[Imc-newsroom] press conference

[Barrineau, Mary]

Hope someone from IMC can make the press conference today. If not, we will
send you a news release about the project after the 10:30 a.m. press
conference.

PRESS CONFERENCE ADVISORY

Did you know?

	*	People seeking access to dental care make up more than half
of the 100 calls a month to the Champaign County Health Care Consumers
hotline. 

	*	Many Champaign County residents who lack access to
affordable dental care get their only dental care from hospital emergency
rooms, often arriving in great pain from infected mouths or broken teeth.

	*	Only one clinic in Champaign-Urbana will accept Medicaid
patients, and it has a waiting list of more than 800 people.


What:
WILL-AM Radio, WBCP-AM Radio and Champaign County Health Care Consumers will
announce a major new collaborative initiative in Champaign County to improve
oral health and support community efforts to find a solution to the problem
of lack of access to dental care. 

Funding for the Smile Healthy! initiative was provided by a grant from Sound
Partners for Community Health. Sound Partners is a program of the Benton
Foundation, funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which is dedicated
to improving health and health care for all Americans.

When:
10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31

Where:
Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove, Champaign

Who: 
Claudia Lennhoff, executive director, Champaign County Health
	Care Consumers, 352-6533
Ray Coates, Jr., community outreach coordinator, WBCP, 359-1580
Kimberlie Kranich, outreach coordinator, WILL AM-FM-TV, 333-1070
Tom Rogers, news director, WILL-AM, 333-0850