Operation Smile Benefit Concert

Meal and silent auction to raise funds for children with cleft palate, facial deformities

On behalf of Operation Smile, Colorado College’s Health Professions Club is sponsoring an auction and benefit concert and meal on Wednesday, February 6.

The events are:
•A silent auction with a variety of items donated from local businesses and all proceeds going toward Operation Smile; 6 to 6:30 p.m., in the Bemis Hall, 920 N. Cascade Ave.. on the campus of Colorado College.
•A meal provided by Olive Garden.… Show more The meal begins at 6:30 and continues until 7:15 p.m., in the Gates Commons in Palmer Hall, 1025 N. Cascade Ave. (east of Tutt Library) on the campus of Colorado College.
•A benefit concert featuring Colorado College’s a cappella vocal groups Element, Back Row and Room 46, as well as a presentation on Operation Smile’s mission; 7:15 p.m., (also in the Gates Commons in Palmer Hall on the campus of Colorado College).
•Tickets are on sale for $5 individually, and may be purchased at the Worner Information Desk in the Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave., on the Colorado College campus.

For more information, directions or disability accommodation, members of the public should call (719) 389-6607.


About Operation Smile
Since 1982, Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, has provided much needed medical care by repairing children’s cleft lips and cleft palates. Operation Smile has treated more than 140,000 children and young adults from 50 countries around the world and in the United States. Every $1 donated is leveraged to yield $6 in additional program services. It takes as little as 45 minutes and cost approximately $240 for an Operation Smile cleft lip surgery to change a child’s life.

About Colorado College
Colorado College is a nationally prominent, four-year liberal arts college that was founded in Colorado Springs in 1874. The college operates on the innovative Block Plan, in which its approximately 2,000 undergraduate students study one course at a time in intensive 3½-week segments. The college also offers a master of arts in teaching degree. For more information, visit www.ColoradoCollege.edu <http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu>.

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