Community Support
We here at AOMS are committed to our community and our world. From outreach in our Rogue Valley home to service overseas, we strive to support those who are in need. We have contributed not only in the dental realm through time, services and equipment; we have also provided aid to local traditions and worldwide disaster situations.
Proud Sponsor
We here at AOMS love where we live. That is why we sponsor many of the events and establishments that make our community a wonderful place to be. A few of these include: the Craterian Theatre at the Collier Center for Performing Arts (www.craterian.org), the Providence Festival of Trees (http://oregon.providence.org) the Britt Festival (www.brittfest.org), St. Vincent de Paul’s annual school supply drive, as well as several local youth sports organizations.
Rogue Valley Youth Football (PWFA): Many youth football teams struggle to get sponsors, meaning that they end up without sponsorship and have to ask to children to pay more to play. But, here in the Rogue Valley some of these children do not get that opportunity. But, with the sponsorship from Associates for Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, it makes it more affordable to play.
Click here if your interested in becoming a sponsor: http://www.eteamz.com/RogueValley/sponsors/
North Valley Girls Soccer Team: North Valley offers excellent youth soccer programs. We emphasize the four components of the game (technique, tactics, physical, and psychological) as recommended by US Youth Soccer… and having fun!
Hearts with a Mission Benefit
Awareness
Health Fair: We make it our duty to educate our community about dental health and dental surgery options to increase well being. From wisdom teeth extractions to orthognathic surgery to dental implants, we present resources to the public at local health fairs like the Rogue Valley Health Fair (www.roguevalleyhealthfair.org) and the Wellness Fair at the Rogue Valley Manor
Relay for Life: AOMS has been involved with the Relay for Life of Medford/Jackson County for three years. We support Relay for Life through donations and participation in honor of our patients, staff members and family members who have been affected by cancer. For more information, please visit www.acsevents.org.
NW Run/Walk for Epilepsy: In June 2013, the AOMS team participated in the Northwest Run/Walk for Epilepsy. In November 2012, one of our surgery assistants/implant coordinators, Mel, lost her significant other, Zach, to epilepsy. For more information, please visit www.nwrunwalk.org.
Missions
Abroad: Both Dr. Savage and Dr. Rajagopal have taken their oral surgery skill around the world to help those who need it most. Dr. Savage traveled to Haiti in 2003, El Salvador in 2013, Nicaragua in 2014, and Guatemala in 2015. One of our Surgery Assistants/Implant Coordinators, Mel, served in El Salvador along with Dr. Savage’s daughter, Anna. Two other Surgery Assistant/Implant Coordinators, Billie and Stephanie, also served in Guatemala with Dr. Savage and two of his children, Anna and Nathaniel. Dr. Rajagopal journeyed to Costa Rica for a mission in 2003.
El Salvador, 2013
Guatemala, 2015
MOM: The Oregon Mission of Mercy (MOM) provides free dental care to those in our state who may not otherwise receive treatment. AOMS has been involved with the event for the past three years. Both Dr. Savage and Dr. Rajagopal, along with numerous other AOMS staff members, make it a priority to volunteer every year. In 2012, the MOM came to our neck of the woods, serving over 1,200 patients with nearly $750,000 worth of dental treatment. For more information, please visit www.oregondental.org
Community Service
Adopt-a-Highway: Look, Honey… Is that a bunch of convicts cleaning up the streets for required community service? Why are there little kids helping too? It isn’t criminals you see; it is AOMS staff members, along with their families, keeping our community clean. Look for us in the ditches of Central Point.
Humanitarian Efforts
The Associates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery have helped victims of several disasters over the years. Events such as September 11th 2001, The Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2005, Hurricane Katrina in 2010, Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and the Almeda Fire in 2020 have set AOMS into action. For each of these events the doctors and staff at AOMS have donated their personal time to open the practice during a Saturday and donating all staff wages and proceeds for each day to assist victims and their families. For AOMS’s September 11th relief efforts, proceeds and wages totaling over $40,000 were donated to Rescue 5 Firefighters in New York. For the Indian Ocean Tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, proceeds and wages went to the Northwest Medical Teams for distribution. For Hurricane Harvey, our office was joined by Dr. Greg Renyer and his daughter from Corvallis and and proceeds and wages went to Direct Relief. For the Almeda Fire, proceeds and wages totaling $32,548 went to Habitat for Humanity.
9/11 Relief, 2001
Hurricane Harvey Relief, 2017
Almeda Fire Relief, 2020
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