Katy Hallowell
Reporter

For the fourth year in a row, members of Operation Smile are planning to host a Smile Ball to raise awareness and money for children needing corrective surgeries.

“Last year, we raised $8,000 from Smile Ball, providing 32 surgeries, so we have definitely seen the results of our fundraising,” senior Sophie DeLancie said.

The simple procedures donations from Operation Smile can provide children all over the world with a life changing difference. Children with cleft palate can often face issues with speech development and eating as well as experience ridicule from their peers.

Operation Smile provides these surgeries in just 45 minutes.
“We know for a fact that our money is going towards the surgeries, but those surgeries could be occurring anywhere in the world,” club head Tiana Abdulmassih said.

Smile Ball, one of the more formal dances of the school year, is open to all students from independent schools around the Bay who purchase tickets in advance.

“This will be my fourth Smile Ball,” senior Shannon McInerney said. “I like being able to go support a club at my school and know that my money is going to kids in third world countries that wouldn’t be able to receive these surgeries otherwise.”

Tickets for the Nov. 12 ball will be sold at both CSH and Stuart Hall High School starting Monday for $25.