Category: Newsletters

Trip Report: Wenzhou, China In November 2014 Alliance for Smiles sent a medical team to Wenzhou, a well-frequented mission site and home of our third Treatment Center in China. This mission included a teaching team component, which not only worked in Wenzhou but also made a side trip to our fourth Treatment Center in Zunyi,...

Dear Friends and Supporters, Alliance for Smiles is celebrating its 10 year anniversary! We have an established history of inspiring our volunteers to make huge differences in the lives of children in so many countries, and we are very proud of our work in China, Myanmar, Africa, The Philippines and Bangladesh. Our Treatment Center Program...

Honoree Tina Hollcroft w/her mother and grandmother Thanks for Supporting the Gala! The ninth annual Volunteer Appreciation Gala, held on February 22, 2014 at the W Hotel in San Francisco, was the most successful event in all of Alliance for Smiles’ history. Over 225 guests arrived ready to party, celebrate, and honor those individuals who...

A Message from the Chairman of the Board We have a great deal to celebrate at Alliance for Smiles as the calendar year draws to a close. During our September 2013 mission to Zunyi, China in the Guizhou Province we provided life changing surgery for dozens of children, including our 4000th patient, 10 month old Huo...

Alliance for Smiles Heads to Myanmar We are excited to announce that for the first time Alliance for Smiles will complete a mission in the Southeast Asian nation of Myanmar (also called Burma). AfS Board member and the mission director for this mission, Tina Hollcroft, went on a site visit and sent us back this...

Trip Report: Bijie and Xingyi, China Two thousand and thirteen is shaping up to be a busy year for Alliance for Smiles’ efforts in China. So far this year we have already completed two missions there: the first in April to Bijie, and the second in May to Xingyi. We previously visited Bijie in September...

Trip Report: Dhaka, Bangladesh This March Alliance for Smiles completed its third visit to the Dhaka Shishu Hospital. The mission was led by Tina Hollcroft and included 18 medical and nonmedical volunteers. Forty-nine patients received a total of 83 surgeries, despite a nation-wide strike and civil unrest. We would like to extend our sincere thanks...

A Message from the Chairman of the Board Dear Friends and Supporters of Alliance for Smiles: As the new Chairman of the Board, I want to personally thank you for the support you are giving to our work. As a plastic surgeon, I have experienced medical missions as an active participant and realize how important...