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Brush-a-mania is an annual program designed to promote oral health and awareness among young children. It was started ten years ago by the the Rotary Club of Toronto - Don Mills and has already reached over 300,000 students. Our purpose is to educate and motivate children and to bring together dentists, Rotarians, teachers and parents to create a celebration around proper dental care.

Toronto dentists must register on-line and recruit a school in your community. You may use the School Registration PDF to recruit a school. The school must also register on-line. To locate a school near you, search the TDSB or TCDSB web sites.  

Dentists outside the City of Toronto must register on-line, recruit a school in your community (You may use the School Registration PDF to recruit a school.), arrange financing and invite your local Rotary Club to participate in the school presentation if they wish.  Contact your local Dental Society representative for assistance. 

Discuss with your school a date and time for your presentation(s). A template script is provided. All of the supplies required to run the program will be shipped directly to each school after the March break.  Any school in Canada may participate.

THE EVENT
Now in its tenth consecutive year, Brush-a-mania is a not-for-profit program designed for children from Junior Kindergarten to grade 6 to promote good oral health.

THE BRUSH OFF
Each participating school will hold an assembly during the month of April, where a dentist and a Rotarian will come into the school and provide the children with an interactive, entertaining presentation in proper dental care. Each assembly will conclude with a Brush-off, where all participants brush their teeth simultaneously for 3 minutes. (Participation in the Brush-off is at the discretion of the Principal.) Schools may contact their assigned dentist to arrange in-class visits.

THE PROGRAM
The students track their brushes for the entire month of April in the classroom and at home in their booklets. Each student receives a toothbrush, Colgate toothpaste and a Brush-a-mania booklet containing activities and games, as well as, a take home chart for them to mark off their daily brushes. Students who complete the program receive a Brush-a-mania sticker, sugarless gum and Club Member certificate.

CITY OF TORONTO PROCLAIMS ORAL HEALTH DAY
Friday, April 9, 2010 will be proclaimed Oral Health Day by Mayor David Miller. We would like to encourage other municipalities to also declare this day Oral Health Day in their community. We are recommending that as many school assemblies as possible be held on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 10am to coordinate the Brush-off across Canada.

COST OF PROGRAM
There is no cost for City of Toronto schools. The Rotary Club of Toronto - Don Mills fund raises every year to support these schools. For schools outside the City of Toronto, all supplies necessary to run the program may be purchased for $1 per student. (Includes delivery to the school.)

You may wish to contact your local Dental Society representative.  The Ontario Dental Association provides grants of up to $1,500 for Oral Health Month programs such as Brush-a-mania.  Or you may wish to approach local sponsors.  (See Sponsor info.)  If one of your contacts sponsors Brush-a-mania, those funds could be used to fund your local schools.

ROTARY CLUBS
You may search the Rotary International database for a Rotary Club in your community. Click here to find a Rotary Club in your area. Or you may contact Ron Manfield for assistance at ronmanfield@mpcmusic.com or 416-248-4952.

BRUSH-A-MANIA 2010 SCHOOLS
As schools register for Brush-a-mania 2010, they will be added to our List of Registered Schools. (Registration concludes March 1, 2010 for schools.) Click here to download the List of Schools Registered for Brush-a-mania 2010. This list will be updated regularly with all of the information you will require: School name; address; telephone number; number of students; assigned dentist; assigned Rotarian; etc.

REGISTER NOW
Click here to register for Brush-a-mania 2010. Dentist registration concludes on March 1, 2010.

For more information, contact your local Dental Society representative.

If you would like to work on one of our committees, please contact Dr. Raffy Chouljian at raffy@brushamania.ca or 416-752-3532

Thank you so much for considering supporting this community event.

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