The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation awards another $50,000 at its July 2006 Board meeting. View the beneficiaries.

Since its inception in 1997, the Foundation has donated more than $1,000,000 to the following community organizations:

• St. Elizabeth of Hungary Dental Clinic / Tucson
• Catholic Social Services Headstart
• St. Joseph’s Mercy Dental Clinic
• John C. Lincoln Dental Clinic
• Phoenix Suns Foundation for the benefit of the St. Vincent de Paul Virginia G. Piper Dental Clinic
• Valley of the Sun United Way for the benefit of the Boys & Girls Club of Phoenix Dave Pratt Dental Clinic
• Coyotes Charities
• Rio Salado Dental Hygiene School and the Mohave Dental Hygiene School

Delta Dental Foundation of Arizona donates to the Department of Health Services Office of Oral Health

The Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, through its Delta Dental Sealant™ program, gave $35,000 to the Department of Health Services Office of Oral Health to provide dental sealants for uninsured children in the Tucson Unified School District. The Delta Dental Sealant (DDS™) Program provides dental sealants to uninsured 2nd and 6th grade students, whose newly surfaced molars are ready to be sealed.

The Tucson Unified School District was selected as a beneficiary of the funds because its needs were not able to be met due to a shortfall in state funding of its dental sealant program. An estimated 700 students will receive sealants through this grant.