St. David's Community Health Foundation
Thursday, October 2, 2008 October 2008  
TOPICS
Community Partners
Dental Program
Education
Are you a breast cancer patient or survivor?
On October 6, Facelogic Spa is offering free 50 minute custom facials for Breast Cancer Survivors and those in treatment. Visit the Breast Cancer Resource Center's website to see how else Facelogic Spa is supporting the breast cancer patients and survivors in the Central Texas area.
CONTENTS
3rd Annual HAAM Benefit Day
St. David's Dental Program 10th Anniversary
Keeping up with our Community Partners
Scholarship Program Gears Up for a New Class
Save the Date!
The 2008 Texas Immunization Summit is being hosted Friday, November 14 - Saturday, November 15. Topics will include immunization registries, vaccine financing and reimbursement, and parental concerns about vaccine safety. Click here to pre-register.
More News
On Tuesday, September 30, Austin PBS station KLRU broadcasted the documentary “Critical Condition,” a frank look at the challenges faced by four people who fall ill without adequate insurance. One of the subjects is a Williamson County resident. The broadcast will be followed by a community forum on November 12th on health care needs in Central Texas. For program information, visit www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008
/criticalcondition/ or www.klru.org/criticalcondition.

3rd Annual HAAM Benefit Day
Rocking with HAAM Musicians
http://www.austinmusicianshealth.org/innerpage.php...

The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians will be celebrating HAAM Benefit Day on October 7, 2008. Local businesses will be participating in the event by donating at least 5% of their proceeds that day to HAAM, and you can help by stopping by one of the participating businesses and listening to live music and enjoying some of the best food
Austin has to offer.
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St. David's Dental Program 10th Anniversary
http://sdchf.org/dental.htm

On September 9th, the St. David's Dental Program celebrated ten years of serving Central Texas school children and Austin musicians. The success of our program makes us national leaders in community dental health care. We celebrated the achievements of the program with an event at Auditorium Shores.
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Keeping up with our Community Partners
This feature of FirstFocus brings you updates and info from our community partners in Central Texas. Check out this section to learn all about fundraisers, galas, and other fun events happening this month.
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Scholarship Program Gears Up for a New Class
http://sdchf.org/ed_wnk.htm

The St. David's Community Health Foundation is seeking the 5th class of St. David's Neal Kocurek Scholars, and Maxwell Locke & Ritter announces a new scholarship in honor of SDCHF CEO Earl Maxwell.
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Dr. Pat Forgione, Superintendent of Austin ISD, gave an inspiring speech at the St. David's Dental Program 10th anniversary celebration. Read his speech here.

The Austin Business Journal's article on SDCHF's grant to the SIMS Foundation has been archived here.  This grant will help provide mental health care to Austin musicians and their family members.

Click here to read the Statesman article on St. David's Dental Program's 10th anniversary. (Additional video on Dental Program included in article)

The Central Texas Healthcare Resource Directory is available online. Click here to view the Directory.
Kid Pic of the Month
The children treated by our St. David's Dental Program show their appreciation in the most artistic of ways!
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