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In Sandy, Utah, BD associates     unite to give a gift with the     power to transform a child's life Pete Allen went to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to change lives. After arriving, it took him only a split second to realize that his life, too, would be changed. About 1,000 parents and their children were waiting for him and the small team of surgeons from the U.S. What the parents wanted–desperately– was help for their children, who suffered with clubfeet, rickets and other congenital orthopedic problems. In the next few days, the team operated on as many children as possible and, as Allen says, "changed the direction of their entire lives."     Allen is Platform Team Leader for Infusion Therapy at BD Medical's facility in Sandy, Utah, where infusion therapy, medical-surgical products and antimicrobial products are designed and manufactured. His experience in Ecuador actually started three years earlier when he learned about the Project Perfect World Foundation, a nonprofit effort organized by a group of hospitals to improve the lives of underprivileged children in emerging countries. Every year since its founding in 1995, Project Perfect World (PPW) has sent medical teams to impoverished areas in third world countries to perform orthopedic, maxillofacial and dental surgery on children. Allen joined the PPW board and in 2002 he made the trip to Ecuador.     He returned to the BD Medical facility in Sandy not only changed, but convinced that he could do more. With the support of senior management in Sandy, he organized a drive to raise $12,500 among BD associates. If he was successful, BD would match that amount and the $25,000 would be enough to send another team of surgeons to Ecuador.     In 2003, Sandy launched its drive–with enthusiasm. Fundraising activities included a spaghetti dinner, volleyball tournament and a giant garage sale. One BD associate even volunteered to shave her head–and alone raised $6,700 for her efforts. By the time the drive ended, BD in Sandy raised $30,000, which BD matched for a total of $60,000– enough to send two teams to Ecuador. Both trips–in October of 2003 and 2004–included a total of 10 BD associates, from nearly 70 who applied to go.