Scrapbooking Extravaganza: Scrappin' For a Cause!!!!!!

CLOSE TO MY HEART SCRAPBOOKING EVENT

TO BENEFIT OPERATION SMILE

A community scrapbooking event designed to raise awareness and funds for Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that repairs childhood facial deformities like such as cleft lip and cleft palate.

This event will allow people to contribute to Operation Smile while discovering the art of scrapbooking, cardmaking, and memory preservation. Attendees will be able to work on their scrapbooking/cardmaking projects, learn valuable scrapbooking techniques, enjoy hours of fun, and help advance a worthy cause—all at the same time.

TWO DAY CROP EXTRAVAGANZA!

Friday, November 16th, from 12pm (noon) to 12am (midnight)

AND

Saturday, November 17th, from 8am till 6pm

Your registration fee covers you for both days! Come whatever day you can, or BOTH if your time allows!

Attendees will be treated to Demonstrations, Door Prizes, Make n' Takes, a Goodie Bag.....as well as awesome Raffle items and Silent Auction items!!!!

Food and drinks included in your registration fee!!!! The food was graciously donated to the event by the following sponsors: Olive Garden, Pizza Hut, and Subway!!!!!

Also, Vendors that will be on site to show their products: PartyLite, Tastefully Simple, Thirty- One, Jewel Kade, and TeamBeachbody. More details to come reguarding additonal vendors...

Attendees will also have the opportunity to further contribute to Operation Smile through:

Each registration fee will be donated to Operation Smile. If you purchase items from Close To My Heart, you may round up your order total to the nearest dollar and donate the difference. Purchase My Acrylix stamp sets where a portion of the proceeds are donated Participate in the silent auction, or purchase raffle tickets throughout the event, and this money will be donated straight to Operation Smile. Donate your loose change to the donation jar at the event, or online by going to http://support.operationsmile.org/goto/scrapbookingextravaganza

There will be a small registration fee of $30. To pre-register, please RSVP on this site and pay the registration fee through Paypal (link provided on here). OR by going to the event website and registering there. The event website is: www.scrapbookingextravaganza.myevent. (http://www.scrapbookingextravaganza.myevent.com)com By preregistering, this ensures a table space for you. (Attendees will also be able to register at the door, but is not reccommended due to limited space at the venue).

If you would like to contribute towards this charity cause, but are unable to attend the event, please visit our event donation page. This will allow you to give a donation directly to Operation Smile and get a tax deduction receipt for it. You may do this by going to: http://support.operationsmile.org/goto/scrapbookingextravaganza

Bring your own materials and spend the day scrapbooking for a cause!

Some more information about Operation Smile:

Operation Smile was founded in 1982 by Dr. William P. Magee Jr., a plastic surgeon, and his wife Kathleen Magee, a nurse and clinical social worker. Operation Smile is an international children's medical charity that heals children's smiles, forever changing their lives. They provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate. Every three minutes a child is born with a cleft — often unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. In some places these children are shunned and rejected. And in too many cases, their parents can't afford to give them the surgeries they need to live a normal life. Since 1982, Operation Smile — through the help of dedicated medical volunteers — has provided more than 2 million patient evaluations and over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities in the United States and around the world. Operation Smile coordinates more than 30 Medical Mission sites in 25 countries annually and have more than 5,000 credentialed medical volunteers ready to donate their time and talent. Your gifts help send them to countries where desperate children are waiting to be healed. A cleft lip/cleft palate surgery costs as little as $240, and can take as few as 45 minutes: but this surgery can change a child's life forever! For more information, please see www.operationsmile.org (http://www.operationsmile.org/) for more.....

Some more information about Close To My Heart:

Close To My Heart is an industry leader in innovative scrapbooking and stamping products, including the My Acrylix® line of clear stamps, My Reflections® scrapbooking kits, digital scrapbooking, and several top-selling how-to programs. Headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah, the company distributes its products at home gatherings, monthly "crops", and workshop demonstrations. They do this through thousands of independent consultants across the U.S. and Canada. Close To My Heart partners with Operation Smile and believes in their mission to help children "One Smile At A Time". Close To My Heart products will be on hand at this event for viewing and purchasing. If you purchase products from Close To My Heart at this event, part of the proceeds will go towards Operation Smile. You will also have the opportunity to "round up" your order total to further donate towards Operation Smile. Please go to www.triciapetito.ctmh.comfor more information on Close To My Heart products....