One of things we love most at Downtown Dental is joining our patients and other downtown residents and employees to give back to our community. Last year, we teamed up with Barbieri Orthodontics to support the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and help fight the battle of hunger in Tennessee.

We were blown away by the way you responded! Downtown Nashville residents and employees donated more than 1,000 items and our office was overflowing with donations. Because of your overwhelming generosity, we believe that together we can make even more of an impact this year!

Because we’re so inspired by the generosity of our patients and other downtown residents and employees, we want to celebrate by giving away a FREE custom teeth whitening kit. Patients who donate 15 food items will receive a custom teeth-whitening kit, including bleaching trays. If you already have a custom teeth whitening, you can donate 10 food items and receive a free tube of prescription-strength whitening bleach.

The Need is Still Overwhelming

While Second Harvest has done incredible things to provide food to those in need in our community, the need is still greater today than ever before…

• There are over 395,000 people in Middle Tennessee who don’t know where their next meal is coming from
• 1 in 6 Tennesseans struggle with hunger
• 1 in 4 children in Tennessee are at risk of suffering from hunger
• 30% of people that receive food from Second Harvest have to choose between food and paying their rent, utilities, or medical bills on a regular basis.

How we can come together to help

Downtown Dental will be collecting food for Second Harvest during the entire month of November (you can see a list of their most need items here). We’re collecting donations whenever our doors are open so you can stop by before work, during your lunch break, or before you head home!

Here are a few easy ways you can join the fight against hunger in Middle Tennessee:

• Grab 10 cans of food from your pantry and bring them with you to work tomorrow.
• Look for sales in the weekly newspaper on nonperishable food items. Who doesn’t like getting the most bang for their buck?
• Buy a box of pasta noodles and bring them to your next dental appointment.
• Pick out your favorite cereal and purchase it for that family in need.

What next?

It’s simple:

1.  Bring food items to Downtown Dental during the month of November.

2. Schedule an appointment to have custom fit trays made if you donate 15 items and want to receive a brighter smile for the holidays.

We realize there are dozens of worthy organizations that you can support during the Holiday season so feel free to bring as many items as you’d like. Every bit makes a difference in the life of someone in our community.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office at 615-254-1393.

This past month, Downtown Dental teamed with Dr. Damon Barbieri of Barbieri Orthodontics and approximately 20 other businesses in a joint effort to provide food for our Middle Tennessee community through Second Harvest Food Bank.

Giving Back this Holiday Season with Second Harvest

According to Second Harvest, there are 103,000 people in Davidson County who classify as food insecure*. While this number can seem overwhelming at first, organizations like Second Harvest are working hard to decrease the number of families who suffer from food insecurity every year.

After learning the impact that Second Harvest is making in our community, we jumped on board to help!

How you helped:

For 30 days, Downtown Dental collected items for Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Here are a few numbers that speak to the impact you made:

3,800

The total amount of food items collected through a united effort of local companies

1,074

The number of food items collected from Downtown Dental patients and other downtown residents and businesses.

25%

The percentage of the total amount of food collected by Downtown Dental

If you’d like to see complete numbers and participating offices, click here.

 Thank you x 1,074!

Our staff was literally tripping over food items in the office. We were overwhelmed by the compassion you showed for our local community and we are so grateful for everyone who helped collect food for those in need. We’re truly inspired by your generosity.

Because of you, families and individuals will be taken care of this season.

We appreciate all of the kindness shown this year! If you’d like to learn more about Second Harvest and how you can help, visit http://secondharvestmidtn.org/.

There are dozens charitable organizations in the Nashville area you can help to give a “hand up” to those in need. We plan to continue our philanthropic efforts throughout the year and hope you all join us again for our future campaigns!