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deadline: 5-22-2008
goal: 7,500

Help a Child Smile

Target: Children Needing Smiles
Sponsored by: Operation Smile

For more than 25 years, Operation Smile has been helping children around the world afflicted with facial deformities such as cleft lips and cleft palates. A child born with a facial deformity is mocked and ridiculed. Eating and speaking are difficult. These children often end up totally dependent on their families who may even shut them away, believing they are cursed. Children who grow up with unrepaired cleft lips and cleft palates have difficulty developing social skills or leading productive lives.

Since 1982, Operation Smile's volunteer medical teams have treated more that 115,000 children providing free surgery, medical care and follow up treatment. Now they are going to Madagascar. This is the organization's second medical mission to this country and we are asking that people send messages of hope to the children who will be receiving the corrective surgery. These children are now ostracized and objects of ridicule, but they will soon be able to smile without fear. Won't you help encourage them to smile? Send a message of hope.

THE MESSAGE

Dear [Child],

I send you a message of hope - for a new smile, a new day, a new life. I'm so happy for you!

[Your Comment]

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]

Sign a Message of Hope

We signed the “Help a Child Smile” message!

# 50:

11:56 am PDT, Apr 16, Susan O'Connor, Florida
smile here is a hug you are not alone reach for the stars

# 49:

11:53 am PDT, Apr 16, ChrisAndDani Stanton, Alabama

# 48:

11:50 am PDT, Apr 16, Pam Boland, Georgia

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11:48 am PDT, Apr 16, Adam V Paul, Romania

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11:47 am PDT, Apr 16, Sharon Gonsalves, New Jersey

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11:47 am PDT, Apr 16, John Earl, Alabama

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11:44 am PDT, Apr 16, Laila Andre, Australia

# 42:

11:40 am PDT, Apr 16, Julieta Degiovani, Brazil

# 41:

11:37 am PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Warchol, Arizona

# 40:

11:37 am PDT, Apr 16, Alisa Kerwood, Oregon

# 39:

11:33 am PDT, Apr 16, Holly Swint, Florida

# 38:

11:30 am PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, New York

# 37:

11:26 am PDT, Apr 16, Mike Downs, Missouri

# 36:

11:23 am PDT, Apr 16, Heather Orr, Washington

# 35:

11:14 am PDT, Apr 16, Sheila Kay, California

# 34:

11:12 am PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, New York

# 33:

11:12 am PDT, Apr 16, Diana Leigh, California

# 32:

11:08 am PDT, Apr 16, Barb Knight, North Carolina
Today is a new smile! Enoy your new smile and use it everyday! Remember that God loves you and so do I! =)

# 31:

11:07 am PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

# 30:

11:07 am PDT, Apr 16, Kathryn Omarkhail, Texas

# 29:

11:03 am PDT, Apr 16, Leigh Stevens, Massachusetts

# 28:

11:01 am PDT, Apr 16, Daniela T, New York

# 26:

10:55 am PDT, Apr 16, Shannon Null, Pennsylvania

# 25:

10:55 am PDT, Apr 16, Annie Venesky, New York

# 24:

10:54 am PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Henderson, Florida

# 23:

10:52 am PDT, Apr 16, Mark Richmond, Michigan

# 22:

10:52 am PDT, Apr 16, Lori Rios, Illinois

# 21:

10:46 am PDT, Apr 16, Francisco Arbelaez, New York

# 20:

10:44 am PDT, Apr 16, Jacqueline Robinson, Georgia

# 19:

10:38 am PDT, Apr 16, Deanna Jones, Florida

# 18:

10:38 am PDT, Apr 16, Danielle Ciccone, Hawaii

# 17:

10:30 am PDT, Apr 16, Kim Merville, Pennsylvania

# 16:

10:28 am PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Michigan

# 15:

10:26 am PDT, Apr 16, Mavette Carlson, California

# 14:

10:24 am PDT, Apr 16, Cara Gubrud, Minnesota
You should never be afraid to smile.

# 13:

10:24 am PDT, Apr 16, Cheyenne Wolf, Montana

# 12:

10:15 am PDT, Apr 16, Cristina Ramirez, California

# 11:

10:12 am PDT, Apr 16, Glezela Meyer, Missouri

# 10:

10:06 am PDT, Apr 16, S. Wolins, New York

# 9:

10:04 am PDT, Apr 16, Holly White, Oklahoma

# 8:

10:00 am PDT, Apr 16, Franziska Eber, Germany

# 7:

9:54 am PDT, Apr 16, Lynn Kane, California

# 6:

9:53 am PDT, Apr 16, Ani Kaspar, New Mexico

# 5:

9:53 am PDT, Apr 16, Cassie Romano, Michigan

# 4:

9:48 am PDT, Apr 16, Gina Parisi, New York

# 3:

9:47 am PDT, Apr 16, Dawn Elliott, Washington

# 2:

9:47 am PDT, Apr 16, Elizabeth Logan, Connecticut

# 1:

9:43 am PDT, Apr 16, Megan G, Georgia

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