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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!

# 7,600:

12:59 am PDT, May 13, Babis Gabriel, Greece

# 7,599:

11:28 pm PDT, May 12, Mariavictoria Duron, Texas

# 7,598:

6:55 pm PDT, May 12, David Shaffer-Gottschalk, Virginia

# 7,597:

3:54 pm PDT, May 12, Carrie Vogan, Tennessee

# 7,596:

3:06 pm PDT, May 12, Youssef AB, Egypt
please, everyone needs to feel happiness! children can feel left out like i was. happiness is by far the best gift you will ever have, so why not give it to children?

# 7,595:

12:03 pm PDT, May 12, Kimberlee Thorne, California
Please help these precious children. They deserve a chance just like everyone else. I feel so bad for them. They are so young and helpless.

# 7,594:

10:52 am PDT, May 12, Darcey Cordero, Iowa
Dear Child :) A smile can tell so many things and more when its done with the heart. Use your smile to tell something to someone and use it with the heart because its always stronger. Best Regards

# 7,593:

9:04 am PDT, May 12, Jim Curland, California

# 7,592:

8:33 am PDT, May 12, Ben Oscarsito, Sweden
When You're smiling...

# 7,591:

8:07 am PDT, May 12, Jason Gullo, New York

# 7,590:

1:52 am PDT, May 12, Dannielle Philipson, Canada

# 7,589:

9:14 pm PDT, May 11, Ursula Noto, California

# 7,588:

6:42 pm PDT, May 11, Salie Howell, Oklahoma
Every child deserves to smile!!

# 7,587:

5:42 pm PDT, May 11, Celeste Winkle, Texas

# 7,586:

3:09 pm PDT, May 11, Amina Loucas, Florida

# 7,585:

3:01 pm PDT, May 11, Gary Loucas, Florida

# 7,584:

2:32 pm PDT, May 11, Alexis Robertson, Tennessee

# 7,583:

2:12 pm PDT, May 11, Eury Ramos, California
I am sending you a word of hope for a new life and a happy smile. I am sending you a message of love and happiness God Bless you.

# 7,582:

11:55 am PDT, May 11, Darla Hopley, Mexico

# 7,581:

10:48 am PDT, May 11, Tiera Carlock, Tennessee

# 7,580:

8:53 am PDT, May 11, Aaeron Robb, Maryland

# 7,579:

8:22 am PDT, May 11, Christine Griffin, Canada

# 7,578:

7:10 pm PDT, May 10, S Nam, New York

# 7,577:

5:54 pm PDT, May 10, Farra Morgan, Nebraska

# 7,576:

12:37 am PDT, May 10, J. R. S., California

# 7,575:

12:37 am PDT, May 10, Michael Hinshaw, Michigan
You can go far in life after this kind of surgery. The president of Guatemala, President Alvaro Colom, had a harelip. He had the surgery. He has attained a degree from the University of San Carlos. He has also been elected to the presidency of his country. So, don't give up hope for your future.

# 7,574:

11:46 pm PDT, May 9, Kathy Whitaker, Michigan

# 7,573:

9:35 pm PDT, May 9, Jessamyn Smallenburg, Michigan
Every child who needs it deserves to have this form of surgery!

# 7,572:

8:01 pm PDT, May 9, Harrison P Bertram, Illinois

# 7,571:

7:23 pm PDT, May 9, Kris K, Pennsylvania

# 7,570:

6:23 pm PDT, May 9, Anum Shahzad, Pakistan

# 7,569:

5:17 pm PDT, May 9, Hugs Blake, Indiana

# 7,568:

3:07 pm PDT, May 9, Chad McCrory, Georgia

# 7,567:

2:57 pm PDT, May 9, Donna O'Neal, Florida

# 7,566:

2:19 pm PDT, May 9, Kirsten McGorman, Arizona

# 7,565:

1:36 pm PDT, May 9, Maria Yiasemidou, Cyprus
Good luck! you deserve it!

# 7,564:

12:43 pm PDT, May 9, Katherine Valderrama, Florida
Happiness & love are the most important things in Life. May you know that you are loved because you are beautiful inside and out! And may you share your happiness with each and every smile :)

# 7,562:

6:44 am PDT, May 9, Mairead McKeough, New York
My dad had a hare lip and cleft palate back in the days when they couldn't really fix it. He had a very hard time. I'm glad your life will be better!

# 7,561:

11:47 pm PDT, May 8, Eileen Power, Ireland
I hope you have your new smile soon, I'm so happy for you and I'm praying for you and your family, God bless you Sincerely Eileen Power

# 7,560:

11:33 pm PDT, May 8, Name not displayed, Georgia

# 7,559:

10:39 pm PDT, May 8, Stephanie Kim, California
Good luck. Every person deserves the cahnce to smile (:

# 7,558:

10:02 pm PDT, May 8, Alyx Shabinsky, Wisconsin

# 7,557:

7:57 pm PDT, May 8, Stephanie Lombardi, New Jersey

# 7,556:

4:46 am PDT, May 8, Nick Birks, United Kingdom

# 7,555:

1:57 am PDT, May 8, Kara .C, Australia

# 7,554:

11:54 pm PDT, May 7, Brianna Gray, Australia
every child is beautiful including you!

# 7,553:

11:12 pm PDT, May 7, Wendie Lash, California
I'm sending you lots of love from the United States.

# 7,552:

3:39 pm PDT, May 7, JESSICA WILKS, Louisiana

# 7,551:

2:18 pm PDT, May 7, John c. Scolastico sr., Pennsylvania

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