Boston Families Learn the Value of Being Prepared

Preparing children to enter kindergarten is a year-long process in Boston. Through the Countdown to Kindergarten program, parents receive help registering their child for kindergarten at Boston Public Schools and are connected with resources that help children thrive in school. GSDM is one of these resources and, under the leadership of CHP Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri, are regularly involved in events that are part of the Countdown program.

The most recent school-readiness event was held on Saturday February 26, at Jubilee Christian Church & Academy in Mattapan. GSDM volunteers were on hand to provide age appropriate, interactive, dental related activities and dental screenings for the children. Most of the parents and attendees at this event reside in Mattapan.

Peter Meaney DMD 14 was one of the GSDM volunteers, and when asked why he wanted to be a part of this event he replied, “I grew up in a less than affluent area in Boston so I know what its like to have nothing. Therefore I want to help out whenever I can. Also any opportunity to work with the brilliant woman known as Kathy Lituri is embraced.”