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Charity Events, Children's Hearing Institute, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day
The Children's Hearing Institute partnered with the New York Mets on Saturday, September 18th, to sponsor Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day at Citifield. The Institute distributed free tickets to the patients of the Cochlear Implant/Hearing & Learning Center at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.
In addition, this sponsorship allowed CHI to offer tickets to several of the deaf and hard of hearing programs in the New York City metro area including Center for Hearing Communication, NYC Board of Education - Speech & Audiology Program, Clark School for Hearing & Speech, The ASL & English Secondary School, New York School for the Deaf, Cleary School for the Deaf, Lexington School for the Deaf, New York State School for the Deaf, St. Francis De Sales School for the Deaf, St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf, and the Rhinelander Children's Center.
In all, over 1000 hearing impaired children attended the game. The NY Mets provided sign language interpreters throughout the stadium, as well as captions on the ribbon boards surrounding the ballpark for the deaf and hard of hearing fans in attendance. Students from the above mentioned programs signed the National Anthem as well.
The Children's Hearing Institute partnered with the New York Mets on Saturday, September 18th, to sponsor Deaf and Hard of Hearing Awareness Day at Citifield. The Institute distributed free tickets to the patients of the Cochlear Implant/Hearing & Learning Center at The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.
In addition, this sponsorship allowed CHI to offer tickets to several of the deaf and hard of hearing programs in the New York City metro area including Center for Hearing Communication, NYC Board of Education - Speech & Audiology Program, Clark School for Hearing & Speech, The ASL & English Secondary School, New York School for the Deaf, Cleary School for the Deaf, Lexington School for the Deaf, New York State School for the Deaf, St. Francis De Sales School for the Deaf, St. Joseph's School for the Deaf, Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf, and the Rhinelander Children's Center.
In all, over 1000 hearing impaired children attended the game. The NY Mets provided sign language interpreters throughout the stadium, as well as captions on the ribbon boards surrounding the ballpark for the deaf and hard of hearing fans in attendance. Students from the above mentioned programs signed the National Anthem as well.