Fundraisers
2nd Anuual FTS Golf Tournament- Friday, July 30, 2010
Free to Smile Foundation will hold it’s 2nd Annual Golf Tournament at Scioto Reserve Golf & Swim Club. Lunch will begin at 12:30 with shotgun start at 2:00. There will be Silent Auction items and a 50/50 Raffle. The $150 Greens Fee are tax deductible! Please RSVP to info@freetosmile.org.
Beer Dinner
A fantastic fundraiser sponsored by Latitude 41 and Goose Island Beer was held on Thursday, April 22. A 5 course dinner was served with a beer pairing for each course. ~$2,300 was raised for Free to Smile and 8 children's lives will be forever changed!
Lazy Chameleon
Free to Smile Foundation held a fundraiser on October 8, 2009, at the Lazy Chameleon in Powell, Ohio. The event was dreamed up, planned and engineered by one very special supporter of FTS, Susan Massaro-Jackson. BBQ Baby Back Ribs, Silent Auctions, and the Junk Box Band were the highlights of the evening. The hours of dedication to the event were rewarded by raising over $6000!!
KiDDS Foundation
On September 24th, 2009 the Kidds Foundation held it's 2nd Annual Golf Outing, raising $12,000 for the Free to Smile Foundation. Free to Smile thanks The Paragon Program and Zimmerman, Boltz & Company for all their efforts and hard work with the Kidds Foundation. With this generous donation to Free to Smile Foundation, we can continue our quest to help the forgotten cleft child throughout the world.
Mission Trips
2011
Guatemala: February 5-11, 2011
Free to Smile Foundation will return to San Juan Sacatepéquez to continue to service the cleft lip and cleft palate patient.
2010
Tibet: September 2010
Free to Smile Foundation travels to Tibet! FTS will begin its partnership with Tibetan Village Project to bring dental care to the Eastern part of Tibet.
Cambodia: September 2010
Free to Smile Foundation travels to our Cambodia site with maxillofacial surgeons, dentists, assistants and nurses. They will service the cleft patient, as well as, the rural Cambodian’s dental needs.
Colombia: July 21-25, 2010
Maxillofacial surgeons and nurses will represent Free to Smile Foundation in Colombia this summer as they continue the quest of the forgotten cleft child.
Guatemala: July 10-17, 2010
A team of dentists, hygienists and administration will volunteer in the rural villages of Guatemala, helping the poorest of the poor with their dental needs.
Colombia: April 17-23, 2010
Free to Smile Foundation worked in collaboration with our partner organization, HTC, at our Colombia site with maxillofacial surgeons.
Guatemala: January 15-23, 2010 A team of volunteers traveled to Guatemala to help its impoverished children with cleft lip/palate needs.
2009
Cambodia: September 5-11, 2009
Free to Smile Foundation travels to our Cambodia site with maxillofacial surgeons and dentists.
Articles and news releases
Free to Smile Foundation recognized by Angkor Hospital for Children. Friends Without A Border (www.fwab.org), September 2009
"Free to Smile Foundation helps cleft lip and palate patients across the world." ODA Today, July 2009
“Dr. Byron Henry Gives Back,” Muirfield Village Voice, May 2009
“Ohio Dental Association members help change lives in Cambodia, including their own,” ODA Today, July 2008
