Nazareth And Golisano Children's Hospital Host Spaghetti Dinner, March 26

ROCHESTER, NY (02/09/2010)(readMedia)-- Nazareth College's Communication Sciences and Disorders Association (CSDA) and Golisano Children's Hospital will host the third annual SMILE Dinner fundraiser on March 26 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at St. John of Rochester School, 8 Wickford Way, Fairport, N.Y. 14450. Monies raised will be donated to Operation Smile, an organization that helps children born with severe cleft condition. Tickets cost $6 for adults and children 10 and up, $4 for children ages 3 - 9, and $20 for a family of five or more. Children two and younger eat for free and take-out is available for $6 per meal. For more information, contact Mary Sweeney at (585) 389-2779 or email csda@naz.edu.

CSDA is Nazareth College's Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA). Last year, the club was able to raise $1,140 for Operation Smile. This year they hope to raise $2,400. Operation Smile is part of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Golisano Children's Hospital at Strong. Each year more than 200,000 children are born with severe cleft condition, making it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to eat, speak, socialize or smile. This initiative was established in 1982 through the help of medical volunteers to provide free surgeries to children in more than 50 countries. Operation Smile heals thousands of children each year and, today, more than 140,000 girls and boys have a new chance at life.

CSDA brings people within the communication sciences and disorders major together. It creates opportunities for upper and underclassmen to get to know one another and stay up to date while doing fun activities.

Founded in 1924, Nazareth College is a coeducational college with undergraduate and graduate studies in the liberal arts and sciences and professional programs in health and human services, education, and management. The College is located on 150 scenic acres near Rochester, New York, and currently enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 1,000 graduate students. Nazareth has a strong commitment to experience-based learning and civic engagement. In the past decade, Nazareth has produced 18 Fulbright recipients and two Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowships. For more information on the College, visit www.naz.edu.

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