Fundraise for Smiles
RAISE A SMILE
Turn your love of sports and adventure into an opportunity to help a child born with a cleft
Join the runners, walkers, swimmers, cyclists, paddlers and crazy adventurers who turn sporting and other events into opportunities to make a difference.
Raising funds for Operation Smile gives you the satisfaction of helping children born with cleft get the surgery they need, while achieving your own personal goals.
Check out the video above for inspiration. But don’t feel you need to do something exceptional in order to join in. Your challenge could be something as simple as completing your first 10km run. Or celebrating a milestone birthday by turning it into an opportunity for friends and loved ones to contribute to your fundraiser instead of buying you a gift.
Just by doing something you love – or accepting a challenge – you could help provide safe surgery for a child born with a cleft lip or palate, whose family cannot afford to pay hospital and doctors’ bills.
Choose an activity
Choose your fundraising activity – anything from participating in an event to donating your birthday! You can fundraise as an individual, or get a team of friends together to add to the fun.
Set your target
On average, fundraisers choose targets of between R2000 to R5000. But you can set any target you’re comfortable with. There are no penalties for not reaching your target. So go ahead and aim high!
Register your fundraiser
Get the word out
Share on social media and face-to-face with family, friends and business colleagues. Ask them to support you. Be bold – you’re not asking for yourself.
TIP: It’s easier to ask others, if you’ve already made the first donation.
