LOCAL HEARING AID SPECIALIST
AND THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 836 HEARING AIDS TO
ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN HERMOSILLO, SENORA, MEXICO
Boca Raton, FL – 10/27/06 Craig Drucker, BC-HIS, together
with Perry Giordanelli, BC-HIS, ACA, today announced the successful
completion of a three-day hearing aid mission trip to Hermosillo,
Sonora, Mexico that resulted in 418 adults and children receiving
836 hearing aids. The mission trip was completed in conjunction
with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in an effort to fulfill
the Foundation’s commitment to helping the world to
hear.
Hearing aid mission trips are paid for by donations to the
Starkey Hearing Foundation. Every year at the Foundation’s
annual “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala, Gala
attendees have an opportunity to bid during a live auction
to fund a mission trip. Perry Giordanelli in conjunction with
his partners Stephanie Fiorella of Better Hearing-World of
Sounds Hearing Aids in Ft. Lauderdale, Craig Drucker of West
Boca Hearing Center in Boca Raton and Javier Benitez of Hear
Center in North Miami bid $40,000 to help fund the Mexico
mission, which took place September 24 – 27.
SUPERBOWL MISSIONLOCAL HEARING
AID SPECIALIST AND THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 660
HEARING AIDS TO BROWARD AND DADE CHILDREN DURING SUPERBOWL
MISSION
BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA, 2/5/2007 - Craig Drucker, BC-HIS,
Hearing Aid Specialist, owner and operator of two local hearing
aid offices together with Perry Giordanelli, BC-HIS, ACA,
owner and operator of five local hearing aid offices, today
announced the successful completion of a two day hearing aid
mission at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida that
resulted in 330 children and adults receiving 660 hearing
aids. The mission was completed in conjunction with The Starkey
Hearing Foundation, the National Football League and Samsung
Electronics America in an effort to fulfill the foundation’s
commitment to helping the world to hear.
On “So the World May Hear Day”,
the first day of the mission, West Boca Hearing Center joined
such celebrities as Leslie Nielsen, Marion Ross, Paul Williams,
ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Editions Eduardo Xol and
former Miss America, Heather Whitestone.
“This was one of the most rewarding experiences
of my life” stated Craig Drucker.
“It was incredibly rewarding to
be part of something so meaningful” said Perry Giordanelli,
About the Starkey
Hearing Foundation
Since 1973, Starkey has been giving the gift of hearing to
the world’s underprivileged—especially children—through
its internationally recognized mission program and its domestic
program, Hear Now. Since 2000, the Starkey Hearing Foundation
has provided nearly 200,000 hearing aids to those in need
around the world. Visit www.sotheworldmayhear.org
to learn more.
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