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Supplied by the Huron Superior Catholic District School Board…
Sault Ste. Marie:  The Operation Smile Team was back in action!  Students in the Grade 12 French Immersion Religion class at St. Mary’s College just concluded a 10th anniversary campaign to help create new smiles worldwide.

Since its inception in 2006, the SMC Operation Smile Team has shown care and compassion for this worthy cause, which raises awareness and funds for surgeries on children in the global south who have cleft lip or cleft palate.

“People just think that it’s just another fundraiser to raise money, but it helps us connect to another part of the world, and that’s what we were trying to do,” said Kevin Perlini, a Grade 12 student.

“We were trying to raise awareness to teach everyone about people who have cleft lip and cleft palate,” added Perlini.

Cleft lip and cleft palate are conditions that leave an opening in the lip and/or the mouth at birth. The Center for

“We wanted to get everyone really motivated and wanting to help other people,” Leonard said.

While students are the driving force behind Operation Smile, the success of each campaign over the past 10 years would not have been possible without the generous support of community sponsors, such as Sault Screeners, Grand Gardens, Tim Horton’s, Wendy’s, Aurora’s Hillside, Metro, Sport Check, Little Caesars and Drs. Floreani and O’Toole.

To check out last week’s events on Instagram: smc_operation_smile. If you didn’t get a chance to donate last week, it’s not too late, as donations are still being accepted at the SMC main office.