Our Mission:

Sean’s Smile was created for the purpose of honouring Sean’s desire to provide aid to the children and families of Afghanistan. It is designed as a forum for raising funds in support of this endeavor….a cause that Sean was extremely passionate about. For the reasons explained below, the project is aptly called “Sean’s Smile”.


Why We Do What we do…

During the last conversation I had with Sean I asked him “what is making you smile these days?” He began to tell me about the children in Afghanistan, in particular a few little girls and boys that he saw on a daily basis. He told me about one little girl that, as he put it, was the most beautiful little girl he had ever seen. She and her siblings knew him by name and got excited whenever he was around passing out clothes and other necessities to people in the community. It was this part of his job; helping the children and their families, that gave him the greatest joy.

Sean was extremely proud and passionate about the work he was doing. He believed in his heart that what he was doing had a greater importance then most people could even imagine. He was extremely saddened to see the poor conditions that the children lived in and I know that he would have given anything to be able to provide them with the things they didn’t have. No matter how tired or worn down he was he always knew and felt that the work he was doing was making a difference, although I know he wanted to do more. Simply seeing the smiles on the faces of these young children provided him with the motivation and strength to continue to approach his military duties with the dedication he had always exhibited in all aspects of his life.

An email exchange between Sean and a friend:

In order to honour Sean’s memory, I would like to carry on his mission and, as he would have wanted to do, touch the lives of those less fortunate within Afghanistan, a country he was trying to help repair. To that end, I am undertaking to raise money that will be used to provide the much needed support for these Afghan families, something that Sean and I had discussed doing when he came home. Since I think that it is extremely important that the money raised be distributed in accordance with Sean’s wishes, I have spent a considerable amount of time looking for just the right way to disburse donations. During my research, I came across a charity called Boomer’s Legacy. It was founded by the mother of Corporal Andrew “Boomer” Eykelenboom, a fallen soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in 2006.

100% of the proceeds donated to this charity go towards providing the basic humanitarian needs, medical care and educational tools that the Afghan people are so desperately lacking, a cause that Sean so passionately believed in. Given that this established charity has already set up the proper distribution channels in relation to where I believe funds donated in Sean’s name should go, I feel that working together makes the most sense. By limiting the amount of administration involved in managing a project like “Sean’s Smile”, I can ensure that all proceeds go directly to the people who need them most.

I loved to give Sean gifts because he was my gift, my best friend, and my heart. Please help me and give a gift that would, without a doubt, make him Smile. Donations in the name of Sean David Greenfield can be made through the link below.

http://www.canadahelps.org/GivingPages/GivingPage.aspx?gpID=3638

Kailey Madger
kailey.magder@gmail.com