Operation Smile's 4th Annual Park City Celebrity Ski & Smile Challenge Presented By The Nerd Machine Raises Over $500,000

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Mar 16, 2015, 05:37 ET

PARK CITY, Utah, March 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Stars lent their support this weekend for Operation Smile's 4^th Annual Celebrity Ski and Smile Challenge presented by The Nerd Machine. Chuck's Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski and Ryan McPartlin, Chicago Fire's Taylor Kinney, Night Shift's Scott Wolf, TV Personality, Fashion Designer and Super Mom, Brooke Burke-Charvet and husband David Charvet, Parks and Recreations' Retta, Vampire Diaries' Michael Trevino and Claire Holt, About a Boy's David Walton, Bad Judge's Tone Bell and Access Hollywood's Billy Bush went head to head with Olympic skiers on the slopes at Park City Mountain Resort in dual slalom races to raise funds for the children's charity.

After a day of friendly competition Walton, Kinney, and Wolf took home championship medals at the event's award ceremony. In support of fiancé Taylor Kinney, Stefani Germanotta, better known as Lady Gaga, accompanied him at the event's VIP mountainside dinner held at The Canyons Resort. Moved by Operation Smile's mission and the knowledge that as little as $240 can repair a cleft lip or cleft palate and change a child's life forever, Kinney and Germanotta joined guests in making a generous donation to the cause.

The evening closed with an acoustic performance by Nancy Wilson of Heart who sang hits from Heart and Neil Young to the star-studded crowd. For additional information about the Pak City Celebrity Ski & Smile Challenge, please visit www.operationsmile.org/parkcity.

About Operation Smile
Operation Smile, headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia, is an international medical charity with a presence in more than 60 countries, whose global network of thousands of credentialed medical volunteers from more than 80 countries is dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children. Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has provided more than 220,000 free surgical procedures for children and young adults born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities. To build long-term sufficiency in resource poor environments, Operation Smile trains doctors and local medical professionals in its partner countries so they are empowered to treat their local communities. Operation Smile also donates medical equipment, supplies and provides year-round medical treatment through its worldwide centers.

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