In The News
The latest from and about Operation Smile.
May 8, 2012
Saving Lives: Pass it On
Still Magazine
Tom A. DiDonna, DHSc, ’10, MSN, RN, spends his vacations making a global impact. For the last 10 years, Dr. DiDonna has been a volunteer for Operation Smile, which provides life-saving corrective surgery to kids with severe clefts. Last year, Dr. DiDonna embarked on an international medical volunteer mission to the Republic of Namibia and South Africa to prevent the loss of fragile new life. He was one of the first master trainers in the Helping Babies Breathe program, which trains women who deliver babies in resource-poor countries how to resuscitate newborns. Operation Smile and the Helping Babies Breathe program, offered by the American Academy of Pediatrics, are now taught in tandem to create life-saving sustainability all over the world.
April 30, 2012
Fiona Kotur Partners with Hearsts to Create a Clutch Benefiting Operation Smile
Marie Claire
Fiona Kotur has designed a bag to benefit Operation Smile with Gillian and Lydia Hearst. The philanthropic trio are all huge supporters of Operation Smile: Fiona consistently donates proceeds from her eponymous KOTUR bag line to Op Smile while Gillian and Lydia are Smile Ambassadors; both have gone on missions with the charity since 2005.
April 27, 2012
10-Year-Old's Birthday Wish is to Put Smile on Face of Less Fortunate Kids
The Delta Optimist
In a letter to the editor, 10-year-old girl shares how she donated money to kids in need all around the world for her birthday.
April 11, 2012
Smile... and help change a child’s life forever
al.com
April 10, 2012
Lilly Pulitzer and NABISCO BARNUM’S ANIMALS Launch Signature Print Cracker Boxes and the “Cracker Tracker,” in Support of Operation Smile
Two iconic brands, Lilly Pulitzer and NABISCO BARNUM’S ANIMALS crackers, are teaming up to launch 2 million limited-edition cracker boxes in a custom signature Pulitzer print and giving fans a way to track the famous boxes through the “Cracker Tracker.” As the adorable boxes create smiles nationwide, they also are creating awareness for children who can’t smile because of facial deformities.
March 31, 2012
Celebrities Ski to Support Operation Smile
KSL.com
Celebrities hit the Park City, Utah slopes Saturday morning to benefit Operation Smile. The Smile Ski Challenge was held at The Canyons Ski Resort and raised nearly $200,000, which would cover the cost of more than 800 surgeries. President of NBC Entertainment, Jennifer Salke, organized the event for a cause that she knows a bit about. Her son, Henry, was born with a cleft.
March 27, 2012
Big stars Support Operation Smile at Celeb Ski Challenge
Salt Lake Magazine
On March 3, Hollywood stars including Katherine Heigl and Lisa Kudrow, along with pro skiers, will hit the slopes in Park City, Utah for the 2012 Smile Downhill race benefitting Operation Smile.
March 16, 2012
Shamrock Marathon Benefits Operation Smile
WVEC.com
As part of the Operation Smile organization, Joshua Perez will have surgery this June to repair his cleft lip and cleft palette. The three-year-old is in Hampton Roads this weekend with his mother and grandmother to take part in the Shamrock Marathon, which in-part benefits Operation Smile.
March 8, 2012
Bears given to Operation Smile patients
WTNH
Lisa Lori partnered with her childhood friend, handbag designer Kathy Van Zeeland, and Operation Smile to create the Three Little Bears.
February 27, 2012
Operation Smile India Treats 5,000th Patient in the State of Assam
At a ceremony organized at Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Hospital in Panbazar today, Operation Smile India announced the completion of 5,000 life-changing surgeries in the state of Assam. The 5,000th surgery was conducted on February 9 on eight-month-old Bismita Rajbongshi who was born with a cleft lip.
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