Heraeus social responsibility

SOUTH BEND, Inidana—Employees at Heraeus Kulzer emulate the company's commitment to social responsibility.

Two of the main beneficiaries of this commitment are the United Way and the National Children’s Oral Health Foundation. For the past several years, Heraeus has made generous cash donations to the United Way and the NCOHF, which helps to provide desperately needed dental services to underserved children suffering from pediatric oral disease. But the generosity is not limited to corporate contributions.

Through a program called “Building a Better Tomorrow,” Heraeus makes it convenient for employees to use bi-weekly payroll deductions to make donations to either or both of the two charities. In 2010, Heraeus employees donated a total of more than $14,000 to the two organizations, and donations are on track to achieve the company’s goal of exceeding that record in 2011.

Other recent charitable contributions made by Heraeus and its employees include:

• Partnering with numerous company employee volunteers and several local businesses in its hometown of South Bend to coordinate the delivery of $146,000 in badly-needed dental treatment to more than130 disadvantaged residents during “Pankey Dental Access Days” in August.
• Projected donations to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation of more than $100,000 during the years 2009-2011 by Heraeus’ Venus White line of teeth whitening systems.
• Donations of denture teeth by Heraeus’ Pala Prosthetics Division to three different charities providing dental services to underprivileged individuals in the U.S. and abroad.
• A donation of more than $12,000 by Heraeus’ Precious Metal Refining Division to the Foundation for Dental Laboratory Technology to help fund its work to train dental technicians and hence to ultimately improve the quality of dental care.

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“We take great pride in the ability of our innovative products to help dental practices and laboratories transform lives by providing the best possible dental care, but we don’t feel we can stop there,” said Chris Holden, Heraeus president.

“We believe we have a responsibility to use our resources to impact the greater community by transforming lives from a social standpoint as well, which the loyalty of our customers and the dedication and generosity of our employees are helping to make a reality.”

For more information, call (800) 431-1785 or visit www.heraeusdentalusa.com.

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