Summer fun has taken its toll on blog posting promptness... sorry about that. These are some photos from J2H's fund raising kick-off. It was in a spacious, beautiful room at Noah's in Lindon. The huge projection screen had our lovely new logo up all night. The preliminary plans by Gerald Meyer were up and studied especially by the USDB crowd. The Paxtons and Archibalds brought balloons and the food was catered by China Lily, also in Lindon. The Liechtys provided the table decor and dessert. Katri Haycock designed the Logo and invitations. Thanks to everyone for their generosity!
Michelle Archibald and Hailey Liechty explained the history of the Journey to Hear Foundation, what has been accomplished so far and why the color green is everywhere. Green is the color of hope, therefore it is the Journey to Hear Foundation's color; what is hoped for the future of young deaf children living in Utah County, namely better access to the latest services and technology, and more modern, safe and beautiful facilities for the children and their families in a timely fashion.
The new Superintendent for USDB, Tim Smith, attended and said many encouraging words and told a touching story about one teacher's positive influence on the lives of many children and how he helped her accomplish a goal to take the children on a field trip of a life time... to Sea World in California!
It was good to see friends, therapists, audiologists, administrators and especially parents that night. Thanks to everyone for joining in! It was a fun evening and for our first fund raiser it is good to report: we came out ahead!
We are planning more events in the future, some simply social, others with a fund raising goal.
I look forward to hearing from you. Please leave a comment and I'll reply much faster than I post!
Hailey Liechty
