Meet the ADA DHF team: Victorian coordinator Lynda Cunningham

The ADA Dental Health Foundation (ADA DHF) seeks to improve the dental health of all Australians who cannot easily access or afford dental care. To do this, it coordinates the delivery of essential dental treatment to disadvantaged members of the community through well-established volunteer programs.

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1. How long have you been with ADA Dental Health Foundation?

Two years and nine months.
 

2. What do you find most rewarding about being a Coordinator?

The satisfaction of a patient receiving the dental care they need after a long period of neglect or trauma and hearing how these services have impacted their life. 
 

3. What is your favourite activity to do at Christmas time?

Decorate the house and tree and watching B grade Christmas movies.
 

4. Any special Christmas traditions you do each year with friends and family?

Alternate hosting Christmas with my sister and her family who live interstate which usually ends with “Sneaking Santa” and a raucous round of Christmas trivia.
 

5. What is something you recently learned?

The marina where I live is a spawning area for Snapper.

6. What is your favourite movie?

Arsenic and Old Lace.
 

7. Favourite food?

Cake for breakfast.
 

8. Do you collect anything?

Dust under the bed.
 

9. Favourite place to travel to?

Anywhere I haven’t been before.
 

10. What fact about you might surprise people?

I’m a glass artist (though not a very good one).