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Caribbean L 20 ife, Oct. 11-17, 2019 BQ
Miss Marilyn Kippins with her donation for Hurrican Dorian victims.
Giving back from the heart
to help hurricane victims
By Tangerine Clarke
Miss Marilyn Kippins, founder and
president, of the Albany-based, Flora E.
Kippins Foundation, Inc., like millions
of other citizens across the world who
watched in horror as Hurricane Dorian
ravished the archipelago — Grand
Bahama, and Abaco islands, said she
had to find a way to help citizens recover
from the devastation they experienced
on Sept. 1.
As such, Miss. Kippins packed her
truck with over 100 pounds of food and
drove from Albany, New York, to be
donated to the Bahamas relief efforts
that began in Brooklyn three weeks
ago.
The Guyanese-American, said she was
saddened at the tragedy, but not sure,
how she could give to the Bahamas,
until she read an article in this publication,
that had featured the relief efforts
organized by the CARICOM Consular
Corps.
This is when she contacted this reporter
and made arrangements to have the
items of baby cereal, canned fruits, spaghetti,
macaroni and cheese, rice and
other dietary products donated.
Dorian, the most powerful tropical
cyclone on record to strike the Bahamas,
where it is now conformed, 56 citizens
are dead, 600 missing, and tens of
thousands homeless, caused charitable
citizens like Kippins, who saw the devastation
on television, to offer help.
“I knew the foundation could do
something to help the citizens of the
Bahamas, but I didn’t know how, and
where I could donate, until I saw your
article in Caribbean Life, during the first
outreach at Friends of Crown Heights in
Brooklyn,” she told this reporter.
“I would like to say to the Bahamians,
we are I praying for you. Our hearts and
our soul go out to you. And to all the
people who have gathered and organized
to put donations together to get food to
the Bahamas, thank you.”
“I am happy, my heart, is filled with
satisfaction, to see volunteers, trying
to get what they can to the islands,”
said Kippins, who founded the Flora E.
Kippins Foundation, Inc. in 2011, after
returning from West Africa, where she
noticed the poverty level was horrendous.
“I came home from my vacation in
2005, saddened, by the poverty-stricken
situation I had seen, and decided there
and then that I had to do something
to help those citizens,” said the philanthropist,
who off-loaded more than 40
cantons from her truck, filled with food
items
The mission of the foundation is to
provide resources and services, to support
and strengthen the development of
children and families globally, and citizens
who are at risk of the devastating
effects of poverty, HIV/AIDS and other
opportunistic viruses, in United States,
Africa and Guyana.
In addition to annual trips to Guyana
to feed the poor, donations are made to
St. Ann’s Orphanage in Georgetown,
where volunteers keep the foundation
abreast of needs, in order for the charity
to do outreach events.
Clothes, school supplies, canned
goods and other needed supplies, help
hundreds of underprivileged children
and adults in her homeland of Guyana.
“It is good to give back. As a born
and bred Guyanese, this is how we were
raised. This is what we saw. You have to
live it. It’s not just about you, it is about
giving to those in need,” said the humanitarian,
who is carrying on the legacy of
her deceased mother, Flora E. Kippins, a
once dedicated philanthropist.
To learn more and to make a donation,
go to the Flora E. Kippins Foundation,
Inc. website at www.floraekippinsfoundation.
org, or email –
floraekippinsfoundation@gmail.com.
Smiles for a lifetime thanks to Dr. Lichter
There was a time not that long ago
when it was assumed that missing,
broken and yellow teeth were just an
unfortunate part of growing old. Brooklyn
dentist Joseph Lichter, DDS, insists
it no longer has to be that way.
“My motto,” says Dr. Lichter, “is
smiles for a lifetime.” By helping
patients make informed decisions
about their oral health needs and
offering the latest in cosmetic dentistry,
Dr. Lichter is committed to
maintain or, if necessary, restore a
beautiful smile.
“Sadly,” says Dr. Lichter, “dental
problems can have a real impact on
quality of life. Many people hold back
from laughing or smiling because they
are uncomfortable about their appearance.”
At the office patients will find three
dentists, skilled hygienists and the
latest equipment to meet all of their
dental needs. But more importantly,
said Dr. Lichter, he and his staff offer
the care that their patients deserve.
“Unfortunately in today’s world
some of the care part has been lost.
Skill and compassion go hand-in-hand
when providing exceptional patient
care.”
Whether they are performing
traditional dental procedures or
cosmetic dentistry, Dr. Lichter’s team
takes an overall comprehensive
approach that takes into consideration
the patient’s entire body, not just the
teeth.
Dr. Lichter said he is proud to bring
stateof-the art dentistry to Midwood.
“I am always trying to be on the
cutting edge of my profession,” he said.
He appreciates the positive feedback he
has been getting. The new office space
that has been tripled in size allows the
team to accommodate more patients
more quickly.
This is a full service traditional
dental practice that has been in
Midwood for more than 65 years. Dr.
Lichter is the third dentist to run the
office. Of course Dr. Lichter performs
traditional dental procedures such as
teeth cleaning, fillings, root canal
therapy and the removal of teeth. But
in addition the practice offers the latest
in restorative and cosmetic dentistry
including implants, porcelain veneers
and crowns and fixed bridges. These
and similar procedures can make a
broken smile look like new.
The office offers Invisalign, an
alternative to metal braces that uses
virtually invisible plastic aligners that
gently shift teeth into place over a
period of time. This alternative, the
doctor said, has become increasingly
popular with teens and adults. This
procedure can have a longterm impact
on quality of life.
The good news, Dr. Lichter said, is
that people are learning to take better
care of their teeth. And as people in
today’s world expect to live longer they
are more open to what cosmetic dentistry
has to offer.
He acknowledges that modern
dentistry can be expensive, especially
for treatments that are not covered by
insurance. “Dentists,” he explains,
“can have extremely high overhead,
especially for work done outside the
office.” However Dr. Lichter said he
attempts to keep dentistry affordable so
everyone can benefit.
His experience so far has been that
patients find the results well worth the
investment.
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