Howard Family Dental Foundation, the charitable foundation of a dental office group based in Coastal Georgia and South Carolina, and Endurance Race Services Savannah donated a $6,025 check on Thursday, October 4 to St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundations. The money raised from the Savannah Sunburn 10K/Half Marathon presented by Urgent Care of Sandfly will be used to provide support, education and guidance to children and teens with a family member facing a life-threatening disease through the Howard Hand in Hand Support Program.
 
Howard Family Dental Foundation co-founder and chair, Dr. Julie Howard; Howard Family Dental Foundation representative and marketing specialist, Kellie Merritt; and Endurance Race Services Savannah representative, Dan Pavlin, presented the check to St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundation’s Director of Annual Giving, Marti Barrow, and social worker of the Howard Hand in Hand program, Skye Cossio. A separate check was also donated and presented to Wormsloe State Historic Site for $2,200 on behalf of the race.
 
The donation to St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundations comes as part of Howard Family Dental Foundation’s larger, four-year pledge of $150,000 to support the Howard Hand in Hand Support Program. This free program will help children cope with and process their thoughts and feelings – often fear, sadness, anger, confusion – about how life has changed for them and their families because of an illness or disease.