Giving Back to Our Community
Community service is a cornerstone of our practice at Loew & Patel Orthodontics. Check out some of the ways we give back to families throughout New Jersey!
Creating Holiday Bliss for New Jersey Families
When times are hard, and you’re a parent facing the tough choices of a tight budget, you shouldn’t have to choose between an electric bill, food, or a beautiful holiday for your family!
Prevention Resources, Inc. collects gifts for families who are dealing with financial hardships during the holiday season. Thanks to you, our amazing community has provided a joyful season for 11 deserving families!
We love supporting this organization because of the fantastic ways they give back to the Hunterdon Community. To learn more about Prevention Resources Inc., visit https://njprevent.com/.
Thank you for making the holidays brighter for these families!
Operation Jersey Cares
There’s nothing more fun than trick-or-treating on Halloween! Operation Jersey Cares gives military troops deployed overseas the chance to enjoy the holiday, too.
Our community donated 2,800 pounds of candy to deliver care packages to our troops to show support and give them a tasty treat from home. To learn more about Operation Jersey Cares, a 100% volunteer–operated organization, visit https://operationjerseycares.org/.
Autism Awareness
For over 20 years we have treated patients with autism. This extension of the Loew & Patel Orthodontics family has taught us a lot about individuals with autism. We make it a priority every year to be part of creating awareness and revenue to support organizations that help families in our community.
We selected Autism of New Jersey as our charitable recipient. To learn more about this organization, visit their website, Autism New Jersey!
What made this year EXTRA special was the local businesses that stepped up and said, "Of Course" to our request for a donation to make this massive gift basket — which ended up with over $3,000 in gift card treasures to explore Hunterdon County!
If that wasn't amazing enough, our winner — who is Nancy Holden-Waltermire's son and our former patient — re-donated a $500 gift certificate for braces to another family whose autistic child needs braces!
Our Business Partners in Giving
An extra-special thanks to the following local business who contributed to our Autism NJ gift basket:
- 55 Main
- Blue Fish Grill
- Branchburg Sports
- CrossFit FPC
- Drone Zone
- Fourchette
- Game U University
- Harper's Table
- HQ Fitness
- Just Chill
- Lone Eagle Brewery
- Main Street Massage
- Marinelli's Pizza
- Matt's Red Rooster
- Next Level Ninja Warrior
- Red Mill Museum
- Rita's Flemington
- Towne Restaurant
- Touchstone Crystal by Swarovski
- Loew & Patel Orthodontics
- Pilates Club of Flemington
Good Neighbor Award
We were honored to accept the 2023 Good Neighbor Award from the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce.
The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce has been hosting this program for over twenty years and requests input from the business community to make nominations.
"The Annual Awards Breakfast is a chance to acknowledge the best of the best here in Hunterdon County.
The winners exemplify the ideal in business practices and achievement," said Chris Phelan, President of the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce.
Power of a Smile Scholarship Program
Loew & Patel Orthodontics is proud to partner with their patients to pursue excellence in education by funding the annual Power of a Smile Scholarship to graduating high school seniors to put toward their higher education.
Each year we offer a $500 scholarship to graduating high school seniors who are either current or previous patients of Loew & Patel Orthodontics or Sanford Orthodontics.
- Must be a graduating senior who is applying to college.
- Must be a current or previous patient of Loew & Patel Orthodontics or Sanford Orthodontics.
- Must write a paper 1-2 pages in length, any genre, on “The Power of a Smile”. CREATIVITY RULES!
- Entries must be original work, accompanied by a contest cover sheet which is completed and signed by both the applicant and parent.
- DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR ESSAY! You will be disqualified if you do so, your cover sheet will identify the essay as yours. For anonymity each submission will be assigned a number and our selection committee will review each essay.
- Submit “ALL” entries (regardless of which office you visit) by MAIL only to our LPO Bridgewater office:
Attn: Barbara Cimino - Loew & Patel Orthodontics
1353 Prince Rodgers Avenue, Bridgewater, NJ 08807
Deadline for all submissions: Monday, April 15, 2024
The winner will receive the Scholarship Award during the High School’s Award Night.
