Operation of Hope Worldwide (501) c 3-- is an all-volunteer surgical team that has performed more than 5,000 free facial reconstructive surgeries worldwide in Latin America, Zimbabwe, Africa and Asia. . Operation of Hope has been featured in "O" magazine, Dec 2008, People magazine, Sept, 22, 2008 and President, Jennifer Trubenbach, was named People magazine, Hero Among Us, featured at the CNN Heroes All Star Tribute, Thanksgiving 2008 for bringing a young boy from Africa to receive complex surgery after a land-mine destroyed the lower part of his face.