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… as soon as circumstances allowed. The Reeser family. Choosing a venue was easy — Nick Mentgen’s friend owns a large bar in town. As for choosing a charity, Reeser recalls: We know that having a cleft is not just cosmetic. It’s the … for our Peoria community,” Fiddes said. They decided to sell tickets for beverages and all-you-can-eat food at the bar and to enlist local businesses to contribute to a silent auction. As the world began to reopen in spring 2021, they had their date: Saturday, July 10. The Chan family. The response was overwhelming. Bars, restaurants, spas… seemingly every shop in the city wanted to contribute a gift card or product to the cause. The …
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… Bautista Busts a Move Bautista Busts a Move His feet are magic. His smile, a miracle Bautista could barely breathe when he was born. He could barely eat, either: When his mother, Soledad, … out his nose and into his lungs, choking him. If she and her husband, Luis, hadn’t found Fundación Rioja, their local Smile Train partner, just in time, their newborn might have been another of the too many babies who dies each year from … baby could eat and grow. Once she got Bautista healthy enough, they gave him his first cleft surgery, made possible by Smile Train’s generous donors around the world. It saved his life, but it wasn’t enough. It couldn’t be. Bautista’s …
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… Ling Clobes Smile Train College Scholarship Application ling-clobes-scholarship-application.pdf … Ling Clobes Smile Train College Scholarship Application …
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… Victoria Reed Smile Train College Scholarship Application victoria-reed-scholarship-application.pdf … Victoria Reed Smile Train College Scholarship Application …
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… CURE International and Smile Train Tackle Clefts with New Global Partnership CURE International and Smile Train Tackle Clefts With New Global Partnership Goal: Expand cleft care and double cleft surgical capacity … patients and their communities. Since its inception in 1996, CURE has completed more than 5 million patient visits and 300,000 life-changing surgeries. For more information, visit https://cure.org/. About Smile Train Smile Train empowers …
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… Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life Out of School and Out of Sight for 17 Years, Ndindai is Now Embracing Life How one smile can change a life Ndindai is a 20-year-old member of the nomadic Maasai tribe of Kenya. She is the eighth child of … met a man who said he had a cleft, but it was healed for free at their county hospital thanks to an organization called Smile Train. She couldn't believe it; this man's smile lit up the neighborhood and he seemed perfectly healthy. She took her granddaughter and left for the hospital that …
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… Premier Circle Join the Premier Circle Premier Circle is Smile Train's exclusive group of donors who have taken a leadership position in the fight to ensure that every child can smile and thrive. Donate Today What is Premier Circle? Smile Train’s ability to provide 100%-free comprehensive cleft care for children around the world is largely due to the …
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… Song for Ana Sofia, and All Children with Clefts A Love Song for Ana Sofia, and All Children with Clefts "An incomplete smile that completes me…" Smile Train was founded on the belief that no one can treat patients better than the healthcare workers already living in … all of them. They knew that they had the skills. They just didn’t have the money. That’s when Flor de Maria discovered Smile Train. “Since that moment, all things changed,” she said. ”To talk about Fundación Contreras is to speak of a …
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… cleft lip or palate affects so much more than what you see. It achieves immediate, dramatic, and long-lasting impact in nearly every aspect of a child’s life. Beyond the smile. About clefts Are clefts common? Severe? And how do they affect … and resources to treat clefts for good. Learn more about our model. Improve mental health Beyond treatment, we aim to foster a positive self-image in the children we help. Learn more. Ending needless suffering Comprehensive cleft care …
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… Smile Train Cleft Lip and Palate Feeding Recommendations cleft-lip-palate-feeding-recommendations.pdf Comprehensive Care … Smile Train Cleft Lip and Palate Feeding Recommendations …
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… Cleft Con NYC 2023 2023 Cleft Con New York Session Recordings Connect. Engage. Share Smiles. Back to Cleft Con We are happy to share recorded …
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… Smile Train Named Global Campaign Winner at 2025 PRNEWS Digital Awards Smile Train Named Global Campaign Winner at 2025 PRNEWS Digital Awards Organization also takes home User-Generated Content award New York, NY – March 27, 2025 – Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, is thrilled to announce their recognition with the Global …