CELEBRATION OF HEARING
A benefit for:
January 30, 2016; 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Moraga Country Club, 1600 St Andrews Drive, Moraga CA 94556
Keynote Speaker
Gail Sheehy
International best-selling author, journalist, and inspiring lecturer, Gail Sheehy has written 17 books, including Passages , named by Library of Congress as one of the ten most influential books of our times. Sheehy is also a journalist who has covered national and world leaders including Margaret Thatcher and Barack Obama.
As keynote speaker, Ms. Sheehy will describe her own experience with hearing loss and her current project to encourage women to be the best they can be.
Organization Speaker
Paige Stringer
Moraga native, Paige Stringer, is the Founder and Executive Director of the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss. Born with profound hearing loss, she started the organization in 2009 to help children with hearing loss in developing countries have similar opportunities in life that she was fortunate to have. In 2014, Paige was honored with the Humanitarian Award from the American Academy of Audiology.
Paige will share the story of the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss, its success in Vietnam, and plans for expansion to Mongolia and Ecuador.
Live and silent auction includes a week's stay at a 15th century home in Portugal, Cal basketball tickets, a MCC tennis lesson, Carmel/Pebble Beach experience, Lesher Theater tickets, framed art, and more!
Music, beer, wine, soft drinks, and heavy appetizers with Asian and South American themes
All proceeds are tax-deductible
and will directly support the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss
About the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss
The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss mission is to help children who are deaf or hard of hearing living in developing countries access the resources, hearing technology, and locally-trained professional support they need to learn to listen and talk. With such skills, they can enter mainstream schools in the communities where they live and aspire to broader employment opportunities in their future.
The Global Foundation has been working in Vietnam since 2010. Our model focuses on building capacity so the Vietnamese have the expertise and resources to support their own. We are now developing new programs in Ecuador and Mongolia that wil make a significant differrence in the lives of hundreds of babies and young children.
The Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Seattle, Washington. Please visit www.childrenwithhearingloss.org for more about us.