I have decided to join Smile Train's Young Leadership Circle Board and fundraise for Smile Train to help provide smiles to children in need. Smile Train is an international children’s charity with a sustainable approach to a single, solvable problem: cleft lip and palates.
I myself was born with a cleft lip and palate, underwent numerous surgeries and hardship growing up, undisclosed to many. This initiative is a great way for me to connect with a community that I have always been a part of and would like to continue to do more for.
Many children with clefts around the world live isolation, but more importantly, have difficulty eating, breathing, hearing, and speaking. Smile Train's sustainable model provides training, funding and resources to empower local doctors in 70+ countries to provide lifesaving surgeries and other essential cleft care to their neighbors in need, 100% free.
Untreated Clefts are just as much an economical issue as they a medical issue. By supporting the foundation, you will not only be raising awareness to this problem, but also helping children all over the world receive a great deal of help to further a much healthier, happier life.
Thank you for supporting my fundraiser with Smile Train – together we can change the world one smile at a time!
https://www.mysmiletrain.org/campaign/NuSmiles-With-Leek-