Edd Basilio said he's gone on roughly two dozen international trips to aid in Operation Smile's initiative to fix cleft lip and palate conditions. ... If age is just a number, Edd Basilio is the first one to tell you: making a difference can come at any age.

... And, recently, [Willy] Sikora was named student ambassador for a Colorado Cycle for Smiles event that took place Saturday in Basalt. The event, set to raise $5,000 for Smiles, invited riders to cycle 40 miles through the peaks and valleys of the Roaring Fork Valley.

... International non-profit organisation Operation Smile assembled a specialist all-female team of more than 80 volunteers from across the world who have spent the past week in Lilongwe, helping to change the children’s lives.

... Operation Smile’s Women in Medicine surgical programme brought together 82 women from across 15 countries and 12 specialties for the surgical, education and research programmes beginning in Lilongwe last Friday and running until September 17.

Glenwood Springs High School freshman Willy Sikora has been named student ambassador for the upcoming Colorado Cycle for Smiles, a fundraising event Sept. 17 in Basalt for global surgical nonprofit Operation Smile. Colorado Cycle for Smiles will bring together participants from across the state to cycle 40 miles through the peaks and valleys of northern Colorado representing 40 years of Operation Smile. The event will take place on September 17 in Basalt, Colorado, and another ride will be taking place in Boulder, Colorado, on September 18.

University of Florida plastic surgery resident Dr. Haley Oberhofer for more than a decade has committed her time to help others put a smile on their face. Working as a volunteer, Oberhofer splits her time with Operation Smile, a global nonprofit that specializes in providing free cleft lip surgery and care to those in need.

For years, Jose Villegas struggled with a 2-pound tumor under his chin, until he found help from the founders of Operation Smile in Virginia Beach. ... Then, one night, Jose said he watched TV and saw an organization called Operation Smile was helping children and families suffering from cleft lips and palates in the Philippines.

There are a few things that the Philippines is known for in the medical field, but perhaps the most notable—and inspirational—might be our global commitment to treating millions of children with (cleft lip and cleft palate). In 1982, Operation Smile was founded in Naga when Dr. Bill Magee and Kathy Magee treated Operation Smile’s first patient.

WINCHESTER — Wednesday is National Nonprofit Day, a commemoration held every year on Aug. 17 to honor the services provided to communities by nonprofit agencies and the volunteers who serve them. One of those volunteers is Dr. Judy Nguyen, an anesthesiologist from Stephens City ... Nguyen frequently uses paid leave from Winchester Anesthesiologists to work with Operation Smile, a global nonprofit that serves more than 30 countries ...