Like any essential worker, the Tooth Fairy can’t telecommute for her nightly collection rounds.
But COVID-19 has limited her other in-person appearances, so she’s found new ways to connect with kids during National Children’s Oral Health Month this February.
Britteny Zito, a Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) orthodontic resident, and the school’s in-house Tooth Fairy, shot a video of herself and other dental students answering questions from kids.
“I wanted to think of an innovative and exciting way to deliver oral health education to children during a time when the majority of learning is done virtually,’’ said Zito.
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Feb 21, 2021
HARVEST FOR HUNGER CAMPAIGN: Second Harvest Food Bank of the Mahoning Valley has kicked off its 30th annual Harvest for Hunger campaign, which is a food and funds drive that takes place during February, March and April to help stock the food bank shelves for the spring and summer months. Anyone interested in participating in the campaign by conducting a food and / or funds drive to benefit the food bank should call Julia at 330-792-5522, ext. 102, or visit www.mahoning valleysecondharvest.org to download a registration form. Financial contributions also may be made to supermarket sponsor Giant Eagle and participating Sparkle Markets by donating $1, $5, or $10 at the register through April 3. All funds raised and food collected remains in Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull counties to help feed local residents. Last year, Harvest for Hunger raised $206,215 and collected more than 13,000 pounds of food. In 2020, the food bank distributed more than 15.6 mill
Common calendar, Packet papers, February 19
Common calendar, Packet papers, February 19
French American School Princeton (FASP) is accepting enrollment.
At FASP, students in preschool (3 years old) through grade 8 benefit from a rigorous bilingual curriculum accredited by the Middle State Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools and the French Ministry of Education; personalized attention thanks to small class sizes; and a multicultural community with more than 30 nationalities represented.
FAPS is located at 75 Mapleton Road, Princeton.
McCarter Theatre Center presents Fireside Chats to “spark” conversation in the community.
Filmed on the front lawn of the Princeton theater, student activities, Pulitzer Prize-winners, local business owners and others are interviewed by Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen.
What a cheap shot! Itâs a real shot in the dark!
Just make it a shot and a beer! (Pittsburgh translation: An Imp and an Iron.)
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And then there is âa shot in the arm.â
Thatâs the one everybody is talking about these days!
Not the metaphorical one, but the real one! The COVID-19 vaccine!
Juggling our daily, pedantic quarantine-lifestyle, social distancing, mask-wearing and other pandemic phenomenon, most of us get to the point of being âhalf shotâ about if, when and where weâre going to get our personal (and, perhaps, lifesaving) shot in the arm. And sadly so!