Cydcor Day of Smiles
Channel: Cydcor, LLC
Date: 24/10/2013

Cydcor raised funds in a big way this year for Operation Smile. The team united to donate to support cleft palate surgeries, and we are still tallying support from our network of sales offices. 

This is Cydcor's third year of partnering with Operation Smile an international children's medical charity.  Operation Smile's network of more than 5,400 medical volunteers works to  improve the health of children by providing healthcare evaluations and free surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities, as well as patients suffering from burns. 

Vera Quinn, the COO of Cydcor, recently discussed what Day of Smiles means for Cydcor and Operation Smile. 

"I have been with Cydcor for seventeen years.  In 2010, we launched our partnership with Operation Smile.  The work we do to raise money for this cause has added an extra level of meaning to the work we do at Cydcor and our community.  We were already giving employees volunteer hours and donated to charities, but we especially appreciate our special relationship with Operation Smile."

Vera Quinn had a chance to participate in Cydcor's medical mission to Brazil last year and got to see the change that the charity works all over the world. 

"Cleft palates often cause complications for feeding and breathing in infants, and many of them don't survive.  The surgeries we were able to fund have been able to change the lives of these children and their families.  The trip was able to pay for nearly 620 surgeries for patients in Brazil."

Operation Smile is happy to partner with Cydcor, and couldn't be happier about the Day of Smiles.

"It is such a pleasure to partner with Cydcor and its sales teams, because they are incredibly motivated and dedicated to helping give smiles to these children around the world," said Dr. Bill Magee, CEO and Co-Founder of Operation Smile. "Their teams truly understand how incredible it is to change the life of a child forever -- a child who has been born into the world with no hope. Our work wouldn't be possible without the support of companies like Cydcor."

Cydcor is successful because of our culture, and our dedication to meeting our goals in business and in giving back to the community.  

As Vera says, "That is why we decided to launch the Day of Smiles Campaign. This weekend will unite our network of more than 200 sales offices to raise money and hit our total goal of $400,000 for the year."