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Farmington Hills Group Raises Money for State's First Senior Deaf Housing Complex - Farmington-Farmington Hills, MI Patch
For the last four years, Farmington Hills based Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services has helped put on a fundraiser that brings them just a little bit closer to their goal of building a deaf senior housing complex – the first in Michigan.
According to the organization, there are only 17 such housing facilities in the U.S. Every single one is filled to capacity and has a waiting list. The closest to Michigan is Columbus Colony is Westerville, OH.
"Michigan is seventh in deaf population in the 50 states, so we have a large deaf population," Linda Booth, Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services president, said. "So we're looking to build the first deaf senior housing retirement center in the state."
The Deaf Senior Housing Coalition is a collaborative effort between Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services and the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, along with some support from the Area Agency on Aging 1-B.
This year, the 5th Annual Golf Outing will be held Aug. 27 at Coyote Preserve in Fenton. There is an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $125 per person and includes 18 holes of golf, lunch and dinner.
"It is an Arnold Palmer Signature course," Booth said. "So it's a challenging course, but fun. We're looking for hole sponsors, it's $125 to sponsor a hole. And we're looking for foursomes to play."
Last year, the golf outing raised more than $5,000. Booth said the event typically gets between 14 to 16 teams of four golfers. All the money raised goes directly to benefit the coalition.
According to Booth, it costs $30,000 just to make an application for the project with the MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority).
"There's all kinds of costs involved when you're going to build," Booth said. "Soil samples, market study and things like that. The golf outing helps bring that money to this project."
The coalition currently does not have a location set for the deaf senior housing, however, they are looking at areas along the I-75 corridor.
"It's mainly because the Michigan School for the Deaf is in Flint (off of I-75), and we'd like to do some inter-generational programs with deaf students and deaf seniors," Booth said. "We're looking in North Oakland County. We had some properties that we were excited about and then something fell through, it was the soil or overhead wires or the city government was not supportive. We're still in the process, we now have property we're looking at in Rochester Hills and in Wixom."
There are currently 134 deaf citizens' names on a waiting list to live in the future complex. Booth said most are from Michigan, some come from out of state.
"They moved out of state to live in a senior living facility ... but they want to come back to Michigan," she said. "There's a great need for this."
To register for the golf outing or to find out more about the Deaf Senior Housing Coalition, contact Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services at 248-473-1888.
For the last four years, Farmington Hills based Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services has helped put on a fundraiser that brings them just a little bit closer to their goal of building a deaf senior housing complex – the first in Michigan.
According to the organization, there are only 17 such housing facilities in the U.S. Every single one is filled to capacity and has a waiting list. The closest to Michigan is Columbus Colony is Westerville, OH.
"Michigan is seventh in deaf population in the 50 states, so we have a large deaf population," Linda Booth, Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services president, said. "So we're looking to build the first deaf senior housing retirement center in the state."
The Deaf Senior Housing Coalition is a collaborative effort between Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services and the Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency, along with some support from the Area Agency on Aging 1-B.
This year, the 5th Annual Golf Outing will be held Aug. 27 at Coyote Preserve in Fenton. There is an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Cost is $125 per person and includes 18 holes of golf, lunch and dinner.
"It is an Arnold Palmer Signature course," Booth said. "So it's a challenging course, but fun. We're looking for hole sponsors, it's $125 to sponsor a hole. And we're looking for foursomes to play."
Last year, the golf outing raised more than $5,000. Booth said the event typically gets between 14 to 16 teams of four golfers. All the money raised goes directly to benefit the coalition.
According to Booth, it costs $30,000 just to make an application for the project with the MSHDA (Michigan State Housing Development Authority).
"There's all kinds of costs involved when you're going to build," Booth said. "Soil samples, market study and things like that. The golf outing helps bring that money to this project."
The coalition currently does not have a location set for the deaf senior housing, however, they are looking at areas along the I-75 corridor.
"It's mainly because the Michigan School for the Deaf is in Flint (off of I-75), and we'd like to do some inter-generational programs with deaf students and deaf seniors," Booth said. "We're looking in North Oakland County. We had some properties that we were excited about and then something fell through, it was the soil or overhead wires or the city government was not supportive. We're still in the process, we now have property we're looking at in Rochester Hills and in Wixom."
There are currently 134 deaf citizens' names on a waiting list to live in the future complex. Booth said most are from Michigan, some come from out of state.
"They moved out of state to live in a senior living facility ... but they want to come back to Michigan," she said. "There's a great need for this."
To register for the golf outing or to find out more about the Deaf Senior Housing Coalition, contact Deaf & Hearing Impaired Services at 248-473-1888.