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CHIP! for Teeth - June 21, 2013
The 2013 Chip! For Teeth Golf Tournament at Langdon Farms Golf Course is right around the corner! Registration, Sponsorship, and Prize Sponsorship Forms are now available for download. Please call our office with any questions, and we look forward to seeing you on the green!
• Registration Form
• Sponsorship Form
• Prize Sponsorship Form
Dr. John Chirgwin Wins 2013 Motor Mouth Car Raffle
 Dr. John Chirgwin, from Portland, sits in his new 2013 Toyota Camry Hybrid awarded on Saturday, April 6th at the Oregon Dental Conference during the Motor Mouth Raffle. 505 raffle tickets were purchased before and during the dental conference helping to raise $50,500 for DFO programs like the Tooth Taxi.
"Our congratulations to Dr. Chirgwin," said Charlie LaTourette, executive director of The Dental Foundation of Oregon. "We are happy for him, and very grateful to everyone who purchased a ticket. The Motor Mouth Car Raffle has become an annual event at the dental conference and an important part of our fundraising program that helps us serve so many low-income children across Oregon."
The annual DFO Wall of Wine raised nearly $6,000 for the foundation! Dr. Fred Bremner, pictured below, picks a bottle of wine from the Wall assisted by Judy Edgerly and Charlie LaTourette from the DFO. Participants paid $20 for the chance to select a pre-wrapped bottle of wine, with values ranging from ten to over a hundred dollars.
THANK YOU WINE DONORS!
 Our sincere thanks to our wine donors including these wineries and vineyards: Bradley Vineyards, Brandborg Winery & Vineyard, Cameron Winery, Casa Bruno, LLC, Henry Estate Winery, Oregon Dental Association, River's Edge Winery, Rocky Knoll Winery, Wild Rose Winery, Willamette Valley Wineries Association, and these individuals:
Dr. Rick and Betsy Asai, Dr. Ken and Susan Berg, Diane Bower, Patrick Braatz, Don Bretthauer, Judy Edgerly, Dr. Mike and Suzann Goger, Maurice and Ginny Hicks, Dr. Anthony Hoffman, Lisa Horton, Rebecca Lanxon, Keith and Linda Lovett, Lora Mattsen, Steve and Dawn McNannay, Dr. Patrick Nearing, Don Oman, John Paul, Dr. Tom Pollard, Dr. Alanson Randol, Lindsey Rooks, Dr. Daniel Saucy, Dr. Steve Simmons, Holly Spruance, Dr. William Ten Pas and William and Patricia Zepp
Poker Tournament Sets Record
Raises $11,250 for DFO
A crowd of over 70 people, including players and volunteers, filled the second floor at Group Mackenzie offices on Saturday, February 2, 2013 for the DFO Charity Poker Tournament, sponsored by Bnk Construction and Group Mackenzie. The fifth annual Texas Hold'em tournament raised over $11,250 to support DFO programs like the Tooth Taxi.
 The crowd enjoyed pizza dinner and adult beverages, while several "rookies" learned how to play the game at the BnK practice table where taking chances was encouraged and laughter was the soundtrack. At 5:00 p.m. the game got underway, with eight tables of players, each trying to outlast their opponents in hopes of winning prizes that included an Ipad, golf games and lessons, a Kindle Fire, and gift certificates to a variety of local stores.
Jason Bajuscak outsmarted all comers and won first place for the 2nd year in a row. This puts a large target on his back for next year. Runners up in order were: 2 Steve Close, 3 Adam Solomonson, 4 Joel Dietzman, 5 John Hobson, 6 Norm Duffett, 7 Bob Liddell, 8 Allen Rahrich and 9 Michael Matsuda.
"It was a fantastic evening," said Charlie LaTourette, DFO's Executive Director. "And everyone knew it was all for a really great cause – helping to provide free dental care to low-income children."
 The tournament was started five years-ago by Bill Ludwig, President of BnK Construction, who hosted the tournament at his home for a number of customers and friends. Bill's company is known for its work building and remodeling professional offices for dentists and physicians, and retailers.
"It is a great pleasure to be able to support the DFO and Tooth Taxi," said Bill Ludwig, President of BnK Construction and Co-Sponsor of the tournament. "Our greatest accomplishment with the Poker Tournament is to make people, both individuals and companies, outside of the dental community aware of the great service that DFO provides. The overwhelming comments we receive are "What a fun event" and "Count me in for next year. So, planning has already begun for next year's event."
As the tournament grew over the years, it became clear we needed a larger place to hold it. Enter Dennis Woods with Group Mackenzie a regular tournament player and friend of Bill Ludwig. Group Mackenzie is one of the Northwest's leading design and engineering firms and their large Portland office is conveniently located downtown near OMSI. Dennis offered to host the tournament this year at his offices, and work tirelessly to make it happen.
"Group Mackenzie was thrilled this year to join BnK Construction in sponsoring the DFO's annual Charity Poker Tournament," said Dennis Woods, Partner with Group Mackenzie. "We embrace the organization's mission to help underserved children in our communities through its Tooth Taxi program. It was great to see the level of enthusiasm and support from all attendees. We had a fantastic time, and look forward to future opportunities to get involved."
A Tournament Committee included Bill Ludwig, Dennis Woods, Heather and Darren Hippenstiel, Susan Higbee, Judy Edgerly and LaTourette. But many others volunteered to help including several Bnk employees and friends.
 "We couldn't do the poker tournament on our own," said LaTourette. "BnK Construction and Group Mackenzie, along with many volunteers make it happen. It is a real labor of love by people who care deeply about helping underserved children."
