Hearing Loss Association of Pittsburgh                                                                   June 2009

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The Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing

On September 26, 2009 HLA-PA is hosting the Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing at Ridley Creek State Park in Newtown Square, PA.  Walkers will have the option of walking either 2.0 or 4.3 miles.

Walk4Hearing™ events are fundraising walks to be held in over 20 locations across the United States in 2009. Supporters walk in the Walk4Hearing for many reasons: to support a family member or loved one; to create awareness of their own hearing loss; and to support the Hearing Loss Association of America. The Hearing Loss Association of America has seen the importance of walks for other organizations around the country and know that these walks have created awareness and education. We believe that hearing loss is something everyone should have knowledge of. The walk is creating awareness and becoming an educational tool for HLAA, to help make hearing loss an issue of national concern.

Anyone can participate family, friends, coworkers, businesses, schools and caring professionals that want to make a real difference for people affected by hearing loss. Thousands of families in our community, and millions across the country will benefit from your support and the success of the Walk4Hearing program.

This year, we are encouraging all Pennsylvania HLAA chapters to join in the Pennsylvania Walk4Hearing by organizing at least one walk team.  This is a perfect time to raise funds not only for our national office, but also for your local chapter.  Half of the money raised by each team can go to a local chapter or the state office, while the remainder will go to our national office in Bethesda.  In the past local chapters have used the funds raised to purchase assistive listening systems for chapter meetings, pay for CART for meetings or to provide scholarships for college students.

Walkers will gather beginning at 9 a.m. on September 26, 2009 at Pavilion # 11B in Ridley Creek State Park and the walk will start at 10 a.m. Ridley Creek State Park encompasses over 2,606 acres of Delaware County woodlands and meadows. Refreshments will be available before, during and after the walk.

To start a team, be a walker, or to get more information about Walk4Hearing, please contact Diana Bender, State Director of Hearing Loss Association of Pennsylvania, by email at Bender@hla-pa.org  by phone at 610-731-9387 or write to her at 4 State Road, #109, Media, PA 19063.