HEAR Center Toy Swap Event

Copied directly from the HEAR Center Newsletter:

"WHO: HEAR Center Families

WHAT: Book and toy swap

WHEN: May 5, 2012

10:00-11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Railroad Park

1600 1st Ave S

Birmingham, AL 35233

FOOD: Light refreshments served


HEAR Center families are invited to meet on May 5th, 2012, from 10:00-11:30 a.m. at Railroad Park in Birmingham for the first-ever HEAR Center toy swap. Bring your gently used toys and children's books, and swap them out for new-to-you toys. We all know how important age-appropriate toys are when you are living the auditory-verbal lifestyle, but maintaining a toy supply that is fresh and interesting to your child can be expensive! This is a no-cost way for our families to help each other out and provide some networking and socializing time for parents and children as well. Refreshments will be served and toys will be displayed from 10:00-11:30, but families are encouraged to bring picnic lunches, blankets, and balls/frisbees/etc. and stay to visit and enjoy the park after the toy swap concludes. All toys that have not been "adopted" by 11:30 will be donated to charity. TOYS ONLY PLEASE. "

PEEPs in the Park April 2012

Thank you to all the families that came out today for another PEEPS in the Park event. The kids played hard and parents had a chance to talk to one another. Thank you to the Charity League ladies for coming out and helping us as always. Also thank you to New Welcome Baptist Church in Egypt for sponsoring the event by providing all the refreshments.

Peeps in the Park

Peeps in the Park

Homewood Park

1632 Oxmoor Rd

Homewood, AL 35209

April 28, 2012

10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

(weather permitting)

This semi-annual event is for

all families in Alabama with a

child or children with hearing loss.

Come enjoy a fun day at the park,

talk to other families in similar

situations, and get free refreshments!

Email Val (click here) with your name and how many plan to attend so

we'll be sure we have plenty of drinks & refreshments

EMAIL ME for RSVPs

PEEPs in the Park Nov '11 Homewood

PEEPS in the Park

PEEPS in the Park

Sunday Nov 6

2-4 p.m.

Brought to you by the Delta Zeta girls

from the University of Alabama

Fall Festival

Lots of games, face painting, refreshments and more! Children will rotate through to events directed by Bama's Delta Zeta crew while parents have a chance to chat!

The Delta Zeta gals from Bama have been working hard to bring the children of Alabama with hearing loss a Fall Festival they'll never forget. Be sure to join PEEPS in the Park for this fun event.

1632 Oxmoor Road

Homewood Park

Nov 6

Shoot for the Loot

The Charity League's next big event is coming up soon! Check out the annual clay shooting tournament benefiting the hearing and speech impaired children of Alabama. Here's more from The Charity League...

"Join us on September 29, 2011 for our second annual sporting clay tournament at Selwood Farms presented by Ruff and Tuff! Mark Prater, the chief meteorologist of CBS42 will be our celebrity co-chair. Additionally, we will be auctioning off 2 spaces on a team to play with the two sexiest fat men around...Rick and Bubba. You don't want to miss out on the fun you can have raising money for speech and hearing impaired children at this tournament!"

Click here to find out more!

PEEPS in the Park

Sunday August 21 (weather permitting)

4-6 p.m.

Homewood Park

1632 Oxmoor Rd

Homewood, AL

email Val if you plan to attend

 

Hope to see you there!

Click here for pictures from last year's event

Summer Chill

HEAR Center patients are invited

to their Summer Chill

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

 

Saturday, June 11

9:00 until 11:00

Joe Tucker Park

Highway 52 South & Tucker Road

Helena, Alabama

RSVP to Tiffney at 939-5816 or via EMAIL

The Boundless Playground is sure to be such fun!
We'll have face painting and games in the summer sun!
Come join us all as we try to beat the heat -
We'll serve Italian Ice as a cool yummy treat!

~HEAR Center~

Hope to see you there!

Montgomery Area Residents

March Guest Speaker: Nancy Gregg

Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist

March 10, 2011

4:00 p.m.

Wesley Hall

First United Methodist Church

2416 West Cloverdale Park

Montgomery, AL 36106

This is a local support group independently run by citizens in Montgomery and covers a variety of topics related to hearing loss. They meet the 2nd Thursday of each month.


This month, the focus is on childhood hearing loss, and the guest speaker is the HEAR Center's own Nancy Gregg. For more information, email hearinginfo@earthlink.com.

PEEPs to visit Imagination Place (N & Central AL)

If you are in North or Central Alabama and have a hearing impaired child, please come out to Imagination Place in downtown Gadsden on Sunday Nov 7 from 2-3:30 p.m. Imagination Place has a neat children's museum and guests will be treated to some fun and crafty activities. Email Val to RSVP by October 28 and be sure to include how many tickets you'll need and ages of the children. For more information click here.

