KIDS DAY!

So last friday, our dental office put on a all day "KIDS DAY" event. It was awesome! It's something we have talked about for the last few years and we finally nailed down a date and decided to make it happen! We have put months of planning into this day. We marketed like crazy, planned out our day and all...but of course it get's to the last few weeks and we are scrambling to get everything into place. Well..thankfully I work best under pressure! Last week..we worked like crazy gather the last of the school supplys, decorations and food list all together. Thursday at around 1pm we started decorating and I think by around 8:30pm I can say our office was transformed into a hawaiian island. It was SO cool in there. We had a LUAU theme and We decked everything out! We had over 35 kids scheduled, lot's of new families and a few of our current patients. It was such a FUN day! It went so smooth and the KIDS loved every minute of their experience which is worth SO MUCH! When they arrived we took them into our game room in back where we had around 5 different games they could play-they got to play up to 3 games and pick school supplys for each game played-While waiting to be called back they could grab a snack..muffins, fruit and yogurt in the morning, and hot dogs, chips and cookies for the afternoon! They all got their teeth cleaned LUAU style and we all had a blast! We gave away over 400$ in school supplys and also had 4 "STUFFED" backpacks full of school supplys for door prized! It was awesome to see the reaction of the kiddo's when they found out they WON! We also gave each child a goody bag filled to the rim with fun prizes...and of course a tooth brush, toothpaste and floss. The best thing was..we were able to give several kids who have had bad experinces in the past a GREAT dental experience...that is totally what counts. We want it to be a fun place to go not a scary place. Even Dr. hussey enjoyed the day. We will definitly be making it a Anual event!