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Board
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Blake Stock - Founder & President Dr. A. Jay Burns - Founder & Medical Director Dr. John Burns - Alan Hardin - Secretary & Vice President Nikki Gibson Michael Santa Maria Holly Stock - Founder & Managing Director |
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Contact
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Blake and Holly Stock started the Share A Smile Foundation TM ® in the fall of 2002, with the assistance of Dr. A. Jay Burns and his staff at The Fogelson Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery Center for Children, and Children's Medical Center of Dallas. The objective of the Share A Smile Foundation TM ® is to provide financial support to children requiring plastic surgery and/or medical treatments to repair or remove vascular anomalies, but whose families are not financially able to pay for this service. The Share A Smile Foundation TM ® provides assistance to children whose parents work but whose families do not have insurance coverage or qualify for Medicaid/CHIPS. There is a formal application process to determine eligibility. Dr. Burns has offered to forego his compensation for each of the children sponsored by the Foundation; however, there are hospital and other medical expenses (provided at a discounted rate by Children's Medical Center of Dallas) that need to be covered as well, such as anesthesia. Vascular anomalies are a familiar subject for Blake and Holly. One of their twin daughters, Channing, was diagnosed with a nasal tip hemangioma as an infant. When Channing was three months old, her pediatrician referred the family to Dr. Burns. He began treatment on her immediately due to the extremely rapid growth, prescribing low dose steroids. The goal was to shrink the growth, either to prepare the site for surgery or, if possible, to have the growth disappear completely. The Stock's worked closely with Dr. Burns, recognizing that the long-term goal was to have no noticeable hemangioma by the time Channing entered Kindergarten. Channing remained on the medication for a year, and also had 2 laser treatments to lessen the discoloration. The steroids helped control the size of the malformation, but it still remained an obvious disfigurement, drawing comments from strangers on a regular basis. At age three years, with the malformation showing no indication of disappearing, and, in fact appearing to enlarge, Channing underwent her first surgery. The surgery went successfully and the nose healed well, however, within the following year, the hemangioma began to grow again. At this point, the malformation was reclassified as a vascular (venous) malformation (hemangiomas do not generally continue to grow nor do they grow back after being removed). Channing underwent a second, more invasive surgery at age four. Although there was no additional abnormal tissue found, Dr. Burns removed more nasal tissue during this surgery. Channing's nose healed well - no scarring, no swelling and just a small area of slight discoloration (pink). Channing is now 13 years old and a happy, well-adjusted, beautiful little girl! In fact, most people are shocked to learn of her previous vascular malformation. Blake and Holly, along with Channing and her sister Avery, became very close to Dr. Burns and his staff over the term of the treatment. Although Channing has been officially released from Dr. Burns care, the family has kept in close contact with him and his staff. Therefore, when the idea of a charitable foundation was considered, Dr. Burns and his invaluable work immediately came to mind. The Stock's feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity and the financial means to have Channing treated successfully by Dr. Burns, but realize that not every family has the same options. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the Share A Smile Foundation TM ® or would like to sponsor a child for treatment, please contact Holly Stock at the addresses under the contact information. Also, we are actively seeking sponsors and donors year-round for our fundraising events, including our annual polo match. If your company would like to be a major/donating sponsor, please contact Holly. As you can see, there are many opportunities to make a difference in a child's life! Thank you for visiting our website. We are continually adding to it, so check back often for updates on the children we are sponsoring for treatment as well as for info on upcoming events.
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Special
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Special Thanks to ALL who continue to give their time and energy to SASF, especially the employees of the Combined Group and SASF Board Members Fogelson Plastic & Craniofacial Surgery Center for Children Children's Medical Center of Dallas |
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