Orphanage Outreach

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Orphanage Outreach
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Location

• Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic

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Daily Schedule

• A daily work schedule might consist
  of700-800 Breakfast800-900
  Announcements/Prep Time900-1100
  Tutoring/Teaching1100-1200 Flex
  Time/Recreation1200-100 Lunch100-200 Prep
  Time200-400 Tutoring/Teaching400-500 Flex
  Time/Recreation500-600 Free Time600-700
  Dinner700-900 Kid's Movie/Art/Games/Church90
  0-1000 Free Time1000 Quiet Time

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Daily Schedule

• Saturday is travel
• Sunday is orientation/prep day
• Monday Thursday are work days
• Friday is Free Day
• Tour Monte Cristi
• Beach
• Saturday is travel

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Curriculum

• providing dental health education in local
  schools and rural communities covering topics
  including
• Anatomy
• Plaque, Cavities, and Gum Disease
• Nutrition
• Healthy and Unhealthy Foods
• Brushing and Flossing
• http//www.orphanage-outreach.org/datafiles/dental
  _anatomy.pdf

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Dental Assisting
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Bunk House Style Sleeping

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Clean Showers and Toilets

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Good Dominican Food

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Safety

• Dominican Republic a very safe and friendly
  country
• Since 1994, never an issue of an OO volunteers
  safety being threatened
• Full time American Canadian in-country team
  leaders
• Common sense rules

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Health

• Full time OO trained cooks
• Bottled water for drinking and cooking
• Chlorinated shower water
• Mosquito nets
• Good local clinics

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Dates To Remember

• Early Sign Up
• December 1
• Receive 100 discount
• Dental Program runs the first two weeks of March
• OO prefers Saturday Saturday schedule
• Penn State spring break is March 9 13
• With weekends, March 6(F)- 15(Su)
• Tentative Dates would be 3/7 3/14

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Cost

• One Week 800
• Roundtrip Flight 700
• Total Cost 1400 (minus 100 for early signup)

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Fundraising

• Can fundraise as much as we want!
• Extra donations go to OO
• We will send out letters to every local dentist
  and local dentists from our hometowns
• Fundraising is via OO website or personally
• Airfare is tax-deductible

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Bottom Line

• You will be putting in over 60 hours of
  volunteering
• You will be assisting dentist
• You will be teaching children dental hygiene
• You will stand out on dental applications
• You will have a strong personal statement