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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!

# 100:

2:37 pm PDT, Apr 16, Audrey Ellis, Texas

# 99:

2:34 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Florida

# 98:

2:28 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, New York

# 97:

2:25 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Arizona
This condition isn't just aesthetic it can interfere with nutrition.

# 96:

2:21 pm PDT, Apr 16, Christine Montgomery, California

# 95:

2:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Kathie Fallon, Florida

# 94:

2:14 pm PDT, Apr 16, Akimi Yuen, Florida
God Bless them.

# 93:

2:13 pm PDT, Apr 16, Charlotte Sahnow, Oregon
We can offer these unfortunate & condemned-by-nature children a LIFE!

# 92:

2:09 pm PDT, Apr 16, Brian Morr, Florida

# 91:

2:06 pm PDT, Apr 16, Gregory A Reece, Indiana

# 90:

2:04 pm PDT, Apr 16, Nicole Acosta, Nevada

# 89:

2:02 pm PDT, Apr 16, Anna FORNARELLI, Italy

# 88:

2:00 pm PDT, Apr 16, Delia Medina, Illinois

# 87:

1:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Kimberly Pugh, California

# 86:

1:56 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dreama Runyon, Florida
God's Angels will be right by your side. I will be sending you love, hope, blessings and prayers. I admire you for your courage and strength to face what you must head on and wish that I could see each of your beautiful smiles. Bless you with love and happiness forever.

# 85:

1:56 pm PDT, Apr 16, Laura Zanoli, Italy
CHILDREN'S SMILE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD...

# 84:

1:55 pm PDT, Apr 16, Merdean Flynn, Louisiana

# 83:

1:53 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ross Gladson, Oklahoma

# 82:

1:53 pm PDT, Apr 16, Gloria Gomez, United Kingdom

# 81:

1:51 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ami Ringler, Maryland
Let peace & hope grow

# 80:

1:42 pm PDT, Apr 16, Zhijun Liu, North Carolina

# 79:

1:41 pm PDT, Apr 16, Heather Cortes, Wisconsin

# 78:

1:40 pm PDT, Apr 16, Maryanne Campbell, South Carolina

# 77:

1:32 pm PDT, Apr 16, Angela Gomez, Ohio

# 76:

1:30 pm PDT, Apr 16, Wendy E. Horn, New York

# 75:

1:20 pm PDT, Apr 16, Joana Monteiro, Portugal

# 74:

1:18 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Michigan

# 73:

1:16 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Sarreal, California

# 72:

1:12 pm PDT, Apr 16, Nikki Heard, Louisiana

# 71:

1:12 pm PDT, Apr 16, Kelly Walsh, Ohio

# 70:

1:08 pm PDT, Apr 16, Kimberly Duran, Tennessee

# 69:

1:07 pm PDT, Apr 16, Gail J. Reams, Texas

# 68:

1:01 pm PDT, Apr 16, Shivonne Willcocks, New Zealand

# 67:

12:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, John Strickler, Kansas

# 65:

12:54 pm PDT, Apr 16, Lucinda C. Haagenson, California

# 64:

12:51 pm PDT, Apr 16, Maria Emmetti, California

# 63:

12:36 pm PDT, Apr 16, Kari Wisenbaker, Texas

# 62:

12:31 pm PDT, Apr 16, Laura Waszazak, New Jersey

# 61:

12:24 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dana Hoffman, Minnesota

# 60:

12:21 pm PDT, Apr 16, Sarah Biejansky, Florida

# 59:

12:18 pm PDT, Apr 16, Madison Small, Oklahoma

# 58:

12:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Deanna Rizzotto, California

# 57:

12:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Michael Akstull, Washington

# 56:

12:16 pm PDT, Apr 16, Shawn Williamson, California

# 55:

12:14 pm PDT, Apr 16, Nancy Wolf, California

# 54:

12:11 pm PDT, Apr 16, Debra Blaker, Oregon
Many blessings from across the miles.

# 53:

12:10 pm PDT, Apr 16, Crystal Morrison, Florida

# 52:

12:08 pm PDT, Apr 16, Panagiotis Rigopoulos, Greece

# 51:

11:59 am PDT, Apr 16, Martha Jane Ripple, Virginia
There is nothing more beautiful than a smile and today yours will be just as beautiful as everyone else's smile.

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