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1141 Fell St San Francisc= o, CA 94117

great.shape@yahoo.com

www.= gsjamaica.org

415.552.3217

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REPORT: 1000 SMILES DENTAL PROJECT = 2005

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2005 wil= l be known as the year the 1000 Smiles Project grew up, with over 8,000 Jamaicans served and $1million in services delivered. In just 3 short years, with the in= dispensable support of Sandals Resorts International, Great Shape Inc. and Smile Power Intl. doubled the size and scope of this amazing charitable project that se= nt 85 volunteer dental professionals from North America to work side by side w= ith Jamaicans in bringing greatly needed dental care and education to some of <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Jamaica’s poorest communities. By all accounts, 1000 Smiles 2005 was an unparalleled, if not historical, succ= ess.

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Did we a= chieve the goals of the project? Did= we relieve pain and suffering? D= id we improve the oral health of the communities we worked in? Did we increase the knowledge of children about how to care for their own teeth? Did we develop lasting friendships= and deep understanding between countries, cultures and colors?

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In 2005,= in just 4 weeks of clinical work, the project:

Provided direct clinical dental care, such as fillings, extractions and cleanings to over 2000 Jamaica= ns in St. Ann and Hanover parishes.
Provided oral hygiene educatio= n, including brushes and paste to over 6,000 children ages 3 to 12 in their clas= srooms.
Provided clinical treatment to approximately 500 Sandals Resorts staff.
Provided sealants and fluoride treatment to over 400 children.
Saw 85 volunteers from all ove= r the USA and Canada come to Jamaica= to give their time, expertise and love, while having an enriching, life-changing experience.
Delivered approximately 1 Mill= ion USD in services and education to over 8000 Jamaicans total.=
Shipped over 7,000 pounds of equipment and supplies to Jamaica.

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In its b= rief, yet history making 3 years, the Sandals Resorts sponsored 1000 Smiles Proje= ct has helped over 14,000 Jamaicans - a remarkable achievement, indeed.

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2 Parishes In 2005

In 2003 = and 2004, the 1000 Smiles Project was located just in the Parish of Hanover. In 2005, the 1000 Smiles Project expanded into St. Ann Parish and then moved back to = Hanover for the second part of the project. Working in two paris= hes created new logistical challenges, including transporting 7000 pounds of equipment and supplies across the Island= in between the projects and having to reset the portable clinics. It also meant being very flexible.=

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In St. A= nn Parish we worked in the communities of Exchange, Content Gardens, = St. Ann and Sandals Grande Ocho Rios. With great support from the Sandal= s PR staff the project made inroads into these new communities in a different pa= rt of the Island. While we found that different communities had relatively different levels of overall oral health, we neve= r of found a shortage of those in need of services, no matter what community we worked in. =

We exper= ienced a myriad of equipment issues, but eventually made it through. Beaches Boscobel was our hotel spo= nsor and the hosts were both gracious and friendly.

In Hanover, we worked in the communities of Negril, Lu= cea, Askenish and Cave Valley. After three years in the same communities, we have the benefit of relationships with our Jamaican counterparts and this helped everyone know what to expect. Beaches Negril was our sponsoring = hotel in Hanover, whose hosts gave a most warm welcome.

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Sponsors Make It Possible

Sandals = Resorts International remains committed to the 1000 Smiles Project largely because = of its effectiveness in bringing dental care and education to so many in great need. The company provided fr= ee all inclusive accommodations to our volunteers at a value of hundreds of thousa= nds of dollars. Sandals sponsorship makes the 1000 = Smiles Project very attractive to potential volunteers who know that after a long,= hard day of work in the heat, they have a first class, all inclusive hotel to re= turn to and a safe comfortable place to rest.&n= bsp;

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Colgate-Palmolive J= amaica has single handedly supported our education program by supplying thousands of toothbrushes and paste to get distributed to the children in their classrooms.

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Other sp= onsors this year included the Ann K. MacRory Fund, Air Jamaica Cargo who gave disc= ount rates on our shipping, Advance Freight Express and the San Francisco Dentist Association. Many others dona= ted supplies through individual dentists and other volunteers.

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Finally,= in 2005, over 400 individuals all across America gave money to make th= is happen. Our Sponsor-A-Smile campaign, comb= ined with a dinner/auction in Ashla= nd, Oregon helped raise almost = $30,000 this year. <= /span>

To The Heroes=

There are many, many elements and individual efforts that go into a successful project such as this one. The greatest of all, however, are the some 85 individuals who stop work, close their practices, leave school, etc, and give so much to make this happen for those in need. These are the real international humanitarian heroes.

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The Real Impact Of Our Work

Despite = all the impressive numbers, the real impact= of the 1000 Smiles project was most realized in each man, woman and child that= came in to our clinics and trusted us completely to care for them, to provide re= lief to their suffering, improve their health, and make their lives just a little better. Each day we were made= aware of this great impact, as when a woman who received a filling got out of the chair and hugged every single worker in the clinic or when the man who had = an extraction came back the next day with coconut water to share with the enti= re group.

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The reas= on all the volunteers come to do this work is to “give something back”= , to provide access to health care to those who would otherwise not have an opportunity to receive it. But the truth is that all of us volunteers receive so much from the experience, from Jam= aica and its people. We receive the amazing gifts of understanding Jamaican way of life, of simplicity and creativity, of respect and patience and learning to take it easy and make d= ue with what you have. We learn = about the underlying spirit of Jamaica and about “One Love”. &nb= sp; These gifts are priceless to our volunteers, whose lives are changed forever, knowing that they have made a difference in helping thousands of Jamaican children…one smile at a time.

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Looking Ahead=

1000 Smi= les 2006 is already looking bright and many volunteers are asking about dates so they can plan ahead. In 2006, we p= lan to continue to work in 2 parishes, but put more emphasis on children by settin= g up at least one clinic in a school that just works solely on the children in t= hat school. The goal is to improve a whole community by working on an entire generation of children, thereby preventing the advanced oral decay we see in so many adults now. Great Shape continues to seek majo= r sponsorship to be able to expand to a year round entity that can multiply its efforts greatly.

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~ HELPING JAMAICAN CHILDREN SINCE 1988 ~