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… nurse and mother of two from central Illinois. She is also a member of the Cleft Community Advisory Council (CCAC) — Smile Train’s board of cleft-affected Americans whose personal experiences ensure our marketing initiatives and … can be. We recently caught up with her to learn more about life as the mother of a child with a cleft and why supporting Smile Train’s work around the world means so much to her. How have clefts touched your life? My daughter, Brennan, who is … don’t want them assuming things or talking about my child behind my back. Just ask — really! How did you find out about Smile Train? Was there anything in particular that inspired your support? When Brennan was diagnosed with a cleft, I …
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… CCAC Spotlight: Amanda Terrazas CCAC Spotlight: Amanda Terrazas She endured 16 cleft surgeries as a girl. Now, nothing stops Amanda from living #CleftStrong. Human Resources Administrative … strategy. I was born with a bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate in Riverside, Illinois. Growing up, I endured 16 corrective surgeries and countless other comprehensive cleft treatments. Through the entire treatment process, I was … 2023 Linda Morris: Cleft Rebel United States Sep 7, 2023 Dillon Miller Knows the Power of Sharing a Story … She endured 16 cleft surgeries as a girl. Now, nothing stops Amanda from living #CleftStrong. … CCAC Spotlight: Amanda Terrazas …
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… Clefts Are a Problem We Can Solve Together Sarah Thomas: Clefts Are a Problem We Can Solve Together Just take that first step As a girl waiting for the school bus in Mumbai, Sarah Thomas often saw children with clefts on the street. Their … at the winter dance. Four years and eight thousand miles after first encountering Smile Train, Sarah was ready for this moment, to finally slip that last piece of the puzzle into place. She poured hours into preparing her presentation; she … around Plainsboro, culminating each summer in a dance intensive and recital to benefit charities in India. “I started my own nonprofit because Student Ambassadors taught me how easy fundraising is. You just have to start, and that’s it.” …
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… Stanley Means Love Stanley Means Love A new dog comes to a small town and changes everything Here at Smile Train, if there’s anything we love almost as much as seeing people with clefts live their best lives, it’s dogs. … It was love at first sight for both. Stanley standing in his pen when he first saw Debbie “He had the most unique smile I had ever seen in my life,” Debbie remembers. Only love could have given Debbie the strength to handle the days … as a way to educate about clefts and help cleft-affected children in need. She did some research and immediately knew Smile Train was the cause for them. She reached out asking if Stanley could help us spread the message that it’s ok to be …
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… more children. If your company uses a paper matching gift form, please complete your section, sign, and mail it to the address below. We will do the rest! Smile Train P.O. Box 96246 Washington, DC 20090-6246 Attn: Matching Gifts If you or …
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… impossible. He screamed with hunger night and day and was at risk of malnutrition or worse, when his mother discovered Smile Train partner Fundación Gantz. Sixteen years of complete, comprehensive, local care later, Vicente looks to the future with health, confidence, hope, and a brilliant smile. Follow Vicente’s Journey Whatever the need, Smile Train is there to meet it with the safest, highest-quality care possible because children with clefts deserve no …
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… Oti Chooses Bravery Oti Chooses Bravery At 17 years old, he decided it was time for cleft care Kennedy was the only member of his family with a cleft. Everyone in his community treated him with … hospital, he was surprised to see very young children who, like him, were also there for cleft procedures. At last, the time came for Oti’s surgery. His old fears began to creep in. But he chose to be brave. And his surgery was a complete … is Not an Outcast Kenya Dec 20, 2021 Kioko Can Finally Leave the Family Farm … At 17 years old, he decided it was time for cleft care … Oti Chooses Bravery …
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… surgery are even more so, leaving many babies with clefts unable to access lifesaving care. As fellows at the Grassroot Smile Initiative, a long-time Smile Train partner in the city of Kano known as a leader in comprehensive care, Drs. Farinyaro and Ehighibe are working … with increasing access to cleft care in Nigeria. Dr. Ehighibe wants to ensure that her country’s government and policymakers are investing in holistic cleft care. The Federal Ministry of Health recently joined with Smile Train and other …
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… Dentsply Sirona Zuzi and Her Family Angle a Future, Along with Dentsply Sirona No one knows the power of hope like a fisherman’s child Perhaps no one knows what it means to meet uncertainty with hope better than a fisherman. It’s this hope that Junaidi takes with him every morning as he picks up his traditional long, slender fishing rod and heads out to the river behind his home deep in the Indonesian jungle. If the fish are hungry that day, he …
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… Donating Stocks And Securities Donating Stocks And Securities Thank you for your interest in supporting Smile Train through a stock donation. Appreciated securities are perhaps the most cost-effective assets to use in making a gift. When you transfer ownership of long-term holdings to Smile Train, Inc., you receive a charitable deduction for their full market value — and you incur no capital gains tax … alert us in advance about the stock and number of shares you plan to give. You can do so by emailing nmcgann@smiletrain.org or calling Nick McGann at 646.751.3243. According to IRS regulations, the date of your gift corresponds …
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… the open with no stares or whispers, where everyone saw her as her family did. At age 65, Maria met a health worker from Smile Train partner IcFEM Dreamland Hospital, who shared that she could have the cleft surgery she’d dreamed about at no … After some health screenings (which she passed with flying colors, as she later told David) she received her free Smile Train-supported surgery. Now, Maria smiles as she teaches her grandchildren and great-grandchildren that anything they dream can be possible. “Thank you, …
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… and preparation, Hospital de Clinicas in Asunción, where Dr. Aldana serves as head of plastic surgery, was set to become Smile Train's first-ever local partner in Paraguay in early 2020 . Dr. Celso Aldana on the day Hospital de Clinicas finally became a Smile Train partner. Then COVID-19 hit. Overnight, Dr. Aldana and his staff were thrust into a breathless, seemingly … organize his multidisciplinary cleft team and stock his operating rooms with the latest equipment, all with help from Smile Train. Once the pandemic had abated enough in Paraguay to safely begin offering Smile Train-sponsored cleft …