office last year for a teeth
cleaning. It was the first time in over
2 years that she had been to the dentist.
I brought her in, along with her mom for “moral” support since she has a
fear of dental offices.
Her last 12 months have been full of taking
care of her dad and mom, myself, my brother and her mom’s brother, who she has
Power of Attorney for.
She received a phone call last year from her
dad stating he and mom were in St. Mary’s Hosplital. Her mom had just had a massive stroke. It was touch and go for awhile, but her mom
was stabilized and transferred a week later to Mary Free Bed for a long course
of rehabilitation. She had lost the ability
to walk and talk. Sandie’s family has a
very strong faith. They were in this for
the long haul. Sandie was a nurse for 22
years, so we the family relied on her heavily to advocate for her mom’s medical
care and needs.
A week later while Sandie, myself and her dad
were visiting her mom at Mary Free Bed, her dad started coughing and had a severe shortness of breath episode…
he could hardly walk. Sandie ran to get
a wheel chair for him. Being a former
nurse, her first thought went to pneumonia since it was cold and flu season,
and her dad had a history of getting pneumonia in the winter months. Against her dad’s objections, Sandie wheeled
him over to St. Mary’s Emergency room from Mary Free Bed leaving a very worried
mom behind who could not voice her fear.
Long story short, he was admitted to the hospital that night with what
they thought was a very bad case of pneumonia.
Sandie asked for a secondary specialist she knew to come in and take a
look at her dad. After reviewing the
x-rays, a biopsy was suggested. The
biopsy came back as Stage IV lung cancer with maybe 3-6 months for her dad to
live. Devastating news! Her mom in Mary Free Bed with at least a year
of rehab and her dad with terminal lung cancer.
Two weeks after that diagnosis, I got very
sick and ended up being admitted to St. Mary’s for pneumonia. Now she had 3 loved ones in the
hospital. 1 month after that my brother
Pete was hospitalized for pneumonia… now she had 4 of us.
The rest of her year was equally as bad. Her dad ended up going home to Heaven March
16th. His one year
anniversary is this Saturday. Her mom
came to live with us for 8 weeks after being discharged from the hospital. She had another massive stroke and God called
her home May 18th. I have
been in the hospital 3 more times since last year for pneumonia and the flu
virus.
She gave up working as a full time Realtor
last January when her dad and mom were admitted to the hospital. We decided it was more important for her
parents to have their daughter with them.
She was in the hospital a total of 112 days last year with all of her
loved ones, staying the night, going home long enough to get a change of
clothes and shower. She was her mom’s
BEST cheerleader at all of her therapy sessions, cheering her on for everyone
else to hear. She even became other
patient’s cheerleaders when they had no one there to encourage them. It was a blessed year for both her parents
and her, since precious time was spent together before God took them Home.
The long and short of this letter is to
nominate her for the Giving Smiles and Creating Hope.
Sandie has no health insurance or dental
insurance being a Realtor. We do not
have the funds for her to have either.
She is a diabetic so I worry about that the most, but she takes good
care of herself and checks her sugars daily.
She cracked her tooth last year and has not
had the money to have it repaired. She
did have one tooth pulled about 3 months ago because the pain was so bad. The office you referred us to was full of
grace and mercy and charged her the minimum fee.
I want her to be able to smile again without being
self conscious and covering her mouth.
She has such a beautiful smile with her dimples.
Thank you for taking the time to read this
and consider my wife for this incredible gift that you are giving.
Warmest Regards,
Roy DeHamer”
Sandie will be receiving over $5000 in free dental work to
give her back her smile!
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Halloween Candy Buy Back 2013
The 5th Annual Halloween Candy Buy Back is almost here!
Halloween Candy Buy Back:
Each year at Hudsonville
Dental we host a Halloween Candy Buy Back for the community.
2013 marks our 5th
annual event!
The event is scheduled
for Friday, November 1 from 3:00-6:00 p.m.
How it works: Kids can
bring in any extra, unwanted Halloween Candy and we will buy it back from them
for $1.00 per lb of candy.
We then ship all the
candy to an organization called Operation Gratitude, who then ships it to our
troops overseas.
Kids are always welcome
to write notes or draw pictures for our troops, which we send along with the
candy.
Location:
Hudsonville Dental
Associates
3250 Central Blvd.
Hudsonville, MI 49426
616-669-6600
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Giving Smiles, Creating Hope
Giving
Smiles, Creating Hope Update
Meet
Courtney!
Courtney is the winning
patient of our first round of Giving Smiles, Creating Hope! Here’s the nomination we received from her
aunt:
“My name is Susan and
I am one of your current patients. I would like to nominate my niece Courtney for
dental care who cannot afford it! Courtney is a young 26-year-old single widow whose
husband passed away just over a year ago. Courtney is the mother of three
children. Courtney has no home and is
currently living with her parents, working on getting disability to this point,
but no income, lost her medical insurance coverage, and went over a year ago to
see a dentist who told her she has several cavities, but she had no way to pay
for the dental repair to her teeth. Courtney has shared with me her teeth hurt
really badly at times, but without any money, she cannot afford to have any
dental work performed. Life has been so hard on my niece, she really deserves a
break! Please have mercy on my niece, and seriously consider her for helping
her and take some pain away from her life. Thanks for taking the time to read
this note; Courtney could really use your help.”
Courtney has been in our office a couple of times
now and we’ve started on her treatment!
She will be receiving over $6000 in dental care to get her mouth back into
fantastic shape. We’ll keep you posted
as her treatment continues!
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