A million children in India are still waiting for new smiles. And every hour, three more are born with facial deformities. They’re children like Lalchand, whose face was terribly marred by a severe double cleft in his lip. Lalchand grew up being ridiculed and tormented.

Henry Smith, a Chesapeake farmer, passed away in October 2008, leaving approximately $1 million in cash and property to Operation Smile. His Cape Henry Towers condo in Virginia Beach is currently available for sale for $299,000 and all proceeds will benefit Operation Smile.

Delbarton School, a college prep school for boys in grades 7-12 in Morristown, in conjunction with Operation Smile’s New Jersey Chapter, held the 8th Annual Roberta C. Ferguson Memorial Father and Son Golf Tournament on June 11 at the Fox Hollow Country Club in Branchburg, N.J.

On May 23, Operation Smile Vietnam held its 11th annual art auction at the Park Hyatt Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. The black-tie dinner and art auction was attended by 320 guests, a record number, who helped raise more than $100,000 for Operation Smile Vietnam’s programs.

Veronica Barton Schwartz, along with Dr. Milan Shah and Dr. Darshan Shah, held a grand opening for the Beautologie Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Center and the Veronica Tai Chi and Yoga Studio on May 14. The grand opening also served as a fundraiser for Operation Smile.

Fashion Rocks, a fashion-elite event June 25 and 26, will be hosted by supermodel Lydia Hearst, a supporter and N.Y.C. Executive Committee member for Operation Smile.

More than seven thousand miles from Los Angeles, over dirt roads, and through mountains where water buffalo graze, children play in groups as they do all over the world. But young Paul Anthony catches our eye. He is the leader of the pack. And even the cleft lip he was born with doesn't change that.

In a special ceremony, authorities, volunteers and donors of Operation Smile Honduras, celebrated the inauguration of the “Wall of Smiles” on May 19, 2009, a fundraiser that financed the construction of a center specializing in the treatment of facial deformities.

From May 11-13, 2009, Operation Smile completed its first medical education program in Santo Domingo. Hosted by Operation Smile Dominican Republic, 60 Dominican medical professionals from across the country received training in the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) program at the Armed Forces Central Hospital in Santo Domingo.

Operation Smile joined Virginia-based Physicians for Peace as a presenting partner for its Global Health Forum 2009 on May 15, 2009, at Norfolk State University in Virginia.

Operation Smile held its 2nd Annual Grin Gala on May 9, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The benefit raised awareness and funds for the worldwide children’s medical charity.

The 2009 Jr. Smile Collection Event was held April 23, 2009, at Capitale in New York City. New York City business leaders, members of the fashion and beauty industry and the philanthropically-minded elite lent their support.

The 6th annual Smile Event, a premiere dinner and specialty live auction, was held in New York City on Thursday, May 7, 2009, at Cipriani Wall Street. The Operation Smile benefit raised awareness for children around the world suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates. Proceeds from the event will benefit the children’s medical charity’s efforts in providing free surgery to children and young adults around the world.

On April 20, 2009, Operation Smile launched its first 1,000 Smiles Campaign in Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout the four-week campaign, KSL, the NBC Media affiliate in area, partnered with Operation Smile in promoting the campaign. Brooke Walker, co-host of the morning show Studio 5, was the local face of the campaign.

Karen Paige Hillman, of Vintage Images by Karen Paige Hillman, held “Diva Day 2009,” an event for mothers and daughters on April 19 in Plantation, Fla. The benefit raised over $6,000 for Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity.

Understanding speech outcomes is a key component of comprehensive cleft care. Operation Smile’s Outcomes and Research Department is looking to implement standardized procedures for data collection, analysis, and reporting of speech in patients with cleft lip and palate.

Operation Smile is proud to have one of the world’s largest volunteer networks - more than 4,000 medical and non-medical volunteers ready to share their time and talent to help children. In celebration of National Volunteer Week, April 19-25, Operation Smile held a Volunteer Awards Ceremony and reception on April 27, 2009 in Virginia Beach, Va., to honor 11 exceptional American and international volunteers.

Claire Crawford, a senior at Starkville High School in Starkville, Miss., and an active Operation Smile Student Volunteer, has been awarded the 2009 Outstanding Community Woman award by the Mississippi State University (MSU) President’s Commission on the Status of Women for her work in the community and with Operation Smile.

Operation Smile regrets to announce the mission to Colima, Mexico, scheduled May 11-14, 2009, has been postponed as a result of the Swine Flu outbreak in Mexico.

CNN followed the humanitarian work of Operation Smile in two recent features on Dr. Gupta's blog, "Paging Dr. Gupta," in addition to naming Damien De Clerk, Operation Smile Program Coordinator, among CNN's "Young People Who Rock."