Delta Dental of Arizona and Neighborhood Outreach Access to Health (NOAH) recently dedicated a Little Free Library, as well as dozens of books — including several age-appropriate titles on oral health — at NOAH’s Cholla Health Center in Scottsdale. Delta Dental team members worked together to paint and decorate the library in vivid colors and with child-friendly oral health illustrations.
Delta Dental of Arizona has been a supporter of NOAH since 2013, helping to fund the organization’s three dental clinics throughout the Valley that provide exams, cleanings, sealants and fluoride varnish, fillings, oral surgery, root canals, crowns, and more. They also see patients with dental emergencies. Delta Dental of Arizona also partnered with NOAH on a Mouth-Health Cookbook in recent years as well.
According to Little Free Library, the overarching 501c3 organization that founded the concept, studies show that children growing up in homes without books are on average three years behind children in homes with lots of books, even when controlled for other key factors. One of the most successful ways to improve the reading achievement of children is to increase their access to books, especially at home. But two out of three children living in poverty have no books to call their own.
