Garrison Family Dental

June 4, 2024

To Our Patients of Garrison Family Dental,

We would like to thank you for your loyalty to our practice. We are very proud to be your dental healthcare provider and look forward to many more years of care, health, and friendship.

Our office, like many others in the area, is in the midst of a statewide shortage of dental hygienists. Within the last few months our hygiene department has been affected by retirement and an out-of-state move. We are committed to finding replacements that will continue to provide the high level of care and caring you have come to expect. This search has proven to be challenging.

We are actively looking for replacements and ask for your patience during this time. The interval between cleaning visits at the office may be slightly longer than you are accustomed to. Our front desk team is working hard to minimize the number of disruptions being made to our/your schedule. If you have an urgent dental need, please do not hesitate to call and schedule time with Drs. Kanelos or Fredette.

Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Drs. Kanelos and Fredette, and Staff

Come on down to support our friends at Greater Seacoast Community Health

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Tour at Rochester Opera House on April 3
March 5, 2024
Announcement, Press Release

ROCHESTER, NH – The Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour will stop at the Rochester Opera House for one night only on Wednesday, April 3 as a fundraiser for Greater Seacoast Community Health.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and films begin at 7 p.m.

The Paintbrush Film Program will be shown, highlighting outdoor adventure, travel to exotic landscapes and action sports. The film lineup is as follows:

-Desert Wings: Paramotoring (using a motorized paraglider) over the deserts in the American Southwest.

-Soundscape: Share the experience of climbing a mountain via echo location, touch, and imagination with an adventure athlete who is fully blind.

-The Blackcountry Journal: An artistic expression showing the collaboration of black culture, skiing, and jazz.

-Georgia Astle: Flip the Switch: Canadian mountain biker Georgia Astle aspires to take her mountain biking skills to the next level.

-Canada Vertical: Explorers travel from Canada’s northernmost island to Canada’s southernmost park by skiing, canoeing, and biking in extreme conditions.

-Leo & Chester: Leo, a sought-after rock star with a promising career, turns his back on the industry to pursue a life with a herd of buffalo.

-Earthside: Follow a group of skiers on an expedition above the Arctic Circle as they find their trip’s success is contingent not on what they skied but the time they have together.

-Near the River: The potential impact of a proposed dam on the Zambezi River near the tourism town of Livingstone, Zambia.

-El Gavilán: Two Canadian mountain climbers attempt to climb a 900-foot limestone shipwreck in the Mexican desert.

Event proceeds assist local individuals and families in accessing quality, affordable primary and preventive health care services through Greater Seacoast’s network of community health centers: Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth and Families First Health & Support Center in Portsmouth.

“We’re honored to host this world class event as a fundraiser to help us further our mission of providing quality health care to everyone — regardless of ability to pay,” said Joann Neumann, Greater Seacoast’s Chief Development Officer. “We’re excited for film festival guests to join in viewing these amazing feats of adventure and outdoor exploration.”

Tickets are $28.50 each and include all ticket fees. Visit www.rochesteroperahouse.com or call 603-335-1992 to learn more.

Be moved. Be inspired. Don’t miss out.

SOCIAL MEDIA



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About Greater Seacoast Community Health:

Goodwin Community Health in Somersworth and Families First in Portsmouth merged to create Greater Seacoast Community Health in 2018. They provide primary care, pediatrics, dental care, prenatal care, behavioral health counseling, substance use disorder treatment, mobile health services, the Strafford County Public Health Network, Women Infant and Children nutrition (WIC), social work services, a pharmacy, parenting classes, playgroups and home visiting. For more information, visit GetCommunityHealth.org.

The mission of Greater Seacoast Community Health is sponsored in part by our 2024 Partners in Good Health: Novocure; Bank of New Hampshire; Digital Prospectors; Rochester Opera House; Eastern Bank; Kennebunk Savings; Clark Insurance; Hannaford Supermarkets; Holy Rosary Credit Union; WJP Development, LLC; CGI Employee Benefits Group; Cornerstone Financial Planning; Dead River Company; D.F. Richard Energy; Garrison Family Dental; WellSense Health Plan; Wentworth-Douglass Hospital; Bangor Savings Bank; BrownLaw, PLLC; Palmer Gas & Oil; and Tobey & Merrill Insurance.

About the Rochester Opera House:

The historic Rochester Opera House, a not-for-profit organization, presents an annual performance season of shows for children, teens, adults, and seniors. Built within City Hall in 1908, this beautifully restored theater is the only remaining theater in the world with a unique mechanism that raises the orchestra floor at an incline for amphitheater seating and levels the floor for dancing.

About the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour:

Immediately following the Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival, held annually in November in Banff, Alberta, Canada, a selection of the top films submitted to the Festival go on a tour around the world. Host organizations in each tour location help to choose a program that reflects the interests of their community, creating a unique celebration of adventure and adventurers at each stop. The World Tour spans the globe, reaching over 500,000 audience members.

ROCHESTER OPERA HOUSE The historic Rochester Opera House, a not-for-profit organization, presents an annual performance season of shows for adults, families, students, and teens.

Dr. Kanelos and Dr. Fredette at the Best of the Seacoast Community Choice Awards last night at The Blue Ocean Event Center in Salisbury, MA. 🦷🪥😁

Thank you in advance for voting for us!!!

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To our wonderful patients:
It is with mixed emotions we announce the retirement of our long-time office manager, Mary Riordan. Many of you are aware Mary retired at the end of March. Mary has been like family to this office and has cultivated many friendships over the years. We are thankful for her hard work, dedication, and dependability. We are sad to see Mary go, but happy for her as she moves on to a new exciting chapter in her life. She will be missed by the patients and the entire team at Garrison Family Dental.
Mary, we wish you all the best and thank you for your many years of service at Garrison Family Dental. Enjoy retirement!
Dr. Kanelos & Dr. Fredette

Congratulations Samara Gallagher on completing the Boston Marathon. We were honored to support your marathon campaign.
All the best to you!!!
Dr.’s Kanelos, Fredette, and Staff

Baby shower today at Garrison Family Dental. Best of luck to our wonderful hygienists Leah and Libby. Baby Pierson and Baby Domingue are due May/June. We can’t wait to meet the babies!!! ❤️🍼😊

Starting off the new year with some exciting and new changes here at Garrison Family Dental. It’s a bittersweet time for all of us as we say goodbye to our colleague and friend Dr. Staples who retired last week after more than 30 years of practice serving our patients and community with pride. We will miss him, his expertise, professionalism, and camaraderie. Not to worry as you will likely see Dr. Staples around town either with his adorable grandchildren, working towards causes he and his wife Maureen hold dear to their heart, and continuing to work hard for the board positions he currently holds in the community.
As we say goodbye to Dr. Staples we also want to welcome Dr. Gregory Fredette who was handpicked by Dr. Staples as his successor.
Dr. Kanelos is very excited to welcome his new partner Dr. Fredette and looks forward to working together with him and the staff to carry on the exceptional care patients have become accustomed to at Garrison Family Dental.
Good luck to Dr. Staples in his retirement, and to Dr.’s Fredette and Kanelos as they embark on their new journey together.

Happy New Year to everyone!!!!

Happy Holidays from all of us at Garrison Family Dental!!!