International Smile Power

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  • Mission and Goals
  • Why We Do What We Do
  • Smile Power's Beginnings
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• Volunteer Overview
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• Volunteer Abroad
  • Dates
  • Bolivia
  • Uganda
  • Tanzania
  • Guatemala
  • Jamaica
• Volunteer Locally
  • Education Outreach
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  • Request for Photo Stories
• Coming Events
• Photo Gallery

Articles and Press Releases

November 21, 2006
Inland Northwest volunteers make journey of hope to Jamaica
November 2006 outreach in Jamaica
KXLY radio presents an online report with video footage

May 7, 2006
Pacific NW, Sunday Magazine
Beautiful, Smart And A Little Wild
A new book explores the city we refuse to leave
Online excerpts from the book include a paragraph on Smile Power
See: 5th paragraph under the heading
"Future Work, A Seattle Ethic"

March, 2006 - Chippewa Herald
Stories about the Bolivian outreach in March 2006
Mark Baker is a professional journalist, publisher of the Chippewa Herald, and a member of the Rotary Club of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. See his photos and read what volunteers told him about their experiences in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

October 5, 2005
By JOSEPHINE CHENG
Evening Magazine, King 5: Alfonso finds a miracle
Note: registration required by King 5 to view
keywords in Google: evening magazine, smile power, october 5, 2005

July 26, 2003 - SEATTLE TIMES
Seattle spine surgery gave child his boyhood back
by Michael Ko

June 18, 2003 - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
2003 Jefferson Awards: Sammamish couple wins Onassis Award
by Charles Pope

March 6, 2003 - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Jefferson Award winner: respectful giving becomes couple's mission
by D. Parvaz

November 12, 2002 - Evening Magazine
Alfonso finds a miracle
by Josephine Cheng
keywords on king 5 site: Sherwin Shinn

October 24, 2002 - Issaquah Schools Foundation
2002 ISF/CIS Golden Apple Award Winner Dr. Sherwin and Jerri Shinn

NPR Radio
All Things Considered, April 12, 2002
Hear a 2002 interview with Dr. Shinn on NPR's "All Things Considered"

Sept. 4, 2002 - Seattle Times
Alfonso heading home, but smile and spirit to stay: Spine fixed, Bolivian boy relishes 'normal'

April 12, 2002 - Seattle Times
All smiles after 12-hour spinal surgery

April 5, 2002 - Seattle Times
Bolivian Boy doing well after spinal surgery

February 18, 2002 - Seattle Times
Bolivian boy to get operation on spine

January 25, 2002 - The Eastside Journal
Thief takes children's donations

January 16, 2002 - The Issaquah Press
Humanitarian Outreach Growing

December 5, 2001 - The Issaquah Press
"A very special child"
(No longer available on line)

December 5, 2001 - The Seattle Times
"Bolivian boy to get treatment thanks to youngsters' help"

November 13, 2000 Eastside Journal Online
Dentist Honored

October 26, 2000 Optiva Corporation
Optiva announces the winner of the "Tooth Fairy Award"

October 18, 2000 The Issaquah Press
Hats off to Echo Glen students
by David Hayes
(No longer available on line)

Thursday, August 31, 2000  KIRO 7 Eyewitness News
Husband-wife dental duo make the difference
by Penny LeGate
(No longer available on line)

EducationWorld.com
Young Authors and Artists Collaborate on Humanitarian Project
by Lauren P. Gattilia

Friday, April 7, 2000 Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
Students' books going far away
by Tan Vinh
(No longer available on line)

Friday, October 30, 1998 Seattle Times Eastside Bureau
Eastside students prepare peace quilt for Bolivian kids
by Mike Lindblom
(No longer available on line)