DANVILLE - Six area first-graders from Line Mountain, Mount Carmel Area, Shamokin Area and Southern Columbia Area school districts were named winners of a coloring contest by ACTION Health.
The winners are Maggie Stauder of G.C. Hartman Elementary Center, MacKenzie Adams of Dalmatia Elementary, Drew Hanlon of Leck Kill Elementary, Nicholas Voelcker of Shamokin Area Elementary, Jenna Pizzli of Mount Carmel Area Elementary and Kyleigh Leiser of Trevorton Elementary.
The six were awarded gift baskets for submitting the most creative drawings that demonstrated the highest level of understanding about dental health.
The contest was a component of ACTION Health's fourth annual Save our Smiles curriculum presented at 19 schools to more than 1,200 first-graders. Students were asked to draw and color a picture of how they keep their smile healthy, as well as write sentences describing their pictures.
The drawings featured all of the points taught in Save Our Smiles - healthy eating, flossing, brushing and visiting the dentist.
Much of ACTION Health's five-county service area - Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties - has been designated as a dental health professional shortage area by the Department of Health..
ACTION Health is a collaborative partnership in the Central Susquehanna River Valley providing community health outreach and education. It is sponsored by several area hospitals including Geisinger Health System and Geisinger-Shamokin Area Community Hospital.