I have supported Smile Train at the request of my childern for over 5 years with an annual donation of $250 for one surgery annually in honor of my kids. While I agree that mailings are out of hand and should be reduced, overall the mission is noble and the organzation does a LOT OF GOOD. As a scientist, I concur with an earlier post that indicates that this may be an exercise in futility due to genetics; however, the fact remains that the affected children will lead extremely difficult lives without the corrective surgery. As far as the outrageous salary of the former director - he is the FORMER director. Take a look at the spread of money under the new leadership - 82.2% goes directly to the progam execution, 16.9% to fundraising/advertising (I think this could be reduced if they elimanate the unwanted mailings), and 0.9% to management and overhead. That is actually quite good when compared to other charities - even Heifer International has a fundraising/advertising percentage of over 20.3%. This is once again a solid charitable organization doinf good things worldwide.