For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\nHaeger Orthodontics of Kent announced today the names of the first four recipients selected in the community as part of the Smile for a Lifetime Foundation (S4L) program.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
As a member of the nonprofit organization, Dr. Robert Haeger is the first orthodontist in the South Sound area to donate complete, free orthodontic treatment to underserved youth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The first, Smiles for a Lifetime recipients include:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Anahi Reyes,19, Kentlake High School (nominated by school counselor Lana Wainscott)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ryan Brown, 18, Auburn High School (nominated by school counselor Jon Morrow)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Reese Paladin, 14, Mattson Middle School, Kent (nominated by Haeger Orthodontics’ patients – the Barlow family)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 Wyatt Ramsey, 14, Auburn Mountainview High School (nominated by Dr. Neal Wanner, DDS)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“My parents can’t afford to pay for braces and I think my smile can help me in the future,” Reyes wrote in her S4L application. “Also, so people won’t laugh at my teeth.”<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
With more than 20 years experience, Haeger knows that a beautiful smile is an enormous asset. That is why he recently founded the local S4L chapter to help less fortunate youth.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I get great personal satisfaction helping people and families change their lives. I feel fortunate to have the skills to help,” Haeger said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Haeger plans to contribute full orthodontic treatment to four local youth every six months for the foreseeable future. At a cost of about $6,000 per patient, Haeger will donate close to $50,000 each year for S4L recipients.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
To learn more about Smiles for Lifetime Foundation, visit www.S4L.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haeger Orthodontics of Kent announced today the names of the first four recipients selected in the community as part of the Smile for a Lifetime Foundation (S4L) program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11565"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}