Community briefs

Reason to smile

San Jose resident Gabriela Alvarez has a reason to smile thanks to two local oral surgeons who started the Second Chance program.

Alvarez, 54, was selected last Thanksgiving to receive a free full-arch restoration treatment, a $50,000 smile makeover through Beech & Reid Oral & Dental Implant Surgery’s Second Chance program. On Feb. 25, Robert Beech, DDS, and John Reid, DMD of Beech & Reid Oral & Dental Implant Surgery surgically inserted dental implants that anchor to a temporary set of dentures, putting Alvarez on the path to a brand-new smile.

The procedure took place at the surgery’s Sunnyvale office. The oral surgeons also have offices in Milpitas and San Jose.

Players get ‘angel’

Thanks to an “angel donor,” Sunnyvale Community Players’ fundraising campaign is getting a boost through the month of

March, when donations to #SaveSCP of up to $5,000 will be matched by the LawSun Community Fund.

The community theater group recently announced that without additional support, it only had about six months left before its funding run out.

For existing or new monthly donors, March payments are automatically eligible for the Law-Sun Community Fund match.

To donate to the campaign, visit https://sunnyvaleplayers.org/donate.

Water center tour

Bay Area Older Adults is hosting a March 18 online tour of San Jose’s Advanced Water Purification Center. The tour, cohosted by Valley Water, will explain the processes water undergoes to be clean enough to be used for drinking and outline the future of water reuse.

The program runs 11 a.m.-noon. Visit https://www.bayareaolderadults.org/bao-lectures to register and get the information needed to join the conference call.