A letter from our Medical Director, Dr. Peter Smith:

Dear friends,

I write today to ask for your help.  The Silver Service Children's Foundation has for 30 years been providing life-changing orthopedic care to children in under-resourced communities, most recently in Colombia. 

We resumed our medical trips this spring and in one week performed orthopedic surgeries for 34 children and consultations for 200 referred to us from all over Colombia, many from remote rural areas.  We will conduct another trip this fall. As you can see, the need for our services continues.  Because of COVID we have been limited in our fundraising. As we prepare for our October trip, we find that we are stretched financially to afford all the materials we must procure.  I am hoping that you will consider a generous donation at this time.

For example, a gift of:

· $50 will buy a box of 10 fiberglass casts

· $125 pays for a box of 50 sterile non-latex powder free gloves 

· $350 buys a box of 36 Ethicon sutures

· $500 will purchase 15 procedure packs. We need to purchase 30 packs

· $1,000 buys us 7 bottles of the anaesthetic Sevofluorane. We need 10 bottles. 

Donations can be made through Zelle by sending a payment to silverservicechildren@gmail.com, via credit card payment via our website at the following url: https://bit.ly/3Cql8JA or if you prefer to send a check, please send it to Silver Service Children's Foundation at 3506 Walnut Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091.

I know you truly understand how much a difference we make in these children's lives, and how important it is to keep these mission trips going. 

I appreciate anything you can donate at this time. 

Thank you,

Peter Smith