HEAR YA NOW

HEAR YA NOW began as an HLAA Walk4Hearing team of over 40 young adults at the Long Beach, CA Walk in November 2009. Now, we’re a virtual community with over 240 members (and we are constantly growing!). Our members represent various points in the hearing spectrum and we communicate using speech, sign language, cued speech, and with or without auditory assistance.

The Walk4Hearing supports the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), which provides advocacy, education, and support for people with hearing loss on a national level. 50% of funds go to this organization, 40% goes to us, and 10% goes to sponsors.

Our percentage supports our members 100%. We use our funds to provide scholarships for our members to attend future national hearing loss and deaf conventions and support access at these events. Conventions are places where young adults can network, learn about new technologies and resources, present workshops, serve on panels, and develop a strong support base with other deaf and hard of hearing young adults in the US and elsewhere. We want to encourage young adults to develop an interest and participate in issues and occupations that address the communicative, social, technological, legislative, and personal needs of people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

If you are interested in donating to our team, please click this link. All supporters who make financial contributions will be listed on our Supporters page by June 3, 2012.

This year’s Walk4Hearing will be held at the Long Beach Marina on June 3, 2012. The Walk registration begins at 9:00AM. There will be refreshments, booths, and captioning. To find out more, visit this page. If you are interested in joining our team on the day of the Walk, please contact us at hearyanow@gmail.com.