26 Jan 2006:
Hello All!
We are winding down and packing up to go home. We are so very grateful to all of you for the support we received during our deployment. I hope that all of you continue to support the brave men and women that are out here and everywhere serving our great nation. Our time here will never be forgotten and neither will the individuals we have become acquainted with. Words cannot express our gratitude.
Many thanks and blessings to everyone…
Lakeside Dental
11 Dec 2005
Greetings to all,
We continue to be in awe of the outpouring of support from you. It means a great deal to us. This is the first Christmas away from home for most of us. I registered on anysailor to keep the morale high for my staff during this deployment and provide them with any needed items that are unavailable to us. I can say that we have been successful in this. I cannot express in words how especially grateful we are to you. We thank you, we thank you, we thank you. Here is a group picture from our thanksgiving party and a picture of our new “support board.” Keep brushing and flossing……
Merry Christmas,
Lakeside Dental
17 Nov 2005
Here are a few snapshots from our Halloween party. We had a blast thanks to all your support. Several fellow marines and sailors came to join us in the fun.
We’ve received some funny pictures of supporters flossing. Keep sending them our way. Our patients get a kick out of seeing this! We have had to create an even bigger board to post pictures and cards that come to us. We want to share your kind words and appreciation with all who come into our clinic. The servicemen/women light up when they see our support board. Thank you.
We’d like to extend a very special thanks to the students and faculty of Brewster High! You guys are the greatest.
Lakeside Dental
26 Oct 2005
Hello everyone. Time is flying by and we are keeping a steady pace with patients. We are always grateful for your continued support. We have an unusual request for pictures of yourselves flossing. We will post pictures on our support board for our patients to see. This will add a humorous touch to our clinic and reinforce the need for flossing. If our patients see funny pictures of our supporters flossing, maybe they’ll remember to do the same. Thanks!
Lakeside Dental
16 Oct 2005
We want to say hello to everyone (big and small) writing letters to us. A special thanks goes to the students of Gorman School District and Cinnaminson Middle School! We love to hear about where you all come from and what you like to do every day. We have posted your pictures on our big support board. You should be receiving letters from us in the mail pretty soon. Thanks for your support, guys and gals!
Lakeside Dental
Candace A. Cole
09 Oct 2005
Hello all,
Here are a few pictures of our staff in action.
The clinic is beaming with excitement from reading letters and opening support packages. We almost have a complete library of books of all kinds. Thanks, because we love James Patterson and Steven King. We have a “support board” displaying the pictures we have received. There are now shelves in our clinic dedicated to providing servicemen with baby wipes, shampoo or anything else they may need. We do have a request for phone cards, board games and dvd’s. Every now and then, we try to have a movie night for everyone. With all the food we have received, we now have a need for plastic containers. Thanks again, everyone.
Lakeside Dental
Candace A. Cole
29 Sep 2005
Anysailor.com,
Our clinic is so appreciative of all the support we have received. We are going to have a great Halloween party with all the candy and decorations! The books and crossword puzzles help fill our down time. Thanks to everyone who sends encouraging words and love to our unit. We try to send a thank you note or email to all that have contacted us. We now have plenty of toothpaste and toothbrushes. We are able to distribute the extras to our patients. As a matter of fact, anything we have an abundance of, we pass on to the servicemen and women that come through our clinic.
We are heading into a cooler season in the desert, and we welcome the lower temperatures. Our hearts will always be warmed by the sentiments of our fellow Americans who think enough of us to support any sailor. We thank you.
Lakeside Dental
17 Sep 2005
Here is a picture of our dental clinic.
LT Cole
13 Sep 2005
Hello everyone!
Here is a picture of a few members of our team.
LT Cole
10 Sep 2005
I am a dental officer with several technicians. We run an efficient clinic and work very hard to make sure our Marines are dentally ready for the mission. One of my techs is a pretty good carpenter and has created a good working environment for us. The landscape is rather drab and our clinic could use colorful posters or anything to help decorate the place. Our structure is made of a metal, and we'd rather not put nails in it. Anything that can be taped to the wall is good.
Our team has become a "family." Several members of our team will celebrate birthdays while we are here, and we will be here through all the major holidays. I feel it is my duty as their leader to make this deployment as bearable as possible for them. I am always trying to find ways to keep morale high in our clinic. One way I'd like to do this is by celebrating the upcoming holidays as if we were at home. Home for us is North Carolina.
For Halloween, I'd like to give them small bags of assorted candy. There is not much candy to choose from here. Any birthday cards, board games, holiday decorations, or even a small christmas tree would be great. My techs are all in their early 20's and would feel better about Christmas away from home.
Our group always needs hand sanitizer, baby wipes, lotion, shaving cream, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, cotton swabs, sunblock(spf 40+), envelopes(no stamps), loose leaf paper, and any paperback books(old or new). We do have a couple of females who will need feminine hygiene products.
Any support would be more than appreciated. Any extra we have will be passed to another service member who needs it.
I thank you on behalf of our entire crew. Keep brushing and flossing!