Virginia Smiles, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, was founded in 2002 to provide an essential link between families who are touched by cleft lip and/or cleft palate and the medical community that serves these patients.

Virginia Smiles provides education, information, and emotional support to individuals born with a cleft lip and/or cleft palate and serves as a resource to providers in the medical community who treat those who were born with a cleft.

*Kyle Speers was awarded the 2008 Virginia Smiles College Scholarship. Click his name to read his bio.

* To apply for the 5th Annual Virginia Smiles College Scholarship, submit your application by May 31! Click here for application.

* The 8th Annual Family Picnic will be held Sunday July 12 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Nottoway Park in Vienna, VA. Special Guest Speaker will be the 5th Virginia Smiles Scholarship Recipient. Refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
RSVP to info@Virginia-Smiles.org; cancelled if it's raining.

* Several families in the Virginia Smiles community are distributing information about cleft lip and palate to all birthing hospitals in Virginia. The information includes the brand new video from the Cleft Palate Foundation, called “Feeding an Infant with a Cleft.” To be part of this effort, contact info@Virginia-Smiles.org, and log on to the yahoo group.

*If you are a parent of a child-to-be, or a newborn with a cleft lip/cleft palate, please CLICK HERE to read a special message from the Virginia Smiles Board of Directors.

Feel free to contact Virginia Smiles at info@Virginia-Smiles.org, and even meet us at one of our events!