Eagan Orthodontics celebrates 56-year legacy by awarding organizations 56 free sets of braces for underprivileged metro Detroit residents.
Eagan Orthodontics, Michigan’s first African-American orthodontic business, is celebrating its 56th anniversary by awarding 56 free sets of braces to metro Detroit charities and organizations. The campaign, “SMILING IN METRO DETROIT,” will provide 56 complete sets of braces through an outreach program for individuals who are in need of orthodontic treatment, but can’t afford it at this time.
Through this outreach program at least 40 charities and organizations will each be awarded 1 or 2 sets of braces to give away to individuals in their constituent base. Charities and organizations are selected and awarded to receive the braces on a quarterly basis. The first quarter recipients consist of the following charities and organizations:
Alternative for Girls- Big Brother Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit,
- Boys Hope/Girls Hope
- DAPCEP
- Don Bosco Hall
- Fellowship Chapel
- Focus: HOPE
- Greater Emmanuel Institutional COGIC
- Greater Grace Temple
- Hartford Memorial Baptist Church
- Highland Park Baptist Church
- Hope United Methodist Church
- Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
- Little Rock Baptist Church
- Lutheran Child and Family Services
- Matrix Human Services
- Nardin Park Community Church
- New Light Family Christian Church
- New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church
- Orchards Children's Services
- Perfecting Church,
- Rosedale Park Baptist Church
- Second Ebenezer Church
- St. Vincent DePaul
- Straight Gate International Church
- The Ndamukong Suh Family Foundation
- The Children’s Center
- The Delta Sorority
- The Rhonda Walker Foundation
- Triumph Church
- Word of Faith International Christian Center
The charities and organizations are allowed to create their own criteria for identifying the individuals who will be awarded the braces.
Individuals interested in receiving consideration must contact a participating charity or organization. Applications are only taken through the third-party charities and organizations and cannot be attained directly through Eagan Orthodontics.
For more information on “Smiling in Metro Detroit” please e-mail ohconsultingandevents@gmail.com