{"id":4330,"date":"2026-07-21T08:05:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4330"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T08:05:37","slug":"arizona-pbs-participating-in-prescott-back-to-school-health-and-wellness-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4330","title":{"rendered":"Arizona PBS participating in Prescott Back-to-School Health and Wellness Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Station participation a result of support received from Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arizona PBS\u2019 Educational Outreach team is participating in The Humboldt Education Foundation\u2019s Back-to-School Health and <a href=\"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/?p=4316\" title=\"Same Care, New Space: Triton Health and Wellness Building Opens\">Wellness<\/a> Fair in Prescott Valley on July 20, 2026. Powered by support from Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation, the station\u2019s participation will include the distribution of approximately 2,000 smile kits, which are comprised of a toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, books and other PBS educational resources.<\/p>\n<p>Taking place from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Findlay Toyota Center (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/LRU2agWKmLzXNzJk9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3201 N. Main Street, Prescott Valley, AZ<\/a>), the event will also feature an appearance from Clifford of PBS KIDS\u2019 \u201cClifford the Big Red Dog\u201d and free dental screenings for attending children. The screenings will be performed by members of the My Kids Dentist team based in Prescott Valley.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last few years, we\u2019ve been proud to work with Arizona PBS to improve children\u2019s oral health across the state, and we\u2019re excited to expand our efforts to include vision health in the months ahead,\u201d said Barb Kozuh, Executive Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deltadentalaz.com\/foundation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation<\/a>. \u201cOral and vision health are critical for early learners and are among the leading causes of classroom absenteeism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through this ongoing partnership, Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation and Arizona PBS are leading a statewide \u201cHave a Healthy Smile\u201d campaign, which aims to boost family involvement in good oral health practices, focusing on the importance of brushing twice a day, changing toothbrushes regularly and visiting the dentist twice a year<\/p>\n<p>For more on this campaign including fun activities for both families and teachers to use, videos of your favorite PBS KIDS characters and tips about keeping your kids\u2019 teeth healthy, visit HealthySmileLearning.org<\/p>\n<p>SPOTLIGHT<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Resolve to Solve\u2019 premiere event Aug. 13 in Flagstaff<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Station participation a result of support received from Delta Dental of Arizona Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[73,76,40,74,75],"class_list":["post-4330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-family-wellness","tag-arizona","tag-backtoschool","tag-health","tag-participating","tag-prescott"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4331,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4330\/revisions\/4331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lumeamara.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}