Prizes and contributors to the event included: Henry Schein, Oregon Heating, Five Star Electric, Don Rhyne Painting, Pacific Continental Bank, Sam Agnew, Ashland Concrete Cutting, Stuart Smart Golf Pro, The Reserve Golf Course, Burkhart Dental Supply, Steel Stud Choppers, Gunderson Construction, Spectra Flooring, First Citizens Bank, Keith Linn, DFF Dental Lab, Mt. View golf, Cascade Plumbing, Dynalectric, R&B Innovations, Massage Envy, Bank of America, Scott Hodson, O'Brien Dental Lab, and Langdon Farms Golf Course.
Plans are underway for next year's DFO Poker Tournament so watch for the Save The Date announcement soon. It's never too early to start practice counting your cards.
(See a wide range of photos from the tournament on the DFO Facebook page. And don't forget to "like" us.)
2012 Chip! Raises $54,000 for DFO
It turned out to be another great day on June 22nd at the 2012 Chip! for Teeth Golf tournament at Langdon Farms Golf Course where 33 teams helped raise over $54,000 to help support DFO programs like the Tooth Taxi.
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Low Gross Winners
The Low Gross Winning team included, Charlie Riter, Justin Schmidt, Rick Thomas and Dr. Mike Murat. |
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Low Net Winners
The Low Net Winning team included Dr. Adam Francois, Dr. Todd Hyder, Dr. Michael Minor and Dr. Thomas Kolodge. |
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Winner of KP Prize
The winner of the KP $1,000 prize (sponsored by Consani Seims) was Mike Coopedge, shown here receiving his award from Joe Consani, Jr. |
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Men's Long Drive Champion
Johnny Coopedge |
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Women's Long Drive
won by Betty Worster. |
 Willamette Dental Group sponsored the Chip! Breakfast again to help get the golfers warmed up and ready to play in the morning. Willamette Dental employees Randy Cline, Traci Naylor, and Kelsey Turner helped out at the breakfast station.
For a complete list of tournament and prize sponsors and golf teams see the Chip! for Teeth Program and enjoy all the team photos in our photo gallery to the right of this page. Download our tournament and prize sponsors (pdf).
Golfers enjoyed a delicious lunch while scores were tallied, and over $9,200 in prizes were given away during the DFO raffle that included golf trips, casino weekends, hotels, restaurants, and much more. |  |
Thanks to all sponsors and players!
Save the Date for next year's Chip! for Teeth which will be held on Friday, June 21, 2013 again at Langdon Farms.
DFO Helping Children Statewide
Since its inception, the Foundation has helped provide over one million dollars to nonprofit dental clinics serving over 200,000 Oregonians. For a small foundation, our impact is tremendous helping thousands of low-income children across Oregon through programs like the Tooth Taxi and the DFO Community Grants Program.
The Foundation recently awarded small grants to eight worthy organizations. 2012 grantees include:
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Advantage Smiles for Kids, Redmond ($3,000) to provide dental care and orthodontic services |
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Assistance League of Eugene Children's Dental Center ($5,000) to provide free care to K – 12 public school children |
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Boys & Girls Club of Albany, ($5,000) to help purchase disposable dental supplies for the free clinic |
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Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion, Polk Counties ($3,000) to help purchase five laptop computers to use within the clinic for oral health education activities and to access Oregon Health Plan resources |
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Friends of Creston Children's Dental Clinic ($6,500) to help cover operating expenses for their first summer program at the free clinic |
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Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings, Bend ($8,000) to support 19 free dental screenings for low-income children from birth to five years-old |
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Multnomah Dental Society, Portland ($2,000) to support their Children's Health Fair and subsidize the use of three mobile dental vans |
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Southern Oregon Mission of Mercy, Medford ($10,000) to help fund a two-day free dental clinic for low-income Oregonians. |
Our congratulations to these grantees, and our heartfelt thanks to them for all they do to improve the oral health of Oregon children. And thank you to all our donors whose continued support allows us to improve the oral health of Oregon children.
2012 Oregon Dental Conference
Winners of the Willamette Valley Wine Getaway Packages were Dr. Mike Biermann (Black Walnut Inn package), and Steve McNannay (Allison Inn & Spa package), and Dr. Dennis Simonson was the lucky winner of a wine tasting and tour for ten at Willamette Valley Vineyards.
 The Tooth Fairy, Will Steele, and DFO board member Amy Benson, RDH drew the winning tickets from the raffle barrel at the Oregon Dental Conference where over six thousand people attended. Thanks to the generosity of many dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental related companies and others, we raised $15,430 for DFO programs like the Tooth Taxi.
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UPCOMING 2013 EVENTS
Chip for Teeth Golf Tournament
June 21, 2013
at Langdon Farms
Archived Events
2012 Chip! for Teeth
Wall of Wine 2012
Poker Tournament 2012
2012 Oregon Dental Conference
Winners of the Willamette Valley Wine Getaway Packages were Dr. Mike Biermann (Black Walnut Inn package), and Steve McNannay (Allison Inn & Spa package), and Dr. Dennis Simonson was the lucky winner of a wine tasting and tour for ten at Willamette Valley Vineyards.
The Tooth Fairy, Will Steele, and DFO board member Amy Benson, RDH drew the winning tickets from the raffle barrel at the Oregon Dental Conference where over six thousand people attended. Thanks to the generosity of many dentists, dental hygienists, dental assistants, dental related companies and others, we raised $15,430 for DFO programs like the Tooth Taxi.
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