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