Weave's Healthcare Heroes Program Launched

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Weave (NYSE: WEAV), a leading all-in-one experience platform for small and medium-sized healthcare businesses, has launched Healthcare Heroes, a new grant program to honor healthcare practitioners making significant contributions to their communities. This community-driven initiative aims to award and support local healthcare practices that have gone above and beyond in serving their communities.

The first recipient of the Healthcare Heroes grant is Sonya Dunbar, MPH, RDH, also known as the Geriatric Toothfairy. Dunbar received $5,000 for her dedicated work in providing oral healthcare to marginalized communities, particularly senior citizens and military veterans in long-term care facilities. She has been a dental hygienist for over three decades and co-owns Mobile Dental Xpress, a mobile dental company she founded to address the lack of dental care services in these populations. Dunbar's work is critical as many of the individuals she serves have not received adequate dental care for months.

“Sonya’s commitment and dedication to her community is truly inspiring, and we’re thrilled to recognize her as Weave’s ...
... first Healthcare Hero,” said Chris Baird, Chief Marketing Officer at Weave. “It’s remarkable how one healthcare provider can profoundly impact their community by identifying a gap in care and inspire industry-wide innovation in caring for local, underserved populations.”

Dunbar expressed her gratitude for the recognition, stating, “As the Geriatric Toothfairy, I have the privilege of restoring dignity and confidence to marginalized communities whose oral health has been ignored for extended lengths of time. Many individuals I serve haven’t had their teeth brushed or cared for in months. My purpose is to be the voice for those whose voices have become a whisper, and I am immensely grateful to be able to make a lasting impact in these individuals’ lives -- one smile at a time.”

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