TDA news
A
Culture
of Giving
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by Dr. William H. Gerlach
Texas Dental Association Board of Directors, Northeast Division Vice President
any years ago, I was listening to a speaker who discussed the two types of individuals in the world –
givers and takers. Many people, through no fault of
their own, are forced to grind out a meager existence simply to
survive. As dentists, we are not in that camp. We have been
blessed with the opportunity to give, and in some cases, to give
abundantly.
So what is a giver? Webster’s Dictionary defines the word simply, “someone who gives something to another person.” Let’s
add a caveat to that definition, “...without expectation of anything in return.”
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The Texas Dental Association serves
over 9,000 Texas dentists, all of whom
are givers in many different ways, and all
of whom promote giving as a result of
their dues dollars. To them, we say
‘thank you’.
In the last issue of North Texas Dentistry, you witnessed
through pictures the incredible giving power of a Texas Mission
of Mercy event, at which hundreds of people received free dental