Fish for Teeth Fundaraiser

 
Friday Jan 24  

11 - 2pm

Friday Harbor Ace Hardware

$7 each!

Its Fish Taco time again, and we're serving up the same fabulous tacos (actually burritos) as we have in the past, with Matt's personally-caught Alaskan rockfish (caught from abundant stocks), with salsa from Pablito's Taqueria, fresh Tillamook Cheese, fresh cabbage, and a squeeze of lime.  To warm you up and fend off that cough that's been going around, Maureen is brewing up a hot batch of her special Lemon-Ginger-Honey Tea.

We will also be selling one last round of BLACKCOD TIPS, the super-special seafood delicacy that Matt developed and brought home to us.  These things are as good as it gets!  We included the same serving suggestion as last time (at the end of this email), so you can have it memorized.

On the dental side of things, Fish for Teeth is still going strong.  The last two-day visit of the ToothMobile had record numbers, with 33 people served for nearly $21,000 worth of dental services.  Many of these people had not been to a dentist in a while and had no other option but to live with tooth pain.  To date, 225 people on San Juan and Lopez Islands have been provided over $125,000 in dental services, all from this 100% volunteer effort.  

This happens only with immense community support from your own local dental professionals, the staffs at the San Juan County Health Department and San Juan and Lopez Family Resource Centers, the Oral Health Coalition, and many selfless individuals who put in countless hours to schedule the van and have patients ready in an orderly and efficient fashion.  Thanks go to all.

Fish for Teeth's latest undertaking is to assure 100% of San Juan Island's second graders have sealants applied to their molars.  This program is as much about dental awareness and education, for both children and adults, as it is about applying the sealants which will assure better dental health.  The first step is to get the child into a dentist's chair for a checkup; this may be the first time a child has been to a dentist.  If a family does not have dental insurance, Fish for Teeth will provide the information needed to understand the options available to families in order to get their children into the dentist.  All this culminates with the special May 15th ToothMobile visit where our community will work together to make sure every second grader has the opportunity to have their teeth protected by sealants.

The next clinic is on San Juan Island this Friday and Saturday.  We schedule patients ahead of time to maximize efficiency.  The ToothMobile also comes to San Juan Island in May and October.  Applications can be picked up at the Health Department, the San Juan Island Family Resource Center, or online at fishforteeth.com.  

In addition to our fish taco fundraising efforts, Fish for Teeth has received generous donations from individuals and service groups to support our programs. Recent donations from our local Rotary and American Legion Women's Auxiliary enabled us to initiate our sealant program.

If you would like information on any of our programs, wish to volunteer your services to Fish for Teeth, or would like to donate to our cause, please visit our web site at fishforteeth.com

Thank you all for your continued support and Fish Taco consumption!!!!

Sincererely
Matt Marinkovich
Fish for Teeth Pres and your dedicated local fisherman!