Many thanks to our sponsors!!
National Sponsors:
T-Mobile
SIP Relay with VCO
IBM
Local Sponsors:
Rousseau Enterprises, Inc.
Jim and Rosemary Tuite
Venture Realty
Tom & Kathy Borzell
Mercantile Bank
Joel & Lynn Rousseau
CapTEL
Kiss 105.3
Advocates for Better Hearing
Hearing Aid Sweat Band
CAI
Napolatano’s
WCJB TV20
Domino’s Pizza
Hank Reidelburger
Gainesville Golf
and Country Club
Vicky Y. Johnson, CART
Gainesville Sports Commission
Gainesville Neon Signs
GI (Gainesville Ice)
Gainesville KT
Burkhart Sales
Kangaroo
Dunkin Donuts
Dancenter
Albert and Alberta
Gainesville YMCA
Ilene Silverman Show / Budd
Broadcasting
Publix’s
University of Florida Audiology
Associates
Univeristy of Florida Speech and
Hearing Clinic
2009 Florida Walk4Hearing
www.Walk4Hearing.org
The Walk4Hearing campaign is a nationally coordinated effort sponsored by the Hearing Loss Association of America. Its purpose is to increase awareness about the causes and consequences of hearing loss and to raise funds to provide information and support for people with hearing loss. The Hearing Loss Association of America depends on generous volunteers and supporters to help by raising funds and awareness at each of our Walk4Hearing sites.
Help make hearing loss an issue of national concern
Rocky Stone, Founder / 1925-2004
The Hearing Loss Association of Florida (HLA-FL) 2009 Walk4Hearing attracted more than 200 walkers and raised more than $29,000! Held in Kanapaha / Veterans Memorial Park in Gainesville on March 21, it also provided plenty of awareness of this invisible condition. People of all ages – tots, teens, middle agers and seniors – with varying degrees of hearing loss and their families and friends joined with University of Florida AuD students and faculty to walk the 5K course. The UF student members of the Student Audiology Association (SAA) helped with the event planning by volunteering for registration, publicity and forming the largest team with 18 walkers! Donations will be put to use by funding the HLAFL state newsletter, Hear Ye, Hear Ye; providing free membership to the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) for veterans with hearing loss; and funding a scholarship to the HLAA annual convention in Nashville. The Walk day was perfect at about 70 degrees, with sunny skies and a beautiful breeze. Awareness was provided by the many signs we had around the park, inside and out. A major event was happening nearby and traffic was heavy, both foot and auto. Many people were in the park celebrating family functions, using the playing fields, and just soaking up the sun. Our music, clowns, and warm-up leader were all superb.With a Dunkin' Donuts breakfast and a Domino's Pizza lunch, what more could we ask?
The Walk4Hearing is the most visible hearing loss-related event in the country and will be held in more than 20 locations across the country this year according to HLAA. HLAA is striving to make hearing loss a public health issue by bringing consumers, providers and advocates together with people with hearing loss. The Walks began in 2006 nationwide with the first Florida event being held in Tampa in 2008. There are 200 chapters in this country with 17 located in Florida.
The top ten teams are:
Go Gators
($3,185);
UF AuD Students ($2,690);
Jacksonville
Stars ( $2,410);
Kylie’s Crew ($2,075);
Go Luca!
($1,290);
Molly’s Team ($1,223);
Borzell’s Boosters
($1,152);
Gecko’s Dream Team ($1,090);
Team Levy
($1,000); and
UF Audiology ($940).
The top ten
walkers are:
Lynn Rousseau ($2,025);
Shawn Patch
($900):
Luca Bostick-Valero ($835);
Judy Martin
($760);
Charlotte Nettles ($735);
Daphne Patch
($725);
Hannah Siburt ($690);
May Dahl ($670);
Kathy Borzell ($602); and
Joan Haber ($580).
