LEGISLATIVE
ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO
ASSEMBLEE
LEGISLATIVE DE L'ONTARIO
Wednesday
21 April 2004 Mercredi 21 avril 2004
MEMBERS'
STATEMENTS
Mr Brad Duguid (Scarborough Centre): Wednesday, April 21, 2004,
has been proclaimed Oral Health Day in the city of Toronto. This
will be the fourth year that the Toronto Academy of Dentistry
has worked with the Rotary Club of Toronto -- Don Mills to organize
Brush-a-Mania.
Each
year an Ontario Dental Association member dentist and a Rotarian
have gone to a local elementary school to talk to the students
about oral hygiene. All of the students across Toronto then brush
their teeth simultaneously for three minutes. The students record
each time they brush their teeth for three minutes over the following
six weeks and receive a Brush-a-Mania Club member certificate
upon completing 100 brushings. Over 85 schools and 30,000 students
will be participating this year.
I'm
sure all members will join me in wishing Dr Raffy Chouljian, chair
of this year's event, and all the volunteer dentists and Rotarians
great success in the 2004 Brush-a-Mania.
There's
no question the children of Toronto will have brighter smiles
on their faces today, in part due to Brush-a-Mania and in part
due to the great victory of our Toronto Maple Leafs over the Ottawa
Senators last night. Bring on the toothpaste and bring on the
Philadelphia Flyers. We'll clean our teeth, we'll clean their
clocks and our children's smiles will be bigger and brighter in
Toronto as the Toronto Maple Leafs go for the cup. Brush, kids,
brush, and go, Leafs, go.
36th Parliament, 1st Session
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