Operation Smile News

World Journey of Smiles Photography Exhibition: February 26 – March 3

02/08/2008 04:36 PM

Look At Life, a New York based art collective founded by O.A.R. bassist Benj Gershman, is producing an exhibition to honor and benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity dedica...

 

Hundreds of Elementary School Students Running the Operation Smile Final Mile to Learn Importance of Exercise and Help Children Worldwide

02/08/2008 04:09 PM

Approximately 2,000 elementary school students are participating in the Operation Smile Final Mile to get fit and raise money for Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity. The Opera...

 

“Kids Sharing Smiles” Teaches Children the Value of Giving and Sharing

12/13/2007 05:42 PM

Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity, announced today the latest addition to its online Smile Store (www.operationsmile.org/store), the Kids Sharing Smiles package. This unique ...

 

Operation Smile’s World Journey of Smiles Treats 4,149 Children Born with Cleft Lips and Cleft Palates Across the Globe In Two Unforgettable Weeks

11/30/2007 03:38 PM

Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity, today announced the results of its 25th Anniversary World Journey of Smiles (WJOS), simultaneous medical missions to 40 sites in 25 countrie...

 

OPERATION SMILE ANNOUNCES NEW SMILE AMBASSADORS; CELEBRITIES CONTINUE TO JOIN EFFORT MARKING 25TH ANNIVERSARY

10/12/2007 02:45 PM

Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children and young adults born with facial deformities, is pleased to announce its growi...

 

OPERATION SMILE MEDICAL MISSION TO TAKE PLACE IN GUADALAJARA, MEXICO FROM OCTOBER 4-12, 2007

09/27/2007 12:00 AM

– An Operation Smile Medical Mission team will arrive in Guadalajara, Mexico for an international medical mission taking place October 4-12, 2007 to assist children born with facial deformities. ...

 

For International Day of Peace (Sept. 21), Operation Smile Announces Details of Its Upcoming World Journey of Smile

09/26/2007 05:40 PM

On September 21, the United Nations commemorates the 25th annual International Day of Peace. Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International Day of Peace was first celebrated...

 

For International Youth Day (Aug. 12), Operation Smile Announces Names of Students Who Will Participate in World Journey of Smiles

08/22/2007 05:03 PM

On August 12, the United Nations commemorates the 9th annual International Day of Youth. Established in 1999, International Youth Day was launched to further the goals of the World Programme of Ac...

 

OPERATION SMILE MEDICAL MISSIONS TO TAKE PLACE IN LANZHOU AND URUMQI, CHINA, FROM AUGUST 7-17, 2007

08/06/2007 03:42 PM

Two Operation Smile Medical Mission teams will work with their Chinese counterparts at mission sties in Lanzhou and Urumqi, China from August 7-17, 2007 to assist children born with facial deformit...

 

Operation Smile Honduras Opens Operating Rooms in Comprehensive Care Center Reflecting Organization’s 25th Anniversary Focus on Sustainability

08/06/2007 03:13 PM

Operation Smile Honduras will open the operating rooms of its new Comprehensive Care Center with a ceremony on Thursday, August 16, in Tegucigalpa. Operation Smile CEO and Co-founder Dr. Bill Mage...

 

Operation Smile Student Volunteers Participate in 25th Anniversary Global Initiatives

07/24/2007 02:34 PM

Operation Smile, launched 25 years ago to help children born with devastating facial deformities, has provided free surgeries that have changed the lives of more than 100,000 children around the gl...

 

Operation Smile 25th Anniversary Corporate Smile Ambassadors – Corporate Giving That Transforms Lives

07/12/2007 03:37 PM

Operation Smile, launched 25 years ago, has grown into a worldwide children’s medical charity that has touched the lives of more than 100,000 children across the globe, thanks to a very dedicated g...

 

MOLLY SIMS, JUSTIN CHATWIN, AND BENJ GERSHMAN JOIN OPERATION SMILE AS 25TH ANNIVERSARY SMILE AMBASSADORS

06/22/2007 04:19 PM

Actress and model Molly Sims, musician Benj Gershman and Canadian- born actor Justin Chatwin joined an Operation Smile medical team on an international medical mission to Lima, Peru, to assist chil...

 

Operation Smile Joins USNS Comfort as Part of Four-Month Latin American Deployment

06/19/2007 05:32 PM

Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity that provides free surgery to children in developing countries born with facial deformities, will join the United States Navy’s hospital ship...

 

Physicians and Nurses from 25 Countries Arrive in Norfolk for Operation Smile’s Medical Education Conference May 28 – June 8

06/04/2007 03:26 PM

More than 70 physicians and nurses from 25 countries will travel to Norfolk to participate in Operation Smile’s annual Physicians’ Training Program (PTP) from May 28-June 8. Since 1987, this confe...

 

OPERATION SMILE MEDICAL MISSION TO BAO LOC, VIETNAM, TAKING PLACE FROM MAY 31 – JUNE 8, 2007

06/04/2007 03:13 PM

An Operation Smile medical team will conduct an international medical mission in Bao Loc, Vietnam, from May 31 – June 8, 2007 to assist children born with facial deformities. The medical team cons...

 

Operation Smile – Families Unite Through the Face of a Child

05/04/2007 05:23 PM

Operation Smile, a worldwide medical charity dedicated to helping children born with facial deformities, was launched 25 years ago by a Norfolk, Virginia-based family. Their story is particularly ...

 

OPERATION SMILE MEDICAL MISSIONS TO TAKE PLACE IN HEFEI AND ZHENGZHOU, CHINA, FROM APRIL 29-MAY 4, 2007

04/25/2007 02:58 PM

Two Operation Smile Medical Mission teams will work with their Chinese counterparts at mission sties in Hefei and Zhengzhou, China from April 29-May 4, 2007 to assist children born with facial defo...

 

Operation Smile Celebrates National Volunteer Week With Volunteer Awards Ceremony April 25 in Virginia Beach

04/23/2007 05:13 PM

Operation Smile is proud to have one of the world’s largest volunteer networks — more than 5,000 medical and non-medical volunteers ready to share their time and talent to help children. In celebr...

 

Smiles to be Granted to Children Around the World

04/10/2007 05:20 PM

As part of National Volunteer Week (April 15-21), Operation Smile has announced an international partnership with Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) that includes an employee volunteer program, product donat...