PRINTER'S NO. 3910
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1022
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY R. BROWN, KAUFER, BIZZARRO, BOBACK, BURNS,
CHARLTON, DAVIS, DiGIROLAMO, DUSH, HENNESSEY, HILL-EVANS,
JAMES, KAVULICH, KINSEY, J. McNEILL, MENTZER, MILLARD,
NEILSON, B. O'NEILL, PASHINSKI, PICKETT, RAPP, READSHAW,
RYAN, SAYLOR, SONNEY AND WARD, AUGUST 15, 2018
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
AUGUST 15, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the work of Operation Smile.
WHEREAS, Operation Smile is an international medical charity
that has provided thousands of free surgeries for children and
young adults in developing countries; and
WHEREAS, Operation Smile was founded in 1982 when Dr. William
P. Magee, Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife, Kathleen
(Kathy), a nurse and clinical social worker, traveled to the
Philippines with a group of medical volunteers to repair cleft
lips and cleft palates; and
WHEREAS, The group was overwhelmed at the number of children
who needed help, and, upon return to the United States, Dr.
Magee and his wife began soliciting donations of surgical
equipment and supplies from manufacturers, threw themselves into
grassroots fundraising and assembled a volunteer team of 18
doctors, nurses and technicians for their own medical mission to
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the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, Currently, Operation Smile travels to more than 60
countries and is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, The program focuses on providing life changing
treatments and surgeries for cleft lips, cleft palates and other
facial deformities; and
WHEREAS, For more than 35 years, the program has provided
hope for thousands of children, young adults and adults;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor the work of
Operation Smile.
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