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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!

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6:08 pm PDT, Apr 16, Lisa Garfinkel, Colorado

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6:06 pm PDT, Apr 16, Briana Patton, West Virginia

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5:46 pm PDT, Apr 16, Mels Whe, Vermont

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5:45 pm PDT, Apr 16, Sue Winkler, New York

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5:45 pm PDT, Apr 16, Maryann Smale, Maine
Don't be greedy, help the needy!

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5:36 pm PDT, Apr 16, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin

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5:23 pm PDT, Apr 16, Beny Castro, New York

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5:05 pm PDT, Apr 16, Holly Henderson, Massachusetts

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5:03 pm PDT, Apr 16, Robyn Markow, California

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5:00 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ilea Cochrum, Texas

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4:53 pm PDT, Apr 16, Thomas Campanicki, Pennsylvania

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4:46 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jeff Hopkins, Illinois

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4:42 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Komosinski, New Jersey

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4:39 pm PDT, Apr 16, Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire

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4:38 pm PDT, Apr 16, Rev Thom robinson, Florida
Drs need someone to practice on, might as well give these poor kids a chance to see the inside of a hospital.

# 135:

4:36 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Maine

# 134:

4:36 pm PDT, Apr 16, Sky Gianni, Florida
THIS SURGERY CHANGES LIVES AND I SUPPORT IT WHOLE HEARTEDLY.

# 133:

4:36 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jamie Richards, Massachusetts

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4:32 pm PDT, Apr 16, Masiel Feliz, New York

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4:31 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Maine

# 130:

4:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Debra Arnold, Michigan

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4:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Beth Julian, Pennsylvania

# 128:

4:28 pm PDT, Apr 16, Ray Brian, Kentucky

# 127:

4:20 pm PDT, Apr 16, MARYFAITH COLON, Ohio

# 126:

4:18 pm PDT, Apr 16, Dawn McGinnis, Maryland
Smile on good-looking because everytime you do, you make my heart sing!! Our families hearts are with you and yours!

# 125:

4:04 pm PDT, Apr 16, Toni Nesbitt-Hanson, Texas

# 124:

4:02 pm PDT, Apr 16, Elizabeth ` Adderley, Texas

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3:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Alese Tait, Connecticut

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3:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, California

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3:59 pm PDT, Apr 16, Irene Garcia Hernandez, Spain

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3:58 pm PDT, Apr 16, Christina A smith, Florida

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3:58 pm PDT, Apr 16, Audrey Campbell, Washington

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3:55 pm PDT, Apr 16, Glenda Ozment (Adams), Arkansas

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3:52 pm PDT, Apr 16, Traci Smith, South Carolina

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3:51 pm PDT, Apr 16, Cindy Sue, California

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3:42 pm PDT, Apr 16, Elaine Secondo, Connecticut

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3:30 pm PDT, Apr 16, Martha Rickman, California

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3:29 pm PDT, Apr 16, Cory Snyder, Nevada

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3:21 pm PDT, Apr 16, Heather Gregory, North Carolina

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3:19 pm PDT, Apr 16, Christi Stewart, Texas

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3:17 pm PDT, Apr 16, Lin Teachenor, Washington

# 109:

3:13 pm PDT, Apr 16, Cassandra Jackson, Arkansas

# 108:

3:11 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jessica Franco, New York

# 107:

3:08 pm PDT, Apr 16, Michelle Reyes, California
This is so important. It will bring about so much goodwill.

# 106:

3:03 pm PDT, Apr 16, Denise Caruso, Italy

# 105:

2:49 pm PDT, Apr 16, Beth Eisenzimmer, Canada

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2:44 pm PDT, Apr 16, Susan Quickel, California

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2:43 pm PDT, Apr 16, Tristan Fallis, Montana

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2:40 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jason Brown, Illinois

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2:37 pm PDT, Apr 16, Jennifer Buri da Cunha, New York

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