World Autism Day
Did you know 1 in 88 children are affected by autism? The Autism Speaks organization has started an annual campaign “Light It Up Blue” to help raise awareness on this growing public health concern. Today they encourage you to join in lighting up the day with blue by wearing the color, lighting your front porch…
Springing Toward a Better You
Thank you to the SSG members who attended the March meeting last week. It was truly enlightening to discover how several members have sprung outside their comfort zones to improve their success and self-confidence with public speaking. Two members enrolled themselves in various speaking groups within the community, including local Toastmasters clubs. Not only have these…
Eastside SSG meeting
Please join us Wednesday, March 21st for our Eastside Stuttering Support Group meeting. We will meet from 7 – 9pm in Tan 134 of the Physician and Surgery Center of Evergreen Hospital. Spring has arrived! Please take this opportunity to participate in great discussions, meet new people, and visit with old friends. We hope to see you there!
Thanks for a great AIKD!
We want to thank all of our wonderful staff and patients for helping make Absolutely Incredible Kid Day such a success! Together we mailed out over 300 postcards to kiddos to celebrate how wonderful they are. Check out photos from our fun day of celebration on our facebook page.
Celebrate AIKD!
Today we are celebrating all of the Absolutely Incredible Kids in our lives! From our audiology and speech patients, every kiddo that walks in our door today will be showered with appreciation for all that they do! Over the past three weeks we’ve also collected postcards from patients, family and friends that have been sent…
Volunteering with Food Lifeline
Last night our staff had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer at Food Lifeline’s Shoreline Re-Pack center. Hair nets, aprons and all, we packaged an amazing 1,152 pounds of Panko breadcrumbs, which equates to 4,000 meals! To see fun pictures from the evening click here. Food Lifeline’s mission is to end hunger in Western Washington, and…
Absolutely Incredible Kid Day!
March 15th marks the 16th annual Absolutely Incredible Kid Day! This national letter-writing campaign was started by Camp Fire USA, and is recognized every third Thursday of March. The day is celebrated by kids receiving letters of support, love and encouragement written by parents and adults. Please stop by one of our three office locations…
HLA Meeting and Free Caption Call Phones
The Bellevue chapter of the Hearing Loss Association has an interesting presentation scheduled for this Saturday (February 11th) at 1pm at Lake Sammamish Foursquare Church. The topic, “Being our Best (Hard of Hearing) Selves…effectively managing challenging situations,” will be lead by social worker and psychoanalyst Jacqui Metzer. Jacqui has a long history with hearing loss…
Hearing Loss Association
Join The Hearing Loss Association of Bellevue during their first meeting of the year, January 14th, as they learn more about captioned telephones. Adam Young, a representative of CaptionCall will be on hand to discuss the technology, demonstrate how it works and answer any questions you may have. CaptionCall phones enable you to amplify the…
Bake Sale Success!
Tons of cupcakes, cookies, brownies and other sweet treats filled our Kirkland office last Thursday for our bake sale in support of our holiday family the Eiseman’s. Together with our back to school bake sale, we raised over $700 for the family. We can’t thank everyone enough for supporting our bake sale and helping to raise…