We’re Blowing your horn! Congratulations to... Jon Fuiks, DDS, on his awesome car collection! He has four Packards from 1928 to 1948. (1) Dr. Purvak Parikh’s son, Prayaag Parikh, on his basketball team doing a fundraising event for the Sacramento District Dental Foundation! Prayaag set up the fundraiser with his team, the Western Sierra Collegiate Academy Wolves, to shoot three pointers to raise money. So far they’ve raised over $850! If you’d like to check out their GoFundMe, you can find it here: gofundme.com/f/nj2ef-hooping-for-kids! (2)
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Herbert K. Yee, DDS, on receiving the 2020 Presidential Volunteerism Award, he was nominated by Joel Szabat undersecretary of transportation! Dr. Herbert Yee has done much volunteering over the years. His volunteerism includes: Fundraising Chair of American Cancer Society, District Governor of Lions Club 4C5, UOP Dental School Alumni Chair, Board of Regents UOP for 38 years (Garnered the Bob Powell endowment of $125 million), FICD American and International President, received the Ottofy Okumira, Dentist of the Year American Dental Examiners, California State Dental Board President, President of the Yee Association of America (10,000 Yees), 8 time President of the Chinese Benevolent Association of Sacramento, Gold Coater for the Camellia Festival, built the first elementary school in his village in China with all overseas donations, CDA Humanitarian of the Year, Dr. Herbert Yee Scholarship at UOP and SDDS (Given over $400,000 in scholarships), rebuilt and restored the Chew Kee Store in Fiddletown (The First herb store by the Yee Family in 1851), and American Legion Commander. Thank you to Dr. Herbert Yee for the impressive and continuous volunteering work! (3)
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Wesley Yee, DDS, on having this awesome art work on his office. Back in June his office was boarded up for a bit and it had this great mural on it! (4)
LET US KNOW YOUR NEWS! Have you been helping during the Covid-19 crisis? Donating supplies, sewing masks, or supporting the community in some way? Let us know, we’d love to share some positive news during this time! Send us your news to sdds@sdds.org!
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