Archibald's Halloween Party!
SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 07
Bring Your Entire Family!
Meet Other Families Dealing with Hearing Issues!
Carnival Games, Food, Prizes & Spook Alley!!!
DRESS WARMLY!
Starts at 5:00 'til your bones shiver!
Questions and Directions? Email Hailey at hailey@journeytohear.org

Mikki O'Connor Joins J2H Board
Mikki O'Connor, Associate Dean of the Utah Valley University School of Business has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Journey to Hear Foundation from the early stages of inception. Now we would like to announce that she has joined our board of directors. She will be a valuable asset to our foundation and we look forward to working with her.

It has taken me too long to get this announcement put together! Hope you have saved the date and are able to come. It will be at our recently painted blue house.

Thanks to Katri Haycock for the fantastic, and fun, drawings & design! Click on the image to enlarge it.

Please call Christopher for the address 362.1966 or for any other questions.

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

VISION STATEMENT

Our vision is to build a beautiful, acoustically sound building that would serve as a preschool and center for services (auditory testing, various therapies) for children who are hearing impaired and their families. A place to gather.

The children served would be ages newborn to approximately 8 years old, or when they are successfully mainstreamed into elementary school. A place to learn and grow.

It would house a preschool with approximately six classrooms (including space for a hearing preschool) and office space for therapists and administrators. It would also house a library for reference materials for families who have children recently diagnosed with hearing loss. There
would also be a display area for hearing aids, cochlear implants and samples of other assistive devices. A place to discover what new technology is available to help modern deaf children.

An audiology suite would be located there so that children could be tested frequently and hearing aids and cochlear implants could be programmed or mapped for more accurate hearing and faster developmental progress. A place for timely neurological development.

An auditorium is central to this plan for the children to perform and for parents to gather and learn from professionals. A place for support, education and communication.

WISH LIST
for the new school year, fall 2007

USDB (Utah School for the Deaf & Blind) is looking (because parents are asking for it: they are not so keen on forward thinking about facility needs) for a TEMPORARY SPACE for the pre-school for fall. It needs to be:
• centrally located (there are children that live all over Utah County)
• space for 5-6 rooms (for classes, therapy and parent/teacher conferences)
• some play space

So far we have thought of a variety of spaces, strip malls, warehouses, old banks. USDB needs all the help it can get. :)

If you know of anything please email me at hailey@journeytohear.org

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The Journey to Hear Foundation promotes the auditory/oral education of children in Utah County who are deaf or hard of hearing.

If you are concerned about the educational future of deaf and hard of hearing children in Utah County, please join us! This next Friday night, at Noah's in Lindon at 6:30.

Spread the word! Please invite Anyone/Everyone concerned with deaf children
Families with Deaf Children--especially Parents of newly diagnosed children
Grandparents
Extended Family
Pediatricians
ENTs
Potential Donors, financial and in-kind
Realtors
Teachers
Anyone else concerned with the education and development of deaf and hard of hearing children.

Please email me with questions and R.S.V.P.s hailey@journeytohear.org

If you would like printable invites, please email me and I'll email back a page of 4 up.

Why is J2H's color green?
A long while ago we chose the color green to encourage us to think hopefully, be youthful and positive. Green is a color that promotes growth.

Welcome! You have found The Journey to Hear Foundation's blog! This has been a few years in the making. Hailey Meyer Liechty and Michelle Archibald have headed this up and now it is almost off the ground.

On Friday the 22nd of June, at 6:30 we will have a dinner and information sharing meeting at Noah's in Lindon.

You might be interested in this blog as well:
Chance to Hear

Do you know other blogs or sites that would help parents of deaf or hard of hearing children in Utah County? Please comment here or email me at hailey@xmission.com.