Got $250 (or more) you think you could afford to donate? Go read about the Smile Train.
There was one thing that impressed me more than anything about Smile Train. I sat at a table with one of the people from Smile Train, DeLois Greenwood. A nurse by training, she has been involved with cleft surgeries for 25 years. One could easily imagine that, by now, she would have become jaded or hardened. But when they showed a video about the life’s work of one of their partners, Dr. Hirij Andewalla, tears were streaming down her face. That more than anything convinced me that was a charity worth supporting. (Steven D. Levitt)
Think about what you might spend the $250 on — and what it could buy.