By Andrea Holmes | Director of Development & Strategic Partnerships
Hello!
Thank you again for all your generous support of AboutFace Camp Trailblazers, a place where kids with facial differences can forget about being different and just be kids!
I have a video to share with you but first I will provide you with an up-date:
We raised over $70,000 through our Leap of Faith Event! For those who may not know what Leap of Faith is, it's an exciting event that takes place in July every year. Close to 100 brave individuals collected donations for AboutFace and those that met their fundraising target jumped from a plane! Children with facial differences need courage to master the challenges of everyday life. The Annual Leap of Faith skydiving fundraising event was created to provide people with the opportunity to mirror this daily leap of faith.
From the money raised $10,000 will go towards Camp Trailblazers. (I will need to adjust our target on our fundraising page from $65,000 to $55,000!) The rest will go towards some of our other programs such as Jessie's Blessing, a program that teaches children ages 3 - 8 about differences and how to be supportive and accepting of others. This program is presented at schools and day cares all across North America by volunteers who would like to do something positive in their communities. It's a great employee engagement program for companies.
And now I'll tell you about our new video....
First I will mention that 90% of individuals with facial differences have issues with their teeth because of the way their face has formed, for example, the condition "cleft lip and palate" causes teeth to emerge from the roof of the mouth. In other cases, people acquire a facial difference by being in an accident -- a car accident for example that results in injury to the jaw and teeth. Whether related to a condition that is present from birth or a condition acquired later on in life dental problems are life long and horrendously expensive! Because it is such a problem for so many children and adults with facial differences dentists and the dental industry are big supporters of AboutFace and our members.
MaxFax Imaging Technology Corporation is a new corporate partner for AboutFace (they do high tech 3-D imaging of your mouth and teeth!) and they kindly provided the funds to produce a video that introduces AboutFace. We can show it at conferences and use it to introduce AboutFace to companies who would like to find a good charity for their employee engagement program.
Please take a look at the video and let me know what you think! Feel free to share it with colleagues, friends and families.
It's less than two minutes long but within this brief time it conveys the essence of who AboutFace represents. I hope you will like it!
I have included some photos as well. Please also take a look at the Camp Trailblazers brochure and a letter from Amanda, one of the biggest fans of Camp Trailblazers so you can learn more about the camp.
Thanks again for your interest and support of AboutFace. I would love to hear from you and learn how you found out about AboutFace. Please feel free to send me an e-mail at andrea@aboutface.ca.
With best regards,
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