Giving to BCD

A New Tradition for a New Decade: The Baylor College of Dentistry Annual Fund

Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry is pleased to announce the revival of the Baylor College of Dentistry Annual Fund.

For 105 years, Baylor College of Dentistry has successfully helped young people fulfill their ambitions of becoming dental professionals; we have nearly 7,200 alums.

We’ve cared for the community and desire the capacity to do more; 296,528 people were served in 2009. We have sought innovations in science, education and health care delivery; we exceeded $3.5 million in research expenditures in 2009.

The college started this new decade with a challenge to do more. We need to increase our student scholarship funds. We need additional resources to help our indigent patients help themselves, and we need to expand the availability of start-up funding for students, faculty and staff who have ideas for new and innovative programs.

However, we need more to do more. So as you make your decisions on how to allocate your charitable dollars, we invite you to consider a gift to the Baylor College of Dentistry Annual Fund.

A Beacon in the State of Texas

At the start of the 20th century, around the time Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry began as the State Dental College, most Americans expected to be toothless by age 45, and they were.

Expectations of oral health have changed and so has the college. Educating oral health professionals for more than 10 decades has distinguished HSC-BCD in its quest for improving the health of Texans.

Sim Lab Today, Baylor College of Dentistry is working toward innovative treatments, leading-edge technology and better ways to deliver care.

The college not only ensures that Texas has qualified generations of dentists, dental hygienists and scientists, but also provides critically needed care for patients who have no other access to oral health care.

Annual patient visits to the college exceeded 100,000 in 2008, and more than 220,000 people were served through community-based care, screenings and education programs.

Join Us as the Legacy Continues

Baylor College of Dentistry dental and dental hygiene graduates distinguish themselves in practice, service to the public, academe and research. In order for the college to continue fulfill its vital role in improving for the health of Texans, we must ensure a strong supply of qualified, diverse dental students and faculty who have access to state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities.

Please join us as we take action to enhance several areas critical to Baylor College of Dentistry’s continued service to our citizens:

Access to care for disadvantaged patients
Financial assistance for students
Faculty recruitment, development and retention

You may give online via credit card or contact us at 214.828.8471 for other giving options. Checks should be made payable to Texas A&M HSC Foundation and mailed to the Office of Communications & Institutional Advancement, Texas A&M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, 3302 Gaston Ave., Dallas, Texas, 75231.

Thank you for your support!

Questions? Simply contact us:

Susan Mitchell Jackson
Executive Director of Communications & Institutional Advancement
214.828.8214
smitchelljackson@bcd.tamhsc.edu

Lori Dees
Communications & Institutional Advancement Coordinator
214.828.8471
ldees@bcd.tamhsc.edu