Hi! Welcome to my SmileFund Page. I'm Connor. I'm an (almost) 14-year-old boy from Frisco, Texas. I love playing video games, going to the park with my friends, reading, writing, and doing Legos. You know, normal kid stuff. Oh, and I also happen to have a cleft lip and palate.
I was lucky enough to have been born to a family that was able to afford the surgeries to repair my clefts and to receive the feeding and speech therapies required to help me live a normal life like I do today. Not everyone is so lucky.
In fact, every three minutes a child is born with a cleft lip or cleft palate – and many families can't afford the surgery they desperately need. In many places, children with cleft conditions are abandoned or abused. Many times they have trouble eating and drinking and can struggle to survive. Those that do can face a lifetime of shame and torment.
So that's why every year in January I celebrate my birthday by giving other children the same gift I received when I was 6 months old--the gift of a new smile. Since starting my birthday fundraisers in 2017 I have raised $12,900 (53 SURGERIES!) for Operation Smile. Will you help me bring hope and new smiles to children suffering from facial deformities by supporting my fundraising goal?
For as little as $240 and in as few as 45 minutes, Operation Smile can provide life-changing surgery – and renewed hope – for children around the world. This year, I am piggybacking on last year's fund where we were just a bit shy of our goal to give 14 children new smiles for my birthday. Last year, we raised $2015 (not too shabby!) so this year, in honor of my 15th birthday, we're just going to shoot for $3600--15 surgeries. Since we are using the same fund, that means we only need $1585 more to reach it--I'm certain we can do it! Remember, every little bit counts and each year I am blown away that people near and far give what they can to help give a child the gift of a new smile--and a new life that comes with it.
Thank you,
Connor
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