Join Pitts Orthodontics and Pete Rezac Photography on Saturday, April 18, for “Celebration of Smiles Day,” a national fundraising effort to benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated treating children who suffer from cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities. Last year the team took second place, raising enough money for 10 surgeries through the generosity of patients, colleagues, friends and family. This year the goal is to be first in the nation with 15 saved smiles.
The two local companies join Professional Photographers of America (PPA) to offer the gift of an individual portrait session and a desk-size portrait in exchange for a $24 donation to Operation Smile. This donation represents one tenth of $240, the amount needed to help fund a single surgery. Photos will be taken at Pitts Orthodontics, 4786 Caughlin Parkway, #305 between 8 am and 5 pm.
Founded in 1982, Operation Smile is a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to helping children and young adults born with facial deformities. In as little as 45 minutes, one cleft lip surgery can change a child’s life forever. Every three minutes a child somewhere in the world is born with a facial deformity. One in ten will not survive to see their first birthday. Those who do survive often live in isolation and pain. Each year, more than 100,000 children are born with a facial deformity in Operation Smile’s 26 partner countries. Tens of thousands remain untreated.
Please confirm your support by calling Kimberly at Pitts Orthodontics at 825-3400, email [email protected] or visit the Facebook page to make a reservation https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pitts-Orthodontics/74488763730?fref=ts
