Future dental hygienists support charities

Junior and senior dental hygiene students display the “Passion for Prevention” T-shirts they sold in their communities to support national dental hygiene and breast cancer awareness efforts this month.

The students and dental hygiene faculty will wear the T-shirts when they take part in the 2012 Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk Oct. 27 in Jackson.

Coordinated by a small group of dental hygiene students, the fund-raising effort earned enough to donate $3,600 local cancer-related charities.

Christy Hewitt, senior student, said they chose blue T-shirts because it’s the favorite color of a faculty member who is battling breast cancer. Laura Orsborn, senior student, and Caroline Venable, 2011 dental hygiene graduate, created the design for the shirts.

For more information about the walk or to join the team, visit http://tinyurl.com/9y3x57s.