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"Which programs and activities of your dental society give you a deep, genuine and intrinsic sense of pride?"

That's the question ADA Executive Director Kathleen O'Loughlin posed to constituent and component societies in a letter urging them to participate in the ADA Golden Apple Awards.

The annual awards present an opportunity to showcase a society's best work, and to publicly thank and recognize hard-working volunteers.

Entries for the 2010 Golden Apple Awards are due June 1. There are 11 award categories for dental society participation this year, including two new categories:

• Excellence in Access to Dental Care Programs (new);
• Excellence in Environmentally Sustainable Programs and Education (new);
• Legislative Achievement;
• Excellence in Membership Recruitment and Retention Activity;
• Excellence in Dental Health Promotion to the Public;
• Excellence in Member-Related Services/Benefits;
• Outstanding Achievement in the Promotion of Dental Ethics;
• Achievement in Dental School/Student Involvement in Organized Dentistry;
• Excellence in Science Fair Program Support and Promotion;
• Excellence in Dentist Well-Being Activities;
• Open Category—For programs that do not clearly or appropriately fit in the other categories.

Programs and activities represented in entries must have been produced between June 1, 2009, and May 31, 2010.

Nominations for the New Dentist Legislative Leadership Award, New Dentist Leadership Award and Outstanding Leadership in Mentoring awards—judged by the ADA Committee on the New Dentist—are due Dec. 1 to enable these awards to be presented at the ADA New Dentist Conference.

Golden Apple Award entries must be postmarked or submitted electronically by June 1. For information and forms, contact ADA Dental Society Services at Ext. 2600 or ddss@ada.org.