DELANO, MN – Two sixth grade classes at Delano Middle School recently raised $2,500 to fund reconstructive surgery for five children in India.

This morning, the students had the opportunity to speak with one of the children and his family through a live simulcast.

The sixth graders were able to see the child before and after his  cleft lip surgery.

The money for the surgery was raised on behalf of Smile Network, a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization that provides life-altering, reconstructive surgeries to impoverished children and young adults in developing countries.

For more information about Smile Network, go to www.smilenetwork.org.

Look for a full article in the Monday, April 5 issue of the Delano Herald Journal.