Serving Our Community
Delta Dental is committed to helping improve access to oral health for the citizens of North Carolina. As a result, the company annually provides support for projects to help people who need treatment but lack the means to obtain it.
In addition, Delta Dental sponsors other activities designed to promote dental education and increase awareness of the importance of oral health.
Examples of current projects are the following:
- The North Carolina Mission of Mercy’s health care event in Raleigh in August 2011, which helped hundreds of residents obtain needed dental care.
- Grants to community organizations such as the Salvation Army’s Center for Hope Dental Clinic in Raleigh.
- An annual scholarship to benefit the University of North Carolina’s dental students, faculty, and programs. This scholarship was established as a means of assisting a deserving University of North Carolina dental student, as well as honoring Dr. Glenn Bitler, the founder of Delta Dental of North Carolina.
- Donations of oral health information, a children’s coloring book on dental care, and toothbrushes for community events/outreach programs.
Additionally, a new program called Delta Dental Smiles for Kids launched statewide in late 2011, and provided more than $23,000 in grants for programs that address the oral health needs of children in North Carolina. Learn more about the 2011 receipients here. Smiles for Kids provides grants of up to $5,000 for local projects aimed at improving children’s oral health.
Watch our website for more information about this and other important new programs to advance community health.
Download contribution guidelines and application forms:
General Contribution Request
Smiles for Kids Grant Program