Warren Center

                                                for Communication & Learning

 

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:           December 8, 2006

 

$9,000 Grant from Rite Aid Foundation

18 People Set to Receive Free Hearing Aids

 

            BANGOR, ME – The Warren Center for Communication & Learning is pleased to announce the receipt of a $9,000 grant from the Rite Aid Foundation in support of the Regional Hearing Aid Bank (ReHAB) program. The grant allows the Warren Center to provide hearing aids to members of the community who could not otherwise afford them.  The Rite Aid Foundation, founded in July 2001, is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to helping people in the communities Rite Aid serves. Gayles Rife, Foundation Administrator, wrote in the Warren Center’s grant acceptance letter that, “(Rite Aid) understand(s) how important it is to provide support to people who cannot afford hearing devices and applaud your efforts. We appreciate the opportunity to give to such a worthy cause.”

            Mary Poulin, the Warren Center’s Administrative Director, reflected on the grant donation, “We are grateful to the Rite Aid Foundation for once again providing grant funding for our ReHAB Program.  Their generosity will allow at least 18 people in our community to receive hearing aids, dramatically improving their quality of life. Combined with last year’s donation, the Rite Aid Foundation has funded a total of 56 hearing aids through the ReHAB program.” 

 

            Since its establishment in March 2002, ReHAB has provided 107 community members with refurbished or new hearing aids. In 2006, 33 people received hearing aids through the program. Currently, there are 43 people on the waiting list. ReHAB’s success is dependent upon the financial donations of individuals and companies, as well as, the donation of used hearing aids by members of the community.

              Anyone interested in making a donation to the ReHAB program can mail hearing aids or monetary donations to the Warren Center at 175 Union Street, in Bangor.  The Warren Center accepts both behind-the-ear (BTE) and in-the-ear (ITE) hearing aid donations.  The BTEs are refurbished and given directly to individuals on the waiting list.  ITEs are sent to a recycling facility for a monetary credit which helps the Warren Center cover costs associated with the program. 

            Anyone wishing to receive a hearing aid through the ReHAB program can contact the Warren Center at 941-2850. 

 

Organization Background:  The Warren Center for Communication & Learning is Bangor’s oldest not-for-profit professional speech and hearing center.  Founded in 1961 by the Junior League of Bangor, the Warren Center provides evaluations, therapies and technologies in the areas of speech, language development and hearing to the children and adults of Eastern and Central Maine.

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Contact Information:

The Warren Center

Mary-Anne Saxl, Development & Marketing Specialist

175 Union Street

Bangor, ME 04401

Telephone: #941-2850

Email: masaxl@warrencenter.org