Riverside Park

 

Enter the park at West 83rd Street and Riverside Drive — look for the registration tables.

 

The distance is 5 K or 3.1 miles. You can walk for as little or as much of the walk as you like. Walk for just a few blocks or even repeat the walk — it's all up to you!

Sunday, October 18, 2009

 

Registration starts at 9:00 AM

Walk starts at 10:00 AM

There are 36 million American adults (17%) with hearing loss. ¹ Only 1 out of 5 who could benefit from hearing aids wear them. ² The vast majority lack much needed information and tools to be able to communicate effectively with a hearing majority world. The Hearing Loss Association of America is dedicated to opening the world of communication through information, education and advocacy.

 

The NYC Walk4Hearing is part of a nationally coordinated effort to increase awareness of hearing loss and help raise funds for programs for people with hearing loss on both a national and local level.  In previous years the Manhattan Chapter has used money raised through walks to fund various programs including:

• A grant to the Children’s Hearing Institute to help fund their after school tutorial program
• Produce a video about the work and services that Hearing Loss Association of America provides on both the national and local level
• College scholarships for high school students with hearing loss
• Scholarships for speechreading classes
• Developed and distributed brochures for parents of newborns about the universal screening test for hearing loss
• Hearing Loss Magazine subscriptions to various branches of the New York City Public Library
• Education and outreach to the New York City Community and more.

Help us continue to make these programs available and to do even more in the future.

• Organize a team at www.walk4hearing.org.  Click on “New York, NY” then click on “Start a Team”.   Invite your teammates to join you by doing the same, except their last step will be to click on “Join a Team.”   It’s that easy! You can also choose to sign up as an individual. 
• Walk and raise funds from family, friends and co-workers

• Donate online at www.walk4hearing.org (then click on "New York, NY") or write a check made payable to Walk4Hearing.  E-mail nycwalk4hearing@aol.com or call 212-769-HEAR (4327) to find out where to mail the check.

• Sponsor a walker with a tax-deductible contribution
• Volunteer your time and talent on the day of the event
• Double your fundraising efforts through a matching gift program. Ask your employer’s HR department.

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For more information, e-mail us at nycwalk4hearing@aol.com or leave a message at 212-769-HEAR (4327).

Thank you for your support!