Project Description Country: USA Location: San Diego, CA Total Budget: $5,000 Areas of Focus: Disease prevention and treatment, Maternal and child health Activity Type: Health: General Summary: Surgery Weekend Program which transforms the lives of disadvantaged children with physical deformities Surgery Weekend Program Description The Fresh Start Surgery Weekend Program provides comprehensive, high quality medical care to low-income, under-insured children with physical deformities and other conditions at no cost to them or their families. The Surgery Weekend Program consists of six, 8-week-long Surgery Weekend Cycles. Each 8-week-long Surgery Weekend Cycle includes an intensive 2-day Surgery Weekend where volunteer medical professionals provide extensive reconstructive and neuro-surgeries. Throughout the rest of the Cycle, Fresh Start holds dental clinics, laser treatments, speech therapy services, ophthalmology, health education and many other healthcare services to ensure that all patients receive comprehensive medical care specialized to their specific needs. At each Surgery Weekend Cycle, Fresh Start treats approximately 65 children, totaling 400 children annually. Medical treatments are given at the Fresh Start Clinic at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego by an all-volunteer team of medical professionals and all housing, food and transportation is provided at no cost to patients. Fresh Start treats a wide variety of conditions ranging from congenital defects to deformities caused by accident or abuse including: burns, cleft lip and palate, hemifacial microsomia, Treacher-Collins syndrome and many other conditions that can require anywhere from just one surgery to multiple surgeries coupled with other specialty procedures. Fresh start also maintains long-term relationships with patients, with the majority receiving medical care for over seven years, ensuring that they continue on a healthy path well into adulthood. Fresh Start's specialty services provide our patients with personalized and individualized care that often cannot be found at other healthcare organizations or state funded programs. For example, Fresh Start's laser clinics treat patients afflicted with deformities such as port wine stains and burns and to also reduce the appearance of scars.; our dental clinics provide services ranging from orthodontic work for children with cleft lip and palate to fillings and more basic care; and our speech therapy services help children regain their ability to speak audibly and correctly. Project Contact Person District: 5340 Rotary Club of: Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego) Primary Contact: Heather Ray Email: heather@ipsd.com Project Status Dropped This project has been "Dropped". Check the history log entries to see why it was dropped. Project listed for the 2016-17 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Rancho Bernardo Sunrise (San Diego) (5340) 6-Apr-17 $5,000 - $5,000 Total $5,000 - $5,000 DDF contributions in grey are pending approval of the corresponding district committee.

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History Log Entries 6-Apr-17 by Heather Ray System Entry: Creation of project page. 17-Jul-17 by Marta Knight Grant is ready for the Signature process. 2 signatures are required. This needs to be completed before Grant can be reviewed for approval at the District Foundation August meeting. Instructions can be found under Help tab,>Signature process. 1-Aug-17 by Marta Knight Grant is ready for the Signature process. 2 signatures are required. This needs to be completed before Grant can be reviewed for approval at the District Foundation August meeting. Instructions can be found under Help tab,>Signature process 2-Aug-17 by Philippe Lamoise System Entry: Project dropped by Philippe Lamoise. Reason for dropping: Dropped at the request of Heather Ray. Project was completed without DDF.