Manitowoc, WI – During the month of May, The Dramm Corporation will be “Gardening for Smiles!” For the second year, Dramm, which produces professional watering tools for growers, nurseries and gardeners, will be supporting the non-profit organization Free to Smile Foundation during the annual “Springing Hope” effort.
Max Dramm Becker, courtesy of Dramm. During the month of May, a portion of Dramm gardening tool purchases will benefit Free to Smile, a non-profit organization based in Columbus, Ohio, that works to provide free surgical repair of cleft lip and palate in children and adults in remote areas of the world where care is not accessible. This organization accomplishes admirable work with a limited staff and handful of volunteers. They change lives one person at a time, giving hope to children who are shunned because of a fixable, physical imperfection.
In one week, Free to Smile repaired 39 children and young adults, giving them confidence, and Free to Smile organized and completed 9 missions around the world.
In May of last year, for Dramm’s first philanthropic effort, The Dramm Corporation donated enough money to provide 11 cleft lip surgeries.
Max Dramm Becker, volunteered with the organization in Guatemala in 2013. During that week, their group of volunteer doctors, nurses, and staff helped 39 children and their families. Many of the families traveled great distances with hope of surgical repair for their child. “The work Free to Smile does is a blessing to those with cleft lip and palate who otherwise would not be able to get the medical treatment they need,” said Becker. “It was really good to see their smiles afterward."
For more, visit www.dramm.com and www.freetosmile.org.