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… Chanel Iman: Cleft Care Saves Lives Chanel Iman: Cleft Care Saves Lives The model and activist on why Smile Train's work is so close to her heart. Our newest Celebrity Supporter, Chanel Iman, on why she's joining Smile Train to fight for children with clefts — and how you can get involved, too. … The model and activist on why Smile Train's work is so close to her heart. … Chanel Iman: Cleft Care Saves Lives …
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Smile Train President and CEO Susannah Schaefer Honored with Charles B. Wang Community Service Award
… Smile Train President and CEO Susannah Schaefer Honored with Charles B. Wang Community Service Award Smile Train President and CEO Susannah Schaefer Honored with Charles B. Wang Community Service Award Elmont, NY (April 9, 2024) – Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, today announced their President and CEO, Susannah Schaefer, …
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… Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria Empowering Cleft Moms in Nigeria First it was their children. Now, Smile Train partner GSI is giving cleft moms unimagined opportunity, too. Surgery is only the beginning. Smile Train and our partner Grassroot Smile Initiative are teaching mothers of children with clefts in Nigeria entrepreneurial skills so they can keep their …
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… The Mollettes Don’t Do Things Halfway The Mollettes Don’t Do Things Halfway Full Hearts. Full Marathons. Full Smiles. The Mollette family of Little Rock are true diamonds from the Diamond State: They are tough, they are rare, their … this role, he shares his story with donors and foundations and has become the face of the hospital — literally, as his smile beams from billboards up and down Arkansas and from the sides of ambulances across Little Rock. Completing the … for a purpose.” While they didn’t have a cause in mind when they registered, the choice was soon obvious: Team EMPOWER , Smile Train’s endurance athletics program. “ We feel Smile Train is the foremost name out there for cleft care . And …
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… Kate Donovan: Smile Train Helped Me Learn to Tell My Story Kate Donovan: Smile Train Helped Me Learn to Tell My Story After Kate’s son passed away, she rarely spoke about him. Now, she’s sharing … complications with his cleft. Until recently, Kate could hardly bring herself to talk about him with anyone. She joined Smile Train’s Cleft Community Advisory Council to support others in similar situations and to keep David’s memory alive. …
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… Smile Train Joins FDI World Dental Federation to Amplify the Importance of Good Oral Health Smile Train Joins FDI World Dental Federation to Amplify the Importance of Good Oral Health The collaboration is in celebration of World Oral Health Day New York, NY (March 20, 2024) – Smile Train , the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, teams up with FDI World Dental Federation to promote a powerful message: A Happy Mouth is a Happy Body . Today, in …
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… With Clefts To Be Superheroes Luke Zappia Wants Children With Clefts to be Superheroes He doesn't have a cleft, but Smile Train has always been like a part of his family. While growing up in Babylon, New York, Luke Zappia was always intrigued by the Smile Train mailers his mother kept all around the house and by the fundraisers she hosted at the school where she worked. “Smile Train was always a big part of our life. The images of the children’s transformations really caught my eye and the …
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… Camila’s Story is No Fairytale Camila’s Story is No Fairytale But Smile Train empowered her to write her own happily ever after Camila lives on an idyllic, tree-lined farm in a valley … setting masks a darker reality: Camila spent much of her childhood in fear. We think Camila always had a beautiful smile She was born with a cleft. It forced her to spend days at a time in the hospital. She had her first cleft surgery … anesthesia. How long and hard the recovery would be once she woke up. Then, at school, other kids teased her for her smile. For the bandages she needed to heal it and the years of orthodontics she needed to straighten it. In those …
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… Cleft Con 2023 Session Recordings Cleft Con 2023 Session Recordings Connect. Engage. Share Smiles. Back to Cleft Con We are happy to share recorded sessions from our 2023 Virtual Cleft Con. We hope you find them … as we do! If you would like to request one of these speakers for an upcoming meeting or event, please email cleftcon@smiletrain.org . Keynote: Henry and Jeremy Shipp We invite you to join us for a special replay of the captivating keynote … short film "Best Smile in the World" by Sarah Wun as it takes you on a powerful, personal journey through the filmmaker’s life and how she came to love herself and cultivate a positive inner dialogue. An insightful discussion exploring …
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… to Close Critical Gap in Surgical Safety Global Health Organizations Rally to Close Critical Gap in Surgical Safety Smile Train and Lifebox advocate for inclusion of a capnograph as an essential anesthesia monitoring equipment for safer … to improve safety for millions of people undergoing surgery each year, the world’s largest cleft-focused organization, Smile Train , and the safer surgery global nonprofit, Lifebox , have come together to urge health care systems and … anesthesia monitoring equipment for safer surgery. Demonstrating their commitment to closing the global capnography gap, Smile Train this week announced they would be donating additional capnographs valued at over $300,000 to their partner …
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… Redefines Success for Women, and Herself She used to measure success in millions of dollars. Now she measures it in smiles Though she’s lived almost her entire life in her hometown, Phensiri Charoensuk’s greatest passion is providing … meteor. She served out her contract, then came home to Bangkok in search of something new. She found a job posting from Smile Train on LinkedIn and sent in her CV. Five minutes later, she received a call back from the head of our Southeast … charities that send outside doctors into — then out of — other countries on one- to two-week cleft “surgical missions,” Smile Train’s sustainable model trains, equips, and empowers local healthcare professionals around the world to provide …
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… Team EMPOWER Spotlight: Dr. Clayton Lawrence Team EMPOWER Spotlight: Dr. Clayton Lawrence We interview Smile Train Team EMPOWER member Dr. Clayton Lawrence. Dr. Clayton Lawrence is busy. He runs a medical staffing company … same number of hours in a day as you) has completed 116 marathons at last count! When Dr. Lawrence signed up to run for Smile Train Team EMPOWER, he was generous enough to give us more of his valuable time for an interview. We had to know, … offers a great deal of motivation to continue training for and running marathons. What was your motivation for joining Smile Train Team EMPOWER for both the 2019 BMW Berlin Marathon and the 2020 Virgin Money London Marathon? I believe that …