September marks the 30th anniversary of LEAP’s founding. In honor of this milestone, we’re asking for 30 donations on North Texas Giving Day in support of our mission. With respect to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, we are not having a Gala this year, so this will be our fall fundraiser. Donations through this event are eligible for bonus funds, which increases your donation’s impact! Click below to pre-schedule your donation Sept. 1 – 22, or get up and give on Sept. 23.
Since our founding in 1991, LEAP Global Missions has faced many challenges in providing free specialized surgical services to those in need around the world. This year, we are faced with a new obstacle: a global pandemic. COVID-19 has threatened the lives of millions of people, and the ramifications are still unknown. However, as the spread of the coronavirus continues, LEAP’s top priority remains, as always, the safety and well-being of our patients, their families, our medical volunteers, and global partners.
LEAP Global Missions is a Christian organization that provides specialized surgical services to underserved populations around the world. Since 1991, we’ve been called to serve others by sending surgical teams to treat children without access to appropriate medical care, bringing hope and healing in an effort to make the world a better place.
We return to the same communities in India, Haiti, Belize, Mexico, and Zimbabwe. Our mission partners have come to trust and rely upon LEAP to offer ongoing care to children with otherwise unmet surgical needs and to continue care for those who require long-term medical treatment. In times of natural disaster, we also deploy surgical teams as part of a first responder effort in affected areas around the world.
Through a partnership with Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas, LEAP provides extensive, high-quality medical and surgical care to underserved children with such severe craniofacial issues that long-term treatment in their home countries is not feasible. We also arrange their travel to the U.S. and host families to provide a loving environment between surgeries and while they heal.
Through the continued generosity of the Lamon family, LEAP created the Cheryl Lamon Memorial Fund in memory of Cheryl Lamon, who lost her battle to cancer in early 2019. This new program will fund several initiatives. The first one identified is Casa Josefina, an orphanage in Cusco, Peru, and its medical clinic, La Fuente Centro de Salud Integral. Secondly, this program will fund the travel and surgical costs to bring children from India to the United States for complex craniofacial surgeries and care which cannot be performed in their home country.
