LIBERTY Dental and The Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida invites families to Southwest Florida Health Fair

LIBERTY Dental Plan of Florida, The Health Planning Council of Southwest Florida, and other community partners invite families to the Southwest Florida Health Fair Saturday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will provide awareness of services and programs available to the community, and feature fun activities for the whole family, food trucks, and more. LIBERTY Dental Plan will give out free dental kits and information to help keep young smiles healthy and bright.

The health fair will be held at Jaycee Park, 4125 SE 20th Place, Cape Coral, Fla. 33904

Oral health is vital to overall health, and LIBERTY Dental has connected families with quality dentists for nearly 20 years. For more information, visit LibertyDentalPlan.com.

For more information about the event, visit allevents.in/cape%20coral/health-planning-council-of-southwest-florida-health-fair/10000388076706877#.

Lee Health’s Allen a 2022 Health Care Leadership Award Recipient

Darcy Allen, chief nursing and operations executive at Gulf Coast Medical Center, has been named as one of the recipients of PRC’s 2022 Health Care Leadership Award.

The award recognizes health care professionals who were selected across a variety of categories created to represent the divisions of the health care experience company’s solutions and core values.

Allen was recognized by PRC for her leadership as it relates to patient experience.

PRC is a health care experience company that supports more than 2,800 health care organizations nationwide. Recipients of the 2022 Health Care Leadership Award were selected by PRC leadership from more than 100 nominations.

As the chief nursing and operations executive at Gulf Coast Medical Center, Allen focuses on many key initiatives, including quality, safety, reliability and patient experience.

Allen has more than 20 years of nursing experience. She has a Bachelor of Science in nursing and her Master of Business Administration with a concentration in healthcare administration. Allen joined Lee Health in November of 2019.

Since the opening of the first hospital in 1916, Lee Health has been a health care leader in Southwest Florida. Learn more at www.LeeHealth.org.

Smiles for the Community to hold Free Dentistry Day Nov. 19

Smiles for the Community will be holding its first Free Dentistry Day Saturday, Nov. 19, at Lee Dental Care, 3436 Cleveland Ave., Fort Myers. Teams from the Blue Sea Dental group of practices along with volunteers from the local dental community will be offering free dental care to area residents.

Free Dentistry Day offers adults 18 and older the choice of a free tooth cleaning, filling or extraction. The first 200 patients to register will be seen.

Registration begins at 7 a.m. and patients will be treated until 3 p.m. Treatment is first-come, first-served and early arrival is recommended. The waiting area will be outdoors and people should dress for the weather.

It is suggested that patients bring a chair, snacks, water and anything else needed to be comfortable while waiting. Onsite parking is limited but overflow parking will be available nearby. Free transport from the offsite parking locations will be available.

Smiles for the Community was founded in 2022 by Dr. Paul UIiasz of Fort Myers. He established Smiles for the Community so the teams from his dental group, Blue Sea Dental, along with volunteers from the community, could come together to hold Free Dentistry Days for those with no access to dental care. The Blue Sea Dental family of practices includes Lee Dental Care (Fort Myers), Community Dental Care (North Fort Myers), Smile Cape Coral, Elite Dental Care (Naples), Punta Gorda Dental Care, Estero Bay Dental, and, coming in early 2023, Sunset Harbor Dental (Cape Coral).

For additional information about Free Dentistry Day, please call 239-215-4721.