Grant Park Hearing Centre Joins Starkey Hearing Foundation To Deliver the Gift of Hearing

WINNIPEG, March 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Grant Park Hearing Centre is excited to announce that Kevin McNabb 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, Grant Park Hearing Centre 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 ninth time on this mission," said Kevin McNabb. "The Foundation uses hearing as a vehicle to reflecting caring and change lives around the world. We here at Grant Park Hearing are honored to do our part in delivering the gift of hearing to those in need."

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 Grant Park Hearing Centre visit http://www.grantparkhearingcentre.com/.

About Grant Park Hearing Centre
While providing the highest quality hearing health care services to Manitobans, the staff at Grant Park Hearing Centre is continually striving to keep up with the most current scientific and technological changes in the hearing health world.

Grant Park Hearing Centre has teamed up with the Starkey Hearing Foundation to make a difference in the lives of children and adults all over the world. Kevin McNabb has a passion for doing good for people in need and plans to continue with this adventure for many years to come. Since 2000, the Starkey Hearing Foundation has distributed more than 240,000 hearing aids to less fortunate people all around the world.

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]