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The 1,000 Smiles Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on care of the less fortunate children in Mexico who suffer from lack of dental care and from maxillo-facial deformities such as cleft palate. Next Clinic August 7th and 8thIMPORTANT - Passports are now required by law when traveling in Mexico NEW! Bus transportation for volunteers… Dr. Soona Jahina Dedicated her Skills to Helping Children
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Many thanks to Los Pen Elementary School Homework Club, They recently donated over 100 stuffed toys for our needy children in Mexico.
CON EL TRABAJO EN CONJUNTO de Club Rotario Internacional, Club Rotario Ensenada Centenaria y HGE, se lleva a cabo el programa de Fundación “Mil Sonrisas”
ENSENADA.- Con 23 años trabajando en benefi cio de niños con labio leporino y paladar hendido, el Club Rotario Internacional y Ensenada Centenaria han apoyado a un aproximado de mil 500 pacientes atendidos en esta ciudad, con su programa “Mil Sonrisas”, indicó el presidente de dicha fundación en Estados Unidos, Mark McAnelly.
El trabajo en equipo de ambos clubs y el Hospital General de Ensenada (HGE), ha sido fundamental, ya que de no contar con las instalaciones medicas adecuadas, dicho programa fuera solo un sueño y dejaría a miles de niños y a sus familias sin una sonrisa. El presidente del Club Rotario Internacional comentó que, desea implementar un plan de trabajo a cinco años, en realizar dos días consecutivos de la clínica operaciones a niños con labio leporino y paladar hendido, así como el conseguir un mayor número de voluntarios para dicho programa. (more…)
La fundación rotaria Mil Sonrisas busca en Guasave a ninos y ninas con labio leporino y paladar hendido para programarlos para cirugia y asf devolverles la felicidad negada por azares del destino, en forma gratuita. <!--more-->
Las dam as rot arias Ilsa Lopez Reyes y Rosy de Casteñeda trabajan en la localizacion de personas, especialmente niños, con este tipo de problemas congénitos para tenderles la mano del club. Ya se tienen los primeros dos casos, uno de ellos es del poblado El Varal y el otro de la colonia Ángel Flores.
Ambos serin intervene dos quirúrgicamente en Ensenada, y todos los gastos correrán por cuenta de la Fundación Rotaria.
En el año se han escogido cuatro fechas para realizar las operaciones; la primera será para los dfas 6 y 7 de febrero. Los interesados en aprovechar el programa deben llamar al telefono 872-12-39.
The Academy of Dentistry International’s Humanitarian Award was presented to Dr. Earl Freymiller at the Academy of Dentistry International Convocation held in San Antonio, Texas on October 15, 2008 at their Annual is given in recognition of significant contribution to the enhancement of the quality of life and the human condition. (more…)
Cynthia Drake manages church relations for her home parish in Wimberley as a day job, but leaves it behind for an operating room in Mexico, where she plays a bigger role. Drake is tall, with dark hair pulled back neatly, Her desk is nearly empty save for an appointment book and a vase of fresh flowers next to her computer. A smile toys with the edges of her mouth as she remembers how she became a part of Thousand Smiles more than a decade ago. “This is all my daughter’s fault,” she said jokingly. “She’s the reason I got into this in the first place.” Read the whole article
Mil gracias to all of our dedicated medical, dental and lay volunteers for the best August clinic ever! Also thanks to the Escondido East Rotary Club, Ensenada Centenaria Rotary Club, Fallbrook Rotary Club, Mission Valley Rotary Club, Auburn Rotarians, San Bernadino Rotarians, and Sandi Mallin & her Amigos group for their support with lunches, and much hard work. We would also like to salute Nick Nunez and Medtronic for their kind donation for our kids, and Mexicoach for their generous support of our program. Our volunteers rock! Please know that the Thousand Smiles Board of Directors appreciates the dedication of each volunteer– we all really do change these children’s lives for the better… ! �
The BLAST homework club at Los Pen Elementary School recently donated stuffed toys to the Thousand Smiles Foundation. This is the third year that BLAST director Melanie Beckstrom has encouraged her students to help out. The BLAST after school homework program has been supported by New Hope Church for over 10 years. The toys collected will be given to needy children in Ensenada who receive free cleft lip and palate surgery. TS greatly appreciates the students’ help!
Many thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers who worked hard at the Feb. Clinic. We appreciate the ongoing efforts of all the Rotarians on both sides of the border who keep TS clinics ongoing. Thanks to the Rotary clubs of Ensenada, Camp Pendleton, Escondido East, Del Mar/Solana Beach, Tom Galyean and Friends, and Sandi Mallin and Amigos de Baja for their support.
Thanks also for the generous $1,000 donation from Marty Estrada and the Escondido East Rotary club and their longtime support of our program. Member Dr. John Ruzich has served our dental clinic for many years.
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Christa Bates Dental Laboratory in Chula Vista- Thanking for donating her services for relining a patient's obturator. ($300 value)
Eduardo Deocampo for assistance in obtaining 15 wheelchairs for the General Hospital- purchased by Thousand Smiles and donated this past Feb clinic 2007 Thousand Smiles Foundation wishes to thank the Rotary club of Monarch Beach, and long time TS volunteer, Dr. Mark Cruz for a much needed $27,000 matching grant for medical and surgical instruments. This grant was partnered by our friends Jose Cuisine and the Club Rotario Ensenada Centenaria. We appreciate all who worked so hard to help our kids! |
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Dr. Soona Jahina, Orthodontist, humanitarian, and long time Thousand Smiles volunteer passed away April 23 at the age of 76 from cancer. Dr. Jahina was born in Bombay, India. She came to the U.S. to finish her Masters and Doctorate in 1959. Soona and her husband moved to San Diego in 1968, where she joined the dental staff of UCSD. She also worked at the SD Naval Medical Center, Rady Children’s Hospital, Kaiser and Scripps. She was also an associate professor at the University of Souther California. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Rustom Dastur, also a dentist. Dr. Jahina was a loved and valued member of the TS team for many years. Her skills were incredible, as was her love for children. She will be sorely missed by us all.
