牙科学生帮助寻找失踪儿童
When Kimberly Haynes (SDM’09) heard that the 国家儿童鉴定项目 (CHIP) needed help from dental students, she jumped at the opportunity.
CHIP is a community service initiative that aims to improve the statistics on missing children in the United States, where one child goes missing every 40 seconds, according to the organization’s Web site.
Haynes and other members of the 戈德曼牙科医学院 chapter of the 全国学生牙科协会 (SNDA) took dental impressions and mouth swabs of participating children at a CHIP event held in September at Roxbury Community College. 该项目为澳门威尼斯人注册网站和监护人提供识别工具包,以收集孩子的详细信息。 如果孩子们失踪了,这些信息有助于当局找到他们。 其他志愿者采集了孩子们的指纹、视频和录音。
这是SNDA第一年自愿参加这个年度活动,该组织的副总裁海恩斯计划再次参加。 “这是一次很棒的活动,组织得很好,”她说。 “它的目的是非凡的。”
海恩斯说,SNDA成员全年参加许多其他社区服务活动,以获得经验并相互支持。
Rebecca McNamara can be reached at ramc@bu.edu.