Streaking Towards the End

As of last count, we have safely and successfully treated well over 3000 patients with facial deformities and other related conditions. All of our teams have performed beautifully and some have started the journey home with indelible memories. The Magees have presided over opening ceremonies in many of our new centers including China, Jordan, Morocco and Colombia. Our Chairman, Howard Unger, attending a gala in Singapore last night, participating in the official signing of a strategic cooperation letter between Operation Smile and KK Womens and Childrens Hospital which will become a major resource partner in the southeast Asia region. Most importantly, all of our phenomenal volunteers continue the hard but rewarding work of getting the kids fixed each day. Cyclone Sidr is bearing down on Kolkata. Fortunately, the overwhelming majority of our team members are out with the one or two remaining being safely housed. Richard VanderBurg, our regional VP has instructed our local leadership to provide any resources needed to safely feed and house any of our remaining patients and families who are in need. I will meet the Magees along with John Canady, president-elect of ASPS, Paul Pomerantz, executive director of ASPS and the entire Quito, Ecuador team to close the WJOS tomorrow and begin planning for our next 25 years. Thank you all.

- Dr. Randy Sherman