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Time To Smile

It is that time of year!

This year, our studio is once again participating in Celebration of Smiles- a promotion to raise money and awareness for Operation Smile. The Professional Photographers of America have participated in this for the past several years and this will be our third Celebration.

Operation Smile provides free surgeries to repair cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities for children around the globe. $240 can help provide a cleft lip or cleft palate surgery. This surgery can change a child’s life forever and can take as few as 45 minutes. Contributions in excess of surgical costs are invested into our sustainability programs, which empower our partner countries to treat more children on their own.


Operation Smile Images

The surgeries cost $240 to perform, so I’m trying to raise enough money to pay for 30 of these surgeries this year. Its a lofty goal, but definitely a worthy cause.

How YOU Can Help

You can help out by passing this link along to as many of your friends as possible! A few tweets or Facebook updates can make a huge difference.

We’ve setup a site to collect the money and you can find it at: http://www.donationto.com/Smiles2014

If you live in the Dallas area, you can swing by The Westwood School in Dallas on Friday, April 18, 2014 for a $24 portrait session. We will even have cool T-Shirts for sale!

Last, but certainly not least, you can use the link to make a contribution to the cause. Every bit helps!

For more information or to make a donation, please visit:

Larry’s Smiles Page

 

Portrait of photographer Larry Lourcey

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Larry Lourcey

Larry Lourcey is a Master Photographer with more than 30 years of experience creating timeless portraits of children, families, and seniors in Plano, Texas.

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