In time for the holiday season, Surya is making a donation to Smile Train, which provides corrective surgeries for cleft lips and palates to children in developing countries.
Surya's contribution -- which the textiles company made on behalf of its top 300 retail customers in 2010 -- will provide for up to 300 corrective surgeries for child victims of this birth defect. Smile Train has challenged other donors to match Surya's gift, which will result in twice as many surgeries as the organization originally expected.
"In these tough economic times, the donation from Surya means more to us now than ever before," said Delois Greenwood, Smile Train's executive director, in a press release. "With their support we will be able to help more children and provide more smiles than we ever thought possible."
Smile Train is a nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City with additional offices around the world, including China, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, and Vietnam.
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