Toothbrushes at All Saints

Today was our last day at All Saints. The big activity of the day? Toothbrushes! We received a donations of 240 toothbrushes from the Kaiser dental group and an additional 50 from Augustana Lutheran Church to give to the school. Kaiser also provided 240 small tubes of toothpaste and 300 rolls of floss, so we were able to teach the children how to brush and floss their teeth, and leave them each with their own personal toothbrush. The children thought that having foreigners come in and teacher them to brush their teeth was quite a spectacle! One particularly interesting thing for them was learning how to floss. According to their teachers some of the older students "know the theory behind flossing" but have never seen actual floss in their lives. Overall the teaching went better than we expected- hopefully most of the students will continue to brush their teeth!

We also brought other gifts from various donors, including crayons, markers, paper, pencils, rules, glue, soccer balls etc. to the school. Thanks to everyone who contributed!