SMILE UPDATE: Love is the decision to make someone else’s problem your problem” Dr. Bob Magee.

2015 SMILE UPDATE :  My personal campaign has raised 14 smiles to date. There is still a way to go with time winding down for the Canadian campaign. My goal is to raise as many smiles as I can and join a mission again this year.

I am in awe at the incredible work Operation Smile is doing around the world, the Dr's and Nurses who donate their time each and every year to bring a smile to a child's face. 

To support my Campaign and make a secure donation please go to this location.

http://cdnsecure.operationsmile.org/site/TR/OneSmile/OneSmile_TeamRaiser?px=1003262&pg=personal&fr_id=1070

 JJMP Canada is well on its way to reaching the 200 Smile Goal. In fact, I have a feeling we will surpass that goal.  155 smiles raised as of last week, this is thanks to the wonderful people I have the pleasure to work with who are supporting multiple fundraisers. The end goal is to raise as much as we can so children receive these life changing surgeries around the world.

In addition J&J’s CEO Alex Gorsky accepted Operation Smile’s Corporate Humanitarian Award on behalf of thousands of J&J employees worldwide who have given their time to this special organization. An excerpt from the message Alex shared below:

“Happy. Proud. Friendly. Joyful.

Without words, our smiles can speak volumes — conveying positive emotions or signaling a knowing connection with another person. Yet every three minutes a child is born without the ability to smile because of a cleft lip or cleft palate. For children with such deformities who don’t readily have access to safe surgical care, their life journey is often paved with ridicule and isolation. But thanks to the incredible work of Operation Smile, the world’s largest medical charity of its kind providing free cleft surgery and care, and the incredible dedication of Johnson & Johnson employees, there is hope.

Over the past 27 years, Johnson & Johnson has donated $25 million to Operation Smile and we’ve sent more than 500 of our employees to volunteer on missions. During that time we’ve helped improve the lives of 100,000 patients and their families. What’s more, J&J is the exclusive provider of sutures used in every Operation Smile surgical mission. While I’m incredibly pleased by this partnership, I knew we could do even better. That’s why it was my great pleasure to announce during last week’s 13^th Annual Smile Event Gala that Johnson & Johnson will be committing $25 million more in financial and product contributions over the next five years alone to ensure we restore even more smiles of children.”

Thank you to all who have supported my personal campaign or have supported operation smile in some fashion. You are making a difference and for that I SINCERELY THANK YOU!