The Northwest Component includes the following counties:
Erie, Crawford, Mercer, Lawrence, Venango, Warren, Forest, Clarion, McKean, Elk, Jefferson, Potter, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton and Centre.
Component News and Information
Upcoming
PDHA Board of Trustees Meeting. Online.
Zoom meeting link will come closer to the date of the meeting
More info to come
Leadership Development Retreat and PDHA Board of Trustees Meeting. Hilton Garden Inn – 1221 E. College Avenue, State College, PA 16801
Register now – attendance is limited!
Are you a leader or a follower? Our speaker, Kelly Tanner, PhD, RDH, will help us develop both and understand how they are essential to the dental practice and the association.
More info coming soon!
More info coming soon!
Board of Trustees meeting State College: ONLY meeting- no leadership retreat.
More info coming soon!
More Information to Come
Northwest Component Courses
Details will be forthcoming.
Announcements
Sealant Saturday!
Hello from Penn College!
Saturday, March 2, our SADHA organization, community volunteers and PCT faculty participated in Sealant Saturday. Our students placed 184 sealants, provided fluoride varnish treatments and oral hygiene instructions and supplies to all participants!
The Northwest Component had a very successful Sealant Saturday event in Meadville on February 2, 2019. They provided FREE services to 29 patients and placed 209 sealants! We are proud of our dedicated members for volunteering for such a fantastic community and public health service event. Thank you to the dentist, dental hygiene student, EFDA and business staff that joined our hygienists to provide access to preventative care for children in our area.
We’d like to congratulate one of our members, Shannon Kleckner, on being awarded a 2017 Wrigley Company Foundation Community Service Grant! When interviewed about the honor, Shannon says:
“I’m very excited about the grant and the opportunity to deliver oral health care and education in some non-traditional settings in Erie County. Growing Smiles of Erie County is currently involved in delivering… mobile, preventive services to the Northwest PA Cleft Palate Institute, educational table clinics, oral hygiene instructions and homecare products to refugees at the Refugee Health Clinics hosted by Erie County Department of Health and the International Institute. I have done several Cavity Free Kids presentations for the nursing staff at ECDH and student-parent groups through Erie Vo-tech. I have some fluoride varnish events planned in the near future with WIC offices throughout Erie County. The dental health clinic at ECDH is open M/W 9-1 and T/Th 1-4. Oral health educational home visits for pregnant women and mothers and lap exams for children under 3 are completed with clients from the Maternal-child health services and Nurse-family partnership programs. All of our clients are provided services at no cost to them. We are continuing to build partnerships throughout the county and look forward to being able to provide more services in the community in 2017!”
Congratulations Shannon, we are proud of all that you’re doing!
Email: Komnie62@gmail.com
SECTOR 2: Tanya Gayley, RDH – representing Warren, Forest, Clarion, McKean, Elk and Jefferson Counties
Email: tanyagayley@hotmail.com
SECTOR 3: Laura Crawford, RDH, MHS, PHDHP – representing Potter, Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton and Centre Counties
Email: lauracrawford33@gmail.com
Administrative Chair
Beth Peterson, RDH, BS, PHDHP Email: eajst7@aol.com
CE Co-Chairs
Laura Crawford, RDH, MHS, PHDHP (eastern half) Email: lauracrawford33@gmail.com
Marcie Montie, RDH, MBA, PHDHP (western half) Email: marcie@leesimondds.com
Membership Chair
Sarah Goard, RDH, BS Email: goard002@gmail.com
Community Health Co-Chairs
Bridget Motel, RDH, BS (eastern half) Email: bem4@pct.edu
Beth Peterson, RDH, BS, PHDHP (western half) Email: eajst7@aol.com
Legislative Chair
Dana Shaffer, RDH, BS, PHDHP Email: dlsrdh@hotmail.com
Public Relations Chair
Linda Straub-Bruce, RDH, BSEd, PHDHP Email: lstraub@velocity.net
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Reminder
REMEMBER to complete your mandatory continuing education requirements before you submit your license renewal form. The current cycle runs from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019.