Welcome to Faces of Tomorrow
Providing free medical and surgical services to children with facial deformities.
Faces of Tomorrow’s mission is to provide medical and surgical services to children with facial deformities around the world. We are culturally responsive and compassionate to the patients, their families, and the communities in which the mission serves.
Help us change a child's life today!
2009 Mission, Ecuador
"Saving Faces"
Get to know the doctors behind Faces of Tomorrow as reported by Channel 13 in Sacramento.
"Good People"
Online Registration is Now Open for the Fore for Faces 3rd Annual Charity Golf Tournament
We hope you can join us for our 3rd Annual Fore for Faces Charity Golf Tournament - October 15, 2010 at the El Macero Country Club near Davis, CA.
Registration is simple, just follow this secure link https://secure.acceptiva.com/?cst=dc050b
Purchase the “Smile Necklace” to Help Faces of Tomorrow Restore Smiles Around the World
Price per necklace is $40. $20 goes directly to Faces of Tomorrow to support our mission work.
This is a handcrafted necklace designed by Neida Joseph-Abel of Hip Fusion Designs. This necklace incorporating 3 different symbolic components is not only fun, it also makes a powerful statement. The neckl...
[Read more...]Neil's Family and Friends Make a Difference
Faces of Tomorrow would like to thank young Neil and his family and friends for their support. Neil was born with a cleft palate. Some would say he was unlucky. His mom looked at his situation and thought about how lucky he was, because Neil was born in a country ...
[Read more...]The Faces of Tomorrow Blog
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HOPE
Near a month post-mission 2010 and i am still haunted by an incidence that occurred in the pre-screening clinic in ecuador. When the fot team arrived on sunday for the screening clinic, where patients are selected by nee ...
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Teamwork, pride and accomplish ...
If only I had the eloquence to accurately describe the sense of teamwork, pride and accomplishment that comes from working with the exceptional people who make up the FOT team. Many wonderful people contributed their mon ...
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An incredible experience
That was my first time with Faces of Tomorrow . I joined a group of people most of whom I 'd never seen before. Went to a country I have never been before. Gave anesthesia to children I have never known and probably I wi ...
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A common thread
I am back in my house in Northern California reading the blog on FOT and wondering who was affected more.....the Ecuadorian families or was it truly those of us who cared for them? I was one of the floor nurses on ...
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Faces of Tomorrow In the Press
FACIAL SURGERY DOCTORS BRING OUT HUNDREDS OF SMILES
For much of her 39 years, the woman hid behind a scarf and could not bear to see herself in the mirror. She kept her gaze down, her eyes averting those of the doctor who came from afar to help her smile.
Read More: Sac Bee January 4, 2010
Patient Stories
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Lucio Parro
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Lucio Parro is an active 7-year-old boy who just wanted to be like all the other kids in his village. He came to us with his mother and he had already put a lot of thought into his surgery and those who would help him. -
Oscar's Story
Read More: Oscar's Story
16-year-old Oscar reinforced why we are doing mission work. Oscar was born with a cleft lip and a very large cleft palate. His lip was repaired when he was a baby. His mother told us that she had 6 children and her husband had passed away. She was very poor and having Oscar’s palate repaired was never an option. -
Carmen's Story
Read More: Carmen's Story
Thirty-Nine year old Carmen Rivas touched the heart of every member of our team. Carmen had spent her entire life hiding because of her cleft lip.
FOT Bloggers
- Jim Thompson (4)
- Traci Schmidt (4)
- Dr. Nima Pahlava (3)
- Dr. Brian Rubinstein (3)
- Dr. Albin Leong (3)
- Kristen Kanerva Richards (2)
- Mary Beth Takacs (1)
- Dr. Michael Lovely (1)
- Dr. George Dakkak (1)
- Dr. Charles Shih (2)