bracing kids for a better future...
We get the best cards, notes and photos from the families of SCL participants. Each one is unique, but they are all encouraging and reinforce what we do. This little gem came in yesterday: Dear Smiles Change Lives, “Thank you so much for your program to help families afford braces. I am very grateful that […]
One day after a particularly violent thunderstorm, an old man sat on a rock overlooking the seashore. The beach, normally pristine white sand, was, on account of the rough surf, littered with what seemed to be a million starfish. Not long after the old man assumed his seaside perch, he noticed, out of the corner […]
It seems that everywhere we turn we are bombarded with stories of violence and killing; Dallas, Nice, Istanbul, Baton Rouge – to name but a few. This constant barrage of horrific news definitely takes a toll on our individual and collective psyche. Pessimism is the order of the day and there seems to be no […]
Each year, most orthodontists buy some amount of branded products to promote their practices, whether that is ‘give away’ items such as pens or tote bags or logo’d apparel, such as scrubs or uniforms. While expenditures for those items vary widely, a certain sum usually appears as a line item in the practice budget. Usually […]
One misconception about Smiles Change Lives (SCL) is that we exist to serve the “poor”. Nothing could be further from the truth. SCL’s goal is to help people help themselves. We do not dispense “charity,” nor are we interested in helping those seeking “charity.” While we certainly recognize that some people have less financial means […]
