On Friday, Sept. 16th, Rosie Marrero and Oralie Rodriguez from Delta Dental presented a $43,150 check to Miami Children’s Health Foundation’s Pietro Bonacossa, Director, Foundations and Major Gifts, and Michael Kushner, SVP and Chief Talent Officer for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. They were joined by other MCH Foundation staff.
We’re extremely grateful to Delta Dental for its generous support of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Mobile Dental program. Did you know that tooth decay is the No. 1 childhood disease in the nation? Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is the region’s largest provider of pediatric dental care. Thanks to donor support, the new state-of-the-art Mobile Dental Unit will soon be giving underserved children in our community a reason to smile!
About Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Where Children Matter Most (2024)
Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is South
Florida’s only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children, with approximately
850 attending physicians, including more than 500 pediatric subspecialists. The 307-bed
hospital is renowned for excellence in all aspects of pediatric medicine with many specialty programs
routinely ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report since 2008. The
hospital is also home to the largest pediatric teaching program in the southeastern
United States and since 2003 has been designated an American Nurses Credentialing
Center (ANCC) Magnet facility, the nursing profession’s most prestigious institutional
honor. For more information, please visit www.nicklauschildrens.org.