Give Kids a Smile Toolkit | ADA Foundation

Give Kids A Smile Toolkit

Get resources to guide you through the planning, implementation and promotion of your Give Kids A Smile® event, including a step-by-step planning and promotion guide, answers to your legal questions and materials to share with parents/caregivers and their children.

GKAS event planning materials

Program Guides

Get started with this guide to hosting an event.
Guide
Guide
Information on how you can start a GKAS program with your dental association. 
Guide
Guide
Information on how you can start a GKAS program with your dental school. 
Guide
Guide
Information about conducting a GKAS event during the COVID 19 Pandemic. 
Guide
Guide
Steps for registering a new GKAS event. 
Guide
Guide
Find answers to questions about legal and risk issues related to hosting an event.
Guide
Guide
How health information may be used, disclosed and how to obtain access to this information.
Guide
Guide
Find organizations to help you with treatment and insurance application assistance. 
Guide
Guide
Report how many patients you saw, let us know who helped and more.
How-to
How-to

Forms and Letters

Use this sample form as an example to create a waiver form for your event.
Form
Form
Request permission from your patients to share their images.
Form
Form
Get instructions and forms for children to use during your event.
Form
Form
Print illustrations of primary and permanent eruption charts to educate patients.
Publication
Publication

Promote Your Event

Promote your GKAS event with a full page ad.
Toolkit
Toolkit
Short on space? Promote your GKAS event with a half page ad.
Toolkit
Toolkit
Add your GKAS event details to this promotional flyer.
Toolkit
Toolkit
Add your GKAS event details to this promotional poster.
Toolkit
Toolkit

Patient Resources

Share this simple guide to maintaining good oral health with your patients.
Summary
Summary
Entertain your GKAS patients while educating them on healthy oral health habits.
Summary
Summary
Follow Give Kids A Smile on Facebook for the latest program information—and don’t forget to share your GKAS story and photos using the #GKAS hashtag!