Team Smile Train

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[Patricia SF]

Global Giving has several Smile Train projects on Global Giving, and RIGHT NOW Global Giving is having their "Bonus Day."  See information below.  Hurry, because the matching funds go fast! 

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/philippines-free-cleft-palate-surgery/

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/free-cleft-surgery-for-400-poor-children-in-brazil/

http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/free-poor-children-surgery-in-india/

What's Bonus Day?
Want your donation dollars to have the greatest impact possible? Make your contributions to GlobalGiving projects around the globe go further with $75,000 of available matching funds! Online donations of up to $1,000 per individual donor/per project are eligible to be matched at 30% on Wednesday, March 16.
From 00:00:00 to 23:59:59 on March 16, 2011 (Eastern time/GMT-4) the GlobalGiving Bonus Day offers a 30% match for your donations. Additional cash bonuses of $1,000 each will be awarded to the top project that generates the largest amount of money and the top project to solicit the greatest number of unique donations.

[carien]

Thanks Patricia I just made a small donation I love those matching things.

[David2051]

Yes, thank you, Patricia!  I didn't have time to reply this morning, but I did relay your message to team Smile Train and team India and I know donations were made!  Thanks for making us aware of this opportunity!

David  :-)

[carien]

TEAM SMILE TRAIN FIRST ANNIVERSARY

Today we celebrate the first Anniversary of team smile train.

The team managed to make almost 2900 loans and over 76000 dollars.


But most important we managed to raise 5635 dollar in a year that means we made 22 children smile for the first time in their lives.

Make me smile and perhaps makes you smile to

 

[ulrike]

  For those who want to make a birthday gift   

   http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/philippines-free-cleft-palate-surgery/

  and read about he visit of Bill Bower

    http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/philippines-free-cleft-palate-surgery/updates/

[David2051]

Our Smile Train Team member Wouter has been doing a march to raise funds for Smile Train.  

International Four Days Marches Nijmegen - wiki

De 4 Daagse, The Walk of the World - official site

[carien]

I don't know if you ever heard of the 4 daagse of nijmegen http://www.4daagse.nl/
It's the biggest walking event of the world

He walked 4 days 50 km starting at 4 in the morning at arriving between 1 and 3 in the afternoon.

He tried to raise awareness and of course money for Smile Train.Wouter is not only teammember he is also a colleague and friend.

The fundraiser is still going on so we don't know how much money how much money we will receive but as soon as we transfer the money through our own fundraiser page at team smile train I let you know

last but not least I think he is my big hero and give him a big smile

http://www.kiva.org/team/smile_train

[P, B and J]

Congratulations to Wouter!!  I'm glad to learn a little about the 4 daagse of nijmegen too!  I dont know how anyone can do such a tough thing, but you did it, wow, and you were promoting Smile Train too!  And I love Google Translate's new feature to hear the spoken words (http://translate.google.ca/?hl=en&tab=wT#en|nl|4%20daagse%20of%20nijmegen), some of which I have trouble pronouning (as in even trouble with my Mom's Dutch family name )





~Jackie~

PS. Carien, it was nice to read somewhere that the people who finish the walks get gladiolas.  Those flowers always make me think of my Mom, and also my maternal Grandmother who was from Klein Zundert, bless her soul.

* Seems google didn't like the link stuff.  All I had done was bring up google translate and put "4 daagse of nijmegen" in the space and then click on "Listen" underneath the Dutch part.

[carien]

So far Wouter managed to raise 1400 dollar almost enough to help 6 children.

From the time the fundraiser started we received 800 dollar on our fundraiser page


In total we managed to help 33 children and I am very sure that some of the people who donated never heard of Smile Train before


I will have a big smile on my face for the rest of the day.