Why is dentistry
important?
One of the first efforts Young led during
the year of giving back was a bicycle helmet
drive at the Kanawha Medical Society
(KMS) to benefit the City of Charleston,
which provides them to local children.
For its December meeting, the WVSMA
rallied around a family who had recently
lost everything in a house fire by hosting a
fundraiser. She hopes to have a new proj-
ect lined up for the KMS spring meeting
so she and the members can volunteer
together again, whether that is a street
cleanup or another opportunity to help
a family in need.
Two years later, the disaster continues
to inspire her to find ways to help keep
others safe. Under her leadership, in July
2019 the KCHD developed the Kanawha
Health Report, a podcast to educate county
citizens about important topics, and in
October, the health department marked
Fire Prevention Month by hosting a fire
prevention and safety event. She has also
worked with the American Red Cross
to distribute educational brochures, and
she hopes to contribute to propane safety
awareness in the near future.
More than that, she wants to show her
daughter the power of helping others.
“Giving back has given me a different
kind of joy,” she says. “Once you place
the needs of others in front of yourself
and see the wonderful impact you are
having, it creates a sense of warmth and
happiness that you want to feed and grow.
It’s not something you can buy, and it
cannot be given to you. At the end of the
day, I feel like the world is a little better
because of it, and I want to pass that on
to my daughter and her generation.”
Because even though he’s
missing an eyebrow, the first
thing you notice is his SMILE.
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