Welcome To
Face the Future Foundation
Helping the team at
University of Illinois Craniofacial Center transform lives.
We Believe
We believe that every child deserves a smile-filled future.
We believe that all patients who have craniofacial differences deserve the best opportunities...
We believe that every child and their families deserve the best multi-disciplinary care...
For almost three decades, Face the Future Foundation has been a staunch supporter and partner of UI Health’s Craniofacial Center.
We believe that every child and their families deserve the best multi-disciplinary care...
We believe that all patients who have craniofacial differences deserve the best opportunities...
We believe that every child and their families deserve the best multi-disciplinary care...
regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or ability to pay.
We believe that all patients who have craniofacial differences deserve the best opportunities...
We believe that all patients who have craniofacial differences deserve the best opportunities...
We believe that all patients who have craniofacial differences deserve the best opportunities...
to live a fully-embodied life and reach their full potential.
Great Strength Forged in Adversity
Families of children born with craniofacial differences face an intense and harrowing, 18-year journey. Face the Future Foundation is dedicated to helping improve the quality of life of these beautiful children.
When they are just three months old, our heroic kids must undergo their first surgeries, repairing cleft lips. At nine months, another surgery repairs their palate. At four, pharyngeal flap surgery and speech therapy help these young heroes speak normally. Bone grafts and surgical touch-ups dot their youth, punctuating their life with challenges undreamed of by their peers. While our kids worry about finishing high school and picking the best college, they are also receiving jaw and nose alignment surgeries and final treatments on their lip.
By the time they have finished their full course of treatment at the Craniofacial Center, our heroes have faced and overcome more adversity than many experience in a lifetime.
Through the amazing efforts of the Center’s staff and their own resolve, our kids emerge ready to face the world on their own terms. Every year, thanks to the astounding generosity of our donors, we give more than 5,000 Chicago-area kids the chance to live the normal life they deserve. By supporting Face the Future, you too can make their dreams a reality.
Help Our Cause
With a donation of $250 today, you will provide a speech therapy session for a child learning how to speak clearly and confidently following cleft lip surgery. Learn about all the different ways your donation is used to transform the lives of those with craniofacial differences.