The Renaissance Family Foundation, an affiliate of Renaissance Dental, will bring Brush!, a literacy-based oral health education program, to Head Start programs in more than 40 Georgia counties through a $35,000 grant. Created in partnership with the McMillen Center for Health Education, the 52-week program is aimed at improving the oral health and school readiness of , more than 4,000 preschool-aged children entering kindergarten. Additionally, the program has a strong parent education component that includes a monthly newsletter in both Spanish and English and a text messaging program.

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Members of the conversion crew take a break as the main scoreboard is lowered to the floor to be worked on as the arena gets ready for the next concert at State Farm Arena, Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Atlanta. The crew was working on creating a stage for the Friday, Oct. 3 Maxwell concert. (Jason Getz/AJC)

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