GREAT SHAPE INC
4120 DALE RD STE J-8 183, MODESTO, CA 95356 www.greatshapeinc.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: IN 2019, GREAT SHAPE INC. CONTINUED TO EXPAND IT SERVICES PROVIDING EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE TO THE VERY POOR AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS OF JAMAICA, ST LUCIA, GRENADA AND ANTIGUA. IN ALL, GREAT SHAPE SERVED OVER 40,000 CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH OUR THREE MAIN PROGRAM AREAS: THE 1000 SMILES & DENTAL SEALANT PROJECTS; THE SUPERKIDS AND TEACH THE TEACHERS LITERACY PROJECTS AND THE ICARE VISION PROJECT. MORE THAN 700 GREAT SHAPE VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE USA, CANADA AND BEYOND LEFT THEIR HOMES, JOBS AND FAMILIES TO PROVIDE LIFE CHANGING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION TO AT-RISK YOUTH AND SUBSISTENCE FAMILIES IN SOME OF JAMAICAS POOREST COMMUNITIES. THE FREE DENTAL, EYE CARE AND LITERACY SERVICES THESE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED, ALONG WITH DONATED BOOKS, COMPUTERS, GLASSES, EYE CARE SUPPLIES, DENTAL EQUIPMENT, DENTAL SUPPLIES AND MUCH MORE VALUE AT WELL OVER 6 MILLION USD.

GREAT SHAPE PROVIDES EDUCATION AND HEALTH CARE TO THE VERY POOR AND UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN JAMAICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.

1000 SMILES DENTAL PROJECT AND SEALANT PROJECT: OVER 550 DENTAL VOLUNTEERS FROM ALL OVER THE USA, CANADA AND BEYOND PROVIDED 100% FREE DENTAL CLINICAL SERVICES AND ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION TO OVER 25,000 JAMAICANS AND ST LUCIANS IN GREAT NEED. THE TEAMS VISITED SOME 20 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES ACROSS 9 DIFFERENT PARISHES IN PORTABLE DENTAL CLINIC SITES SET UP IN RURAL AREAS. OUR SEALANT PROJECT FOCUSES ON PREVENTION THROUGH SEALANT AND FLUORIDE THERAPIES IN ADDITION TO ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION AND LUNCH TIME TOOTH BRUSHING PROGRAMS. THE VALUE OF THE DENTAL PROGRAM IS ESTIMATED TO BE OVER 4,000,000 USD IN TOTAL. WE PARTNER CLOSELY WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF JAMAICAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE OF ORAL HEALTH SCIENCES AND WITH OUR PRIMARY SPONSOR SANDALS FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION TO FILLINGS, CLEANINGS, EXTRACTIONS, ROOT CANALS, SEALANTS, FLUORIDE AND OTHER PRIMARY CARE, WE ALSO HAVE ADDED DENTURES TO OUR SERVICES. THE 1000 SMILES DENTAL PROJECT PARTNERS WITH SOME 15 DENTAL AND ORAL HYGIENE SCHOOLS IN THE USA AND CANADA INCLUDING UCLA, TEMPLE, UW, MCGILL, U OF WESTERN ONTARIO, UCSF, U OF PACIFIC AND MANY MORE. IN 2019, GREAT SHAPE LAUNCHED BIG RED, A 2-OPERATORY MOBILE DENTAL CLINIC TO SERVE THE MOST REMOTE, HIGH NEEDS COMMUNITIES OF JAMAICA.

THE ICARE VISION PROJECT HOSTED NEARLY 100 VOLUNTEERS IN 2019 SERVING NEARLY 5000 PERSONS WITH FREE EYE EXAMS, GLASSES, MEDICATIONS AND MORE IN JAMAICA AND ANTIGUA. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED FREE CATARACT SURGERY TO SOME 35 PATIENTS. THE ICARE VISION PROJECT IS VALUED AT OVER 1,000,000 IN VALUE. THE TEAM ALSO PROVIDES OVER 2000 BLOOD PRESSURE AND DIABETES SCREENINGS. ICARE PARTNERS WITH SEVERAL OPTICIAN SCHOOLS AND IS SPONSORED BY SEE INTERNATIONAL.

THE SUPERKIDS AND TEACH THE TEACHERS LITERACY PROJECT'S PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO IMPROVE READING LITERACY. IN 2019, OUR TEAMS OF SOME 100 VOLUNTEERS WORKED IN 13 RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE PARISHES OF ST ANN AND ST MARY IMPACTING THE LIVES OF OVER 12,000 CHILDREN AGES 4 TO 12. CHILDREN IN THESE SCHOOLS HAVE A LITERACY RATE AT AROUND 50%. THIS PROGRAM INCORPORATES A HOLISTIC & MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO IMPROVING LITERACY BY PROVIDING LITERACY TRAINING TO JAMAICAN TEACHERS; 10,000 READING BOOKS THAT ARE PUT IN THE HANDS AND HOMES OF KIDS; COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTER LABS; SCHOOL UNIFORMS FOR THE POOREST OF CHILDREN SO THEY DONT MISS CLASS; MUSIC, ART AND SPORTS SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOLS TO AUGMENT THE CHILDRENS LEARNING EXPERIENCE. TEACH THE TEACHERS COMPUTER LITERACY IS A NEW SIDE PROJECT THAT FOCUSES ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS IN THE AREAS OF COMPUTER LITERACY, LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY AND CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT.

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