Close to My Heart supports a charity organization called Operation Smile.
There are many ways we can help:
** Our featured stamp sets directly contribute $7 for every stamp set sold
(This year, it's a True Love stamp set - so cute!)
** Round up your order - those dimes, nickels and pennies add up!
** Attend a crop or fundraising event
The last bullet is the reason for this post - I am hosting my 2nd annual
Operation Smile fundraising event!
Sunday, December 4th from 11am-3pm
Please join me for some crafting fun!
I'll have lots of prizes, a silent auction, items for sale by donation and more.
Update:
The lovely ladies in San Diego and Honolulu made a
combined donation of $180.75!
That's 75% of one smile in just two weekends!
Thank you so much for participating and for helping to make a child's like better!
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Operation Smile has been around for 25 years.
They travel the world, performing surgeries on children and babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate.
Last year, Operation Smile provided 9,221 free surgeries around the world.
Each surgery costs $240
Families often travel for hundreds of miles just for the chance of having their child selected for surgery.
I joined CTMH in 2009 and I am working to fund my 8th Operation Smile operation.
When children have a cleft palate, they are often shunned and abused and have a very difficult life.
And sometimes, their palate is so bad, they can hardly eat because there is no wall between their mouth and nose.
You can read more about it at www.operationsmile.org
Please contact me if you have any questions or would like to make a donation.
Have a great day!