HEAR Center Pumpkin Patch 2010

Many families from the HEAR Center gathered Saturday at Bennett Farms in Heflin, to enjoy a beautiful day at the pumpkin patch. There was a hay ride, pumpkin paiting, a hay maze and more! The petting zoo seemed to be a big hit with the children.

PEEPs in the Park-Daphne 2010

We had such a great visit to Daphne, AL. If you missed this PEEPs in the Park, check out the pictures from this event. We had lots of children and the scenery could not have been more beautiful.

HEAR Center families: Pumpkin Patch in October

Call 205-939-5816 by 4:30 p.m. on 9/27/10 if you would like to reserve your family's tickets. Be sure to leave the number of adults and children on the message. HEAR Center will buy the first 3 tickets per family. Additional tickets are $5 each with reservations. This event is for HEAR Center patients only.

Come out to the pumpkin patch

Date: October 2, 2010

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Place: Bennet Farms

Address: 1073 Co Rd 13, Heflin 35264

RSVP required: 205-939-5816 or email

Click here for more info about Bennet Farms

PEEPs in the Park-Daphne

PEEPs IN THE PARK

Saturday, September 25

10 a.m. -12 noon

May Day Pier & Park

Daphne, Alabama

Please RSVP Ashley.peeps@yahoo.com by Sept. 24

PEEPs IN THE PARK allows children with hearing loss and

their families to meet, play and share their experiences.

We want all the families from South Alabama to come out

and meet each other. Refreshments will be provided, so

come out and play!

Journey to Adulthood Workshop

Free workshop Saturday Aug. 14 from 9am-12pm at Central United Methodist Church (library)

616 Jackson St SE  in Decatur 

presented by Alabama Parent Education Center

for parents with children ages 9-22 with disabilities

Topics include rights, social relationships and much more!

PEEPs in the Park-Decatur

Our next PEEPs in the Park will be Aug. 14 from 10-12 in Decatur at Adventure Park. Click here for more info about the park.

We will serve refershments as usual and hope many of our Central and North Alabama families can come. Many of our new families would love to see you there so even if you came to the last park event try to make plans to visit this large and exciting park also!

Please email (click here) to RSVP by Aug. 11 and we look forward to seeing you all there. In the event of undesirable weather, this event will be rescheduled.

Girls Just Gotta Have Funds

(all info posted directly from a Children's HEAR Center email alert)
Come shop with us at Inverness Corners (on the corner of Valleydale Road and Hwy 280)

Early Bird Sale: Thursday, July 15 5:00-8:00 p.m. (Admission $5.00)

Friday, July 16: 7:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., 3:00 - 7:00 pm

Saturday, July 17: 7:00 am-1:00 pm

(All merchandise 1/2 price after 12:00 pm on Saturday)

Adult clothing, furniture, household items, kitchen appliances, baby and children's toys and clothing, holiday décor, and more!!

Brought to you by The Charity League
All proceeds from the annual Girls Just Gotta Have Funds Garage Sale go to Charity League benefactors, including the Children's HEAR Center. Did you know the Charity League gave over $61,200 in 2010 to the Hearing and Speech Department at CHS? These funds include scholarships for HEAR Center families with financial need purchase hearing aids or cochlear implant equipment. Another scholarship provides a set of hearing aids at no cost to children who have hearing loss as a result of cancer treatment. They also provide initial earmolds for every HEAR Center patient and care kits for those fit with loaner hearing aids. Every family at the HEAR Center has benefitted from TCL's generosity to some degree!
 

PEEPS at the Park

PEEPs would like to thank Christie Rather Photography for donating her time to come out to the PEEPs picnic and take photos of the event. The Charity League ladies were also out volunteering as well. The temperatures soared but the children had fun, and the parents did as well. Events like these give parents a chance to talk to other parents in similar situations. PEEPs hopes to have more events like this in the future around the state for those who may not live in the Birmingham area. Again, thank you for coming out, we had a blast, and we can't wait to see you all again real soon!

Picnic at the Park

Children's Hear Center

May 22nd from 11:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Homewood Park

1632 Oxmoor Rd

Homewood, Alabama

 

R.S.V.P. required - email or call 205-939-5816 to specify the number of children and adults in your family who will attend

*Meet other HEAR Center families and make new friends

*Enjoy games, crafts, and other entertainment just for our kids

*Explore the awesome playground

*Refuel with a complimentary barbeque lunch for all that RSVP

*Meet our PEEPs - a new parent mentoring group here to serve the needs of families all over the state of Alabama!

SHAA Convention

PEEPs will be represented at the SHAA Convention

March 11-13 at The Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham

at the Riverchase Galleria

Come by our booth and pick up some information

about Alabama's new parent mentoring program

for families who have children with hearing loss