Van Haren Family Dentistry Helps Fight Scleroderma

Van Haren Family Dentistry is participating in and supporting the GReatest 5K Ever sponsored by the Help Fight Scleroderma Foundation.  At least one staff member from our Grand Rapids, MI dentist office will run in the race.  Goodie bags for participants in the Grand Rapids race on October 3, 2009 include toothpaste jointly donated by Van Haren Family Dentistry and Proctor and Gamble.

Grand Rapids Dentist Office Has Connection to ArtPrize

The Grand Rapids dentist office of Dr. Ryan Van Haren has a connection to ArtPrize in local artist and photographer Dan Watts. Photographs by Dan Watts decorate almost every room at Van Haren Family Dentistry – even the restroom.


Photographs by Watts from Grand Rapids’ sister cities Perugia, Italy, Ga District, Ghana, Omihachiman, Japan, and Zapopan, Mexico decorate the patient rooms while a photograph from Bielsko-Biala, Poland decorates the restroom. Watts took the photographs during his Sister Cities Project commissioned by the JW Marriott in Grand Rapids. Watts’ sister cities photos currently adorn all 330 guest rooms and many corridors of the JW Marriott.

Van Haren Family Dentistry’s relationship with Watts predates his Sister Cities Project. Grand Canyon photographs taken by Watts in 1994 have been the centerpiece of the reception area at the dentist office since Dr. Marshall Ellens owned the practice.

Van Haren Family Dentistry staff has complimented Watts photography for years. Watts’ participation in ArtPrize brings greater appreciation for Watts’ talent.