Creating Confident Smiles for Holocaust Survivors in Need

Mission

The Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program’s mission is to provide comprehensive oral health care to Holocaust survivors living in poverty across North America.

We are Grateful to Our Current Philanthropic Donors

The Claire Friedlander Family Foundation, the Robert I. Schattner Foundation, Inc., Henry Schein Cares Foundation, Bedford HealthCare Solutions, The Darwin Project, Hyman R and Ruth Shapiro Foundation Inc., The Wagner Family Foundation, Russian American Dental Association, Mr. Jonathan Eskow, Dr. Fredric H. Simon, Town & Country Dental Studios, GCDL, Orthodent Ltd., Alpha Omega US Dental Foundation and Alpha Omega Foundation of Canada.

The Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program

A public-private partnership that seeks to increase underserved Holocaust survivors’ access to oral care, therefore enhancing their overall quality of life. The program is jointly sponsored by Henry Schein, Inc., the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, and the Alpha Omega International Dental Society (AO), the oldest Jewish international dental and medical organization.

Musya’s Holocaust Survivor Story

My name is Musya. I was born in Riga, Latvia in 1934. I am sharing some snippets from my book, As Life Flows On. It was the summer of 1941. I had …

Solomon Volkov’s Holocaust Survivor Story

My name is Solomon Volkov, and I was born in 1944 in Leninabad, now Khojent, Tajikistan. I grew up in Riga, Latvia. Riga is a city with history, …

Alberto Di Porto’s Holocaust Survivor Story

My name is Alberto Di Porto. My family originally came from Portugal, hence the name Di Porto, meaning “From Porto” in Italian. Porto is a city in …

DC Area Patient

“I [am] eternally grateful to you for the great work with excellent result you provided for my dental care. Now I can eat, chew and talk without physical and mental suffering from holes in my teeth and broken dentures. This significant[ly] improves my health and changes the quality of my life…

NYC Patient

“…I went to my appointment with the dentist recommended by you…, such a plaisir: The surgeon who is taking care of me is…, my mother’s maiden name! After the explications [sic] of all the work she had to do on me. 3 big things! I asked how much it will cost me, and her response was incredible to me: nothing because you come from your organization!”

Boston Patient

“Every time when we are entering the office, we are not only confident that we will receive help at the highest professional level, but we also know that we will find ourselves in an ambience of human support and understanding…Thank you that you have not forgotten and can still feel the inhumane suffering your brethren from Europe and have opened the door of your office to them.”