Long overdue but certainly not forgotten, Niketalk's newest donation: the amount of $2,127 to Operation Smile. www.operationsmile.org/
For those unfamiliar with Operation Smile, it's a private non-profit organization that was founded 25 years ago, providing free reconstructive facial surgery and related health care to children born with birth defects, primarily in developing countries but also in the United States. To date, the majority of the ~100,000 reconstructive surgeries done for children and young adults have been done to repair cleft lips and cleft palates such as the ones pictured below:
In addition to performing the surgeries, they also provide training for local health care professionals, and leave behind the necessary equiptment to foster long-term self-sufficiency. Current partner countries include: Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaza Strip/West Bank, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
In anticipation of our donation, I gave a call to the Operation Smile headquarters and spoke with their Research Development Coordinator, who informed me that each surgery costs a mere $240 per child, while surgery and all post-operative care costs $750 per child. Thus our contribution will help to contribute to almost 9 surgeries for children with facial deformities.
While that may not seem like much, to each child and family who receives the surgery, it is truly priceless.
This year for their 25th anniversary, Operation Smile plans on performing 5,000 surgeries.
To anyone who would like to personally donate, or if anyone who would like to volunteer to go on a medical mission, you can visit the OpSmile website:
To Donate
To Volunteer
And for those who like to see proof of our donations, the funds were wired electronically so the only proof is a screencap of the donation (credit card numbers have been omitted and, for those wondering, the contact name on this screen is that of ezboard's current CEO, who executed the donation on our behalf as indicated.):
...and while it doesn't confirm our donation...I do have the thank you card from the development coordinator I spoke to (with my name omitted):
Thanks to all of you and your support of the NikeTalk community, we've brightened the smiles of a few more children in need.
as an aside...
Shortly following the recent announcement of our $3,656 to the UNCF, we received word that Google had registered a complaint with ezboard's CEO. Apparently, they feel that the announcement thread violated their policy by serving to encourage our users to click on our advertising - since it's our advertising revenue that we donate to charity each month. They seem to feel that this agreement applies to YOU as well. So, if any of you reply to this post to encourage your fellow users to click on our ads - Google may decide to pull their ads from our community. We're disappointed in their decision, but we have little choice but to respect it until we're able to obtain better higher yielding ads from other sources.
Below, you'll find the pertinent section of Google's policy. Please be sure your posts respect their guidelines or we'll be forced to delete your posts.
From the Ad Sense policy:
"Encouraging clicks
In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers may not request that users click the ads on their sites or rely on deceptive implementation methods to obtain clicks. Publishers participating in the AdSense program:
- May not encourage users to click the Google ads by using phrases such as "click the ads," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language
- May not direct user attention to the ads via arrows or other graphical gimmicks
- May not place misleading images alongside individual ads
- May not promote sites displaying ads through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites
- May not compensate users for viewing ads or performing searches, or promise compensation to a third party for such behavior
- May not place misleading labels above Google ad units - for instance, ads may be labeled "Sponsored Links" but not "Favorite Sites"
Thanks for understanding.
For those unfamiliar with Operation Smile, it's a private non-profit organization that was founded 25 years ago, providing free reconstructive facial surgery and related health care to children born with birth defects, primarily in developing countries but also in the United States. To date, the majority of the ~100,000 reconstructive surgeries done for children and young adults have been done to repair cleft lips and cleft palates such as the ones pictured below:
In addition to performing the surgeries, they also provide training for local health care professionals, and leave behind the necessary equiptment to foster long-term self-sufficiency. Current partner countries include: Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gaza Strip/West Bank, Honduras, India, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
In anticipation of our donation, I gave a call to the Operation Smile headquarters and spoke with their Research Development Coordinator, who informed me that each surgery costs a mere $240 per child, while surgery and all post-operative care costs $750 per child. Thus our contribution will help to contribute to almost 9 surgeries for children with facial deformities.
While that may not seem like much, to each child and family who receives the surgery, it is truly priceless.
Quote:
When we go to a place and see hundreds of children who have hidden in shame, and at the end of a mission they suddenly have a new life, we have changed more than the lives of those children. Theres's a power in the volume of children we take care of. There's a power in the medical training we do that is essential. But the real power is the betterment of the human spirit, the fellowship it creates between people of different cultures, different races, religions and nationalities.
-Operation Smile CEO and Co-founder Dr. Bill Magee
This year for their 25th anniversary, Operation Smile plans on performing 5,000 surgeries.
To anyone who would like to personally donate, or if anyone who would like to volunteer to go on a medical mission, you can visit the OpSmile website:
To Donate
To Volunteer
And for those who like to see proof of our donations, the funds were wired electronically so the only proof is a screencap of the donation (credit card numbers have been omitted and, for those wondering, the contact name on this screen is that of ezboard's current CEO, who executed the donation on our behalf as indicated.):
...and while it doesn't confirm our donation...I do have the thank you card from the development coordinator I spoke to (with my name omitted):
Thanks to all of you and your support of the NikeTalk community, we've brightened the smiles of a few more children in need.
as an aside...
Shortly following the recent announcement of our $3,656 to the UNCF, we received word that Google had registered a complaint with ezboard's CEO. Apparently, they feel that the announcement thread violated their policy by serving to encourage our users to click on our advertising - since it's our advertising revenue that we donate to charity each month. They seem to feel that this agreement applies to YOU as well. So, if any of you reply to this post to encourage your fellow users to click on our ads - Google may decide to pull their ads from our community. We're disappointed in their decision, but we have little choice but to respect it until we're able to obtain better higher yielding ads from other sources.
Below, you'll find the pertinent section of Google's policy. Please be sure your posts respect their guidelines or we'll be forced to delete your posts.
From the Ad Sense policy:
"Encouraging clicks
In order to ensure a good experience for users and advertisers, publishers may not request that users click the ads on their sites or rely on deceptive implementation methods to obtain clicks. Publishers participating in the AdSense program:
- May not encourage users to click the Google ads by using phrases such as "click the ads," "support us," "visit these links," or other similar language
- May not direct user attention to the ads via arrows or other graphical gimmicks
- May not place misleading images alongside individual ads
- May not promote sites displaying ads through unsolicited mass emails or unwanted advertisements on third-party websites
- May not compensate users for viewing ads or performing searches, or promise compensation to a third party for such behavior
- May not place misleading labels above Google ad units - for instance, ads may be labeled "Sponsored Links" but not "Favorite Sites"
Thanks for understanding.
T E A M N E R D
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