Instead of partying it down with everyone else, the officers of Operation Smile and many dedicated members volunteered their time to make New Years Eve a memorable experience for many of the homeless youth on the Ave at the YMCA.

On October 15th, 2005, the Washington State chapter of Operation Smile put on their fourth annual "An Evening of Smiles" auction and dinner cruise. The successful night, set on board a Royal Argosy Cruise ship, brought in over $100,000. The event was hosted by Seattle Evening Magazine's John Curley and included special guest speaker Jose Villegas. The UW chapter contributed their efforts by helping out with running the auction. Look forward to this event again on November 18, 2006.

 This was the first official Operation Smile Student Conference at the University of Washington. We had participants from all over the state ranging from high school, undergraduates, and even professional school students. The event was to raise awareness of the group and listen to our guest speaker Jose Villegas talk about his amazing journey of living with a life-threatening tumor to all the medical treatment he received through Operation Smile. Jose has been on many television shows and to many groups talking about his experience. This was a once and a lifetime chance to hear such an amazing story. This conference was the first step in creating a network of students that care about the same cause. Thank you for all the colleges and students who attended our event.

Every year the Operation Smile team throws an event for a group in need of help during the holiday season. This year we put our efforts into a group known as G.A.P. (Grandparents as Parents). G.A.P. is a group where many disabled or low income grandparents must provide for their grandchildren, due to the loss of the childrens parents. We were able to raise over $600 dollars in food and gifts to provide for this event and give them a Christmas party they will never forget. Thank you to all our volunteers who were able to make this happen with us!
 

The Operation Smile team and the UW Medicine Operation Smile Chapter were able to help raise over $1,000 dollars at a benefit dinner at the restaurant Ginger Lime. This benefit dinner helped raise enough money for one surgery and many medical supplies. We would like to thank Daniel and Anna Nguyen for their generosity for supporting our cause. You can visit their restaurant homepage at: http://www.gingerlime.biz/ 

2005 Events

December: Served dinner to homeless youth at theYMCA on New Years.

October: Held National Operation Smile Conference with guest speaker Jose Villeagas and helped on Argosy Cruise Auction.

July-August: Concluded volunteer service with Ronald McDonald House. Thank you to everyone who made it possible. Enjoy your summer everyone!

June: Parking for commencent was a successful fundraiser. Thank you for donating your time and energy into this activity.

April: Thank you for everyone who attended Ronald McDonald House. The event included making dough hand prints and playing with the children who stayed after the arts and craft event.

March: Thank you to everyone who has participated in the last couple of events. There has been large success in both the Ginger Lime Dinner and the Bake Sale. Proceeds of the Ginger Lime dinner were over $1000 and we made $150 in the bake sale. Good Job Everyone.