In the News

The Mobile Dental Van recently visited Laverne, Beaver and Guymon in a steady roll westward! Kristi Love, RDH was her usual efficient self in organizing the tour. We got a mention in the local paper.

http://www.guymondailyherald.com/content/view/149574/27/

Speaking of Guymon, our frequent volunteers Drs. Kurt and Daryl Gibson made the news back in January. A dental dynasty is nearing an end. We'll miss Dr. Kurt! But we're looking forward to many more volunteer outings with Dr. Daryl.

http://www.guymondailyherald.com/content/view/122389/27/

Dr. Miranda Ruleford of Bixby is a frequent volunteer and will be joing Bright Smiles in Tulsa this coming October. Congratulations to Dr. Ruleford.

http://www.brightsmilesoftulsa.com/staff.html

Speaking of Bixby, we're thrilled to have Dr. Lindsay Smith as our new Access to Care Committee Chair. He's off to a great start. Dr. Smith orchestrated our visit to the Bixby Community Center a year ago.

http://odfsoundbites.blogspot.com/2008/06/bixby-ok.html

And last, we were thrilled to be part of the Back to School Medical Mission at New Heights Church in Owasso. This was our third year and these folks are always very organized.

Andy tied the knot...

ODF Staff member Andy Ekdahl got married recently! Here's a link to a fun video trailer from their beautiful outdoor wedding. The very talented Jonathan Meisner produced their video. You might recognize his name from our volunteer recruiting video.

http://www.jonathanmeisner.com/?p=186

Way to go Andy!

Recognition

I've been hanging out with Barry a lot lately.

OK, not really. But Kristin and I did get to have a photo op with Mr. Barry Switzer when the ODF won the Partnership Award from Schools For Healthy Lifestyles. We value our partnership with SHL and were thrilled to be part of their awards night.

Dr. "Buddy" Benson received the Adopt-A-Dentist award. Very deserving!

Finished Product

This new wrap is fantastic and better represents our target maket. Great job to all!

San Fran!

I (Kristin) recently had the opportunity to attend the Advanced Volunteer Management Institute in beautiful San Francisco! It was great to meet other volunteer managers from around the world, as well as learn ways I can better serve our wonderful Mobile Dental Van volunteers! Below are a few pictures from the trip:

This is me with Tony Goodrow, President of Volunteer2. Tony is somewhat of a celebrity here at the ODF! We began using his volunteer management software this spring, and have had a great response from our volunteers! If you haven’t created your volunteer profile yet, please go to http://www.okdf.org/ and click on "Volunteer." You’ll be glad you did!

Riding a cable car! All smiles....

...until I realized how steep the incline was on the way DOWN.

(Is it just me, or do I look like a cartoon character???) Very fun!

And finally, as a child of the 80's, this was one of the highlights of the sight-seeing portion of the trip….visiting the "Painted Ladies," the homes seen in the intro to “Full House”! (My enthusiasm apparently scared away the guy in the corner of the picture...oh well.) Be jealous. Be VERY jealous:I had fun and learned ALOT! Please feel free to contact me with feedback on how we can better serve you. Hope to see YOU on the van soon!

~Kristin

Email: kvineyard@okdf.org; Phone: 405.241.1299.

It's a wrap!

The Winnebago is getting a new look this week. The old wrap is coming off and a new, more colorful wrap is going on. It's very child-friendly and colorful. We're excited!!

Another satisfied customer

This little cutie was treated on the Mobile Dental Van in a rural town in Oklahom over the weekend. Her daddy spent the past year in Iraq and was glad to be back doing what once seemed like mundane tasks such as taking his children to the dentist. Thanks to Dr. Brian Coerver, hygienist D'Nay Rowsey, and dental assistant Alicia Wilson, 17 children received dental care in an underserved rural part of our state.