Collingwood and Wasaga Hearing Clinic Joins Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing

COLLINGWOOD, ON, March 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Collingwood and Wasaga Hearing Clinic Inc., are excited to announce that Sue, Len and Sheri Vermeulen will be traveling with Starkey Hearing Foundation to Ramallah, Tul Karem and Hebron in Israel to deliver free hearing aids to children and adults in need. More than 2,400 people are projected to receive the gift of hearing.

For eight days, Collingwood Hearing Clinic will help the Starkey Hearing Foundation team of audiologists and staff deliver hearing care and fit each of the recipients with their very own customized, hearing device.

"We are so excited to be joining Starkey Hearing Foundation for the eighth time on this mission," said Sue Vermeulen. "The Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflecting caring and change lives around the world. We here at Collingwood Hearing are honored to do our part in delivering the gift of hearing to those in need. This is my eighth mission and Sheri's third, and we cannot imagine not being part of this wonderful initiative."

Starkey Hearing Foundation's Israel mission is just one of the many hearing missions that are conducted throughout the year to deliver the gift of hearing around the world. Starkey Hearing Foundation gives more than 100,000 hearing aids to people in need each year and has pledged to fit one million hearing aids this decade.

For more Information about Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org and to learn more about Collingwood Hearing Clinic visit http://www.collingwoodhearing.com.

About Collingwood Hearing Clinic
Collingwood Hearing Clinic Inc. has been serving the Georgian Bay in Ontario area since 1978. With one location in Collingwood and one in Wasaga Beach, we are dedicated to providing improved quality of life through innovative communication technology, in harmony with professional and friendly service. At our clinic, you are treated like a friend and we answer all of your questions about the best solutions available to adapt to your lifestyle and budget. At Collingwood Hearing Clinics Inc., you have access to the most qualified and caring hearing health care professionals who are committed to your well-being. Our goal is your satisfaction.

About Starkey Hearing Foundation
Starkey Hearing Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflect caring and change lives around the world. Disabling hearing loss affects more than 360 million people, including 32 million children, worldwide, yet many do not have access to the hearing devices that can help them. Starkey Hearing Foundation fits and gives more than 100,000 hearing aids annually, and as a member of President Clinton's Global Initiative, it has pledged to fit one million hearing aids this decade. In addition to giving the gift of hearing through worldwide hearing missions, Starkey Hearing Foundation promotes hearing health awareness and education through the Listen Carefully campaign and provides hearing instruments to low-income Americans through the Hear Now program. For more information on Starkey Hearing Foundation, visit www.starkeyhearingfoundation.org.

SOURCE: Starkey Canada

Elaine Volpato, 905-542-7555 x 4217, [email protected]