GSDM AAWD Chapter Volunteers at Jimmy Fund Walk

On Sunday, September 24, 2017, 24 members of the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) community volunteered at the annual Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk. Since 1989, the Jimmy Fund Walk has raised more than $125 million for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. This year, more than 9,300 walkers, 1,000 volunteers, 640 Dana Farber employees, and 49 sponsors made this year’s event another great success.

The GSDM team volunteered at The Finish Line at Copley Square near Boylston and Dartmouth Streets. The GSDM group was made up of members of the American Association of Women Dentists (AAWD), as well as members of the Massachusetts Dental Society (MDS), Women in Dentistry, and Miles and Smiles. The group volunteers in the food and water tent, handing out nourishment to the walkers who completed the historic 26.2 mile route.

Two faculty members from GSDM, Dr. Pelly Chang and Dr. Janis Moriarty, were two of the biggest fund raiser for the MDS Miles and Smiles Team.

The volunteers from GSDM were: Zohaib Ahmed DMD AS 18; Amanda Alon DMD 18; Leena Aslan DMD 21; Stefany Barba DMD 21; Stephanie Bont DMD 20; Marisa Bouchardt DMD 20; Ashley Brumell DMD 20; Nelson Carpentier DMD 21; Kerin Gustafson DMD 20; Kendra Hackman DMD 21; Usman Iqbal (preceptor); Carolynn Jewell DMD 20; Aimee Joyce DMD 20; Nayyab Khan DMD 21; Nabeel Khan DMD 18; Shahmir Akbar Khan (preceptor); Ms. Kathy Lituri, Oral Health Promotion Director in the Department of Health Policy & Health Services Research; Eli Madera DMD AS 19; Milena Nersesyan DMD AS 19; and Fenal Shah (preceptor).

More photos from this event can be found on Facebook.