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XanGo
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XanGo Establishes
Charitable
Foundation
with Inaugural Event
to Benefit Operation
Smile
501(c)(3)
Foundation, Known as
XanGo Goodness, to
Carry on Company's Legacy of Helping Children, Families and
Communities Worldwide
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XanGo Founders honor Bill and
Kathy Magee of Operation Smile
with a black-tie fundraising
event to kickoff their annual
convention in Salt Lake City.
XanGo Founders from left to
right: Joe Morton, Gary
Hollister, Bryan Davis, Aaron
Garrity, Kent Wood and Gordon
Morton, surrounding Kathy and
Bill Magee.
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LEHI, UT - XanGo,
LLC, a leading global health and wellness company,
officially launched the
XanGo
Goodness Foundation
with a fundraising gala to benefit Operation Smile.
The XanGo Goodness Foundation was established to
extend the reach of its ongoing work to actively
support philanthropic causes worldwide. Of
particular interest is improving the lives of
children at home and around the world and mobilizing
to address disasters and crises. The event raised
nearly $35,000 toward a week-long goal of supporting
an Operation Smile mission to Thailand to provide
children's cleft lip and palate repair. The money
raised translates into approximately 145 surgeries.
Gordon Morton,
XanGofounder
and board member comments, "The XanGo Goodness
Foundation transcends mere 'check-writing' "we
encourage involvement and volunteerism." Morton
adds, "XanGo Goodness evolved into a Foundation that
is registered as a 501(c)(3) charity, in a move to
strengthen both XanGo's fundraising abilities and
transparency. Perhaps most importantly, this will
expand our ability to help more people in need."
As part of the event, Operation Smile founders Dr.
Bill Magee and Kathy Magee were honored. Since
founding the organization in 1982, the Magees have
organized Operation Smile missions and volunteers
resulting in more than 135,000 cleft lip, cleft
palate and other facial deformity surgeries in 51
partner countries around the world.
"XanGo's title sponsorship of three Operation Smile
Missions since 2008 has helped more than 300
children receive life-altering cleft lip or cleft
palate surgery, changing their lives forever," said
Operation Smile Founder, Dr. Bill Magee. "You may
never have the chance to meet these children in
person, but rest assured they will thank
XanGo
and its founders forever for their generosity in
making this happen."
Morton explained the choice of traveling to
Thailand, noting, "Our previous Operation Smile
missions have been hugely rewarding. With this next
trip, I personally look forward to returning to the
villages of Thailand where XanGo sources the
mangosteen fruit for many of our products." XanGo's
flagship
XanGo®Juiceand
Glimpse®Topical Skin Nutrition
products utilize the whole mangosteen fruit,
discovered by co-founder Joe Morton while living in
Malaysia in 1997.
XanGo's Operation Smile 2010 mission to Thailand
seeks to meet the needs of the very children of the
farm workers who harvest mangosteens for XanGo, the
national fruit of Thailand. In August, XanGo
continued its positive relationship with Thailand,
welcoming delegates from the Royal Thai Government
to its headquarters in Lehi, Utah. The royal
delegation, in a pledge for continued cooperation,
recognized XanGo's "creative use of mangosteen" and
presented the company with a certificate of
appreciation for being one of the pioneers in
bringing mangosteen to a global market.
Even before becoming a 501(c)(3), XanGo Goodness
already distinguished itself as a worldwide
cause-related movement, participating in
humanitarian efforts, medical expeditions, volunteer
programs, community health education and advisory
board service. XanGo will continue to donate a
significant portion of its profits to humanitarian
work through XanGo Goodness; the Foundation now
enables XanGo to extend its reach to better the
lives of more people and does not replace corporate
giving.
Morton explains, "Championing a cause is in XanGo's
very DNA. We began supporting worthy charities
before turning our first profit in 2002, and that's
never stopped." He elaborates, "It's incredibly
gratifying to be on the ground and experience
first-hand what can be accomplished through caring
and coordinated volunteer service."
The
XanGo
Goodness Foundation
will partner with respected and effective charities
from North America to Australia to Asia to South
America and everywhere in-between. Some examples of
XanGo Goodness include:
- Mexico -
Operation Smile: XanGo partners to provide
cleft lip and cleft palate corrective surgery;
so far, 300 kids have received life-changing
procedures, changing lives one smile at a time.
- Canada -
Children's Wish Foundation: XanGo has been
title sponsor of the Wishmaker Parade, the
organization's premier national fundraising
event, and continues to work with Children's
Wish to support children who live with high-risk
life threatening diseases in realizing their
most heart-felt wish.
- U.S. - Best
Buddies: XanGo's charitable partner creates
opportunities for young students with
intellectual and developmental disabilities;
National McGruff House Network: XanGo
supports McGruff's mission to keep children safe
from crime.
- India -
Vitamin Angels: XanGo supports the
organization's efforts to eliminate childhood
blindness by the year 2020 through systematic
distribution of Vitamin A supplements to at-risk
children, as well as its work delivering
multivitamins to children and vital supplements
to expecting mothers.
- Ghana -
Global Alliance Project: XanGo champions the
University of Utah's program to provide
sustainable medical care and education in rural
Ghana in close collaboration with the local
community, an innovative model that will extend
to developing regions around the world.
In terms of addressing disasters, crises and broader
community concerns, XanGo Goodness encompasses
bringing medical equipment and supplies to
impoverished areas in Peru, helping those affected
by the tsunami in Thailand and rebuilding dreams in
New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
To learn more about the XanGo Goodness Foundation,
or make a donation, please visit
http://www.xangogoodness.org.
About XanGo Goodness Foundation
The XanGo Goodness Foundation is an extension of
XanGo, LLC's ongoing commitment to better the lives
of others through philanthropic action. Established
as a registered 501(c)(3) charity in October 2009,
the XanGo Goodness Foundation strives to raise
social consciousness and mobilize XanGo's global
resources to serve, support and improve communities
in need. XanGo encourages corporate partners,
distributors, employees and consumers to participate
by giving their time and money to sustainable
efforts that serve and support children, families
and communities, both at home and around the world.
For details, visit
http://www.xangogoodness.org
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About XanGo, LLC
A leading global nutrition company, XanGo, LLC is a
recognized leader in health and wellness products.
Currently expanding into a wider range of
botanicals, XanGo was the first company to market a
premium mangosteen beverage, XanGo®
Juice, to consumers worldwide. Its roster of
premium, functional products now includes XANGO
3SIXTY5?, a whole food nutrition multivitamin,
Glimpse® Topical Skin Nutrition and
eleviv; for natural, youthful vigor. XanGo is
privately-owned and powered by a global network of
more than 1 million independent distributors in the
U.S. and more than 30 international markets such as
Canada, Mexico, Japan, Germany and Malaysia. For
details, visit http://www.xango.com.
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