Walk4Hearing....coming to a city near you.

Do you like to walk or even hike? Do you have a hearing loss or knows someone with a hearing loss? Would like to join hundreds of thousands of people across the United State the chance to walk for hearing that may be coming nearby to your city? And help raise money? The first walk starts on June 5, 2011 at Long Beach, California. Find your city and walk dates here. I know I'll be there.
Will you?

2011 FUNDRAISING GOAL: $1.2 MILLION

Currently the Walk4Hearing has raised almost $160,000 so far for this year. That's 13% of their goal. Let's get down and break all expectations and go beyond the $1.2 million dollars goal. Let's break the bank! If Marlee Matlin can bring in $1 million dollars for Starkey Hearing Foundation and break all expectations on what's possible, so can the people who will go to the Walk4Hearing event. 



Learn more about Walk4Hearing.

The Walk4Hearing, produced by the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), is the largest walk of its kind in the country that raises awareness and helps to eradicate the stigma associated with hearing loss. The HLAA Walk4Hearing is held in multiple cities across the country. Since 2006, over 18,000 walkers have stepped up and helped raise money for programs and services for people with hearing loss and their families. Money raised is shared between the national organization and local Walk sites. Examples of how funds are used include:

National Programs

• Advocating for the rights of people with hearing loss
• Information, referral, education and coping resources through www.hearingloss.org, the Hearing Loss Magazine, the annual HLAA Convention, and the HLAA electronic newsletter
• A nationwide network of 200 chapters providing personal support
• 14 state organizations advocating for expanded state services
• Support for parents of children with hearing loss at www.kidsandhearingloss.org
• Outreach to veterans returning with hearing loss
• Social networking site for young adults with hearing loss at www.hearinglossnation.org

Local Programs

• Captioning and hearing assistive technology at chapter meetings to make them accessible
• Scholarships for students with hearing loss towards college tuition
• Funding for hearing aids and devices for people who cannot afford them
• Installation of hearing assistive technology in public places
• Captioning of live theater productions
• Seminars on coping with hearing loss for families

Why We Walk?

• We walk because hearing loss is a public health issue in the United States.
• 36 million people have some form of hearing loss
• 22 million have noise-induced hear loss that could be prevented
• More than 59,000 military members have disability status for hearing loss from current wars.
• 30 school-aged children per 1,000 have a hearing loss

Join and Walk4Hearing this year and join the diversity of people with hearing loss.