Operation Smile

NR, John A. Rowland, D35E

In early October, Rowland Key Club held a service event surrounding the nonprofit, Operation Smile. This organization helps people who don’t have access to safe cleft surgery. We created sock puppets, a tool that speech pathologists use to help teach children about their cleft and how to form new sounds post-surgery. "These events not only informed me of the issues that was going on in the world, but also created a way to bring people together and acknowledge the capability that everyone could do something to help while having lots of fun,” Doris Tseng, one of our members, said “As a new member to Key Club, everyone was nice and I felt super welcomed. That allowed me to fully enjoy making these sock puppets.” All in all, this was a super fun event that allowed members to bond and contribute to their community together!