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Cause to Smile raises the bar in 2021 campaign

CTSF-2021-CWES-DonationLast fall, Dr. Amreesh Khanna and the newly assembled board of directors of the Cause to Smile Foundation (CTSF) set an ambitious goal for their annual winter campaign to support local community needs. In 2021, Cause to Smile wanted to expand its reach by rallying the dental community together to raise funds in both Calgary and Edmonton and double the impact from the previous campaign.

Through an extremely generous outpouring from dentists, patients and industry, Cause to Smile was able to nearly double the result it had in 2021, raising funds to support the Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter (CWES), the Women’s Emergency Accommodation Centre in Edmonton (WEAC) and E4C, helping to fund at risk women and families as well as school nutrition needs for food insecure youth. In total, just over $42,000 was raised translating directly into helping 12 Women and their families receive support for critical shelter and essential needs for a month in Calgary & Edmonton. In addition, CTSFwas able to help 250 School Children receive a healthy meal for 2 weeks.

“We’re unbelievably proud of the community that came together once again to support these important initiatives” says Dr. Khanna, “we were able to reach further than we ever had before, and the Dental community continues to demonstrate how big of heart it has.”

With restrictions loosening, Cause to Smile now has its sights set on hosting its first industry event, coming in May of 2022. “This will be an opportunity to finally bring like-minded industry people together to connect, share some laughs and network with one another” says Dan Bergeron, Board Member and communications lead for CTSF, “our first event will be planned for the Calgary area, details are coming soon!”.