OREGON CLEFT LIP AND CRANIOFACIAL ORGANIZATION
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Mission Statement
Smile Oregon focuses on the needs of our own neighborhoods and communities by providing assistance and support for rehabilitation of children born with cleft and craniofacial conditions. Smile Oregon is committed to comprehensive care encompassing various medical, dental, and speech services. Other organizations focused on cleft care use domestic funds overseas to provide services usually limited to the primary surgical correction. Further, little or no follow up care and/or community support is provided. Again, Smile Oregon will focus on complete treatment of the individual, from infancy to adulthood, to ensure they have the tools to become an active, productive member of society.
About This Cause
About Smile Oregon: Smile Oregon was founded in 2008 by a diverse group of local professionals committed to improving care for Oregon children affected by cleft and craniofacial conditions. Members of our board represent the fields of finance, law, design, education, medicine, and dentistry, and include parents and family members of children born with clefts. We maintain a working board and operate multiple committees. If you are interested in volunteering with Smile Oregon in any capacity, please contact us. We are a grass roots organization made up of concerned citizens just like you. The Issue: Children with cleft and craniofacial deformities require a coordinated series of treatment steps to restore their face, mouth and speech to normal. While it is possible to substantially correct a cleft if the proper treatment sequence is carried out, children and families often do not have access and/or the means to arrange for the coordinated treatment they need and deserve to achieve an optimal outcome. In addition, patients and families affected by cleft and craniofacial conditions face the challenge of obtaining reliable information about these conditions, gaining access to local treatment networks, and learning where to turn for needed support. Our Mission: Ensure that every family affected by a cleft or craniofacial condition living in Oregon has access to the coordinated care they deserve by providing support, awareness, and education.