Heroes for Hearing Fundraiser with Marlee Matlin

Heroes for Hearing Fundraiser with Marlee Matlin

DATE: October 11, 2007

TIME: 5:30pm – 9:30pm

ADDRESS:
6300 Everhart
Corpus Christi, Texas

http://www.deaf-hh.org

From Corpus Christ, Texas!

Join us for the 3rd Annual Heroes for Hearing celebration featuring Celebrity Guest Speaker, Academy Award Winning Actress Marlee Matlin benefiting the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. Reserve your seat on Thursday, October 11, 2007, by calling (361) 993-1154 or mailing The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center at 5151 McArdle, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78418. At 5:30 pm there is a silent auction and cash bar followed by a 7 pm seated dinner at the Corpus Christi Country Club. Our honorary chairpersons are Ellen and George Flood, M.D. Sponsorships include a table of 10.

Here’s how to sponsor!

$15,000 Sponsorship $2,500 Sponsorship
$10,000 Sponsorship $1,000 Sponsorship
$5,000 Sponsorship Individual Tickets @ $125 each

You can also donate or share a table/ticket for someone from the Deaf Community to attend.

Marlee Matlin received worldwide acclaim for her motion picture debut in Paramount Pictures’ “Children of a Lesser God,” earning her the Academy Award of the Best Actress, making her one of only four actresses to receive that honor for a film debut. Since then, Matlin has starred in numerous feature films. On TV, Matlin made her debut starring opposite Lee Remick, in CBS’s “Bridge to Silence,” a film that marked her first speaking role. Following that, she starred for two seasons in NBC’s series, “Reasonable Doubts,” and NBC’s Emmy award winning series, “The West Wing.” She has also guest starred on HBO’s “The Larry Sanders Show,” ABC’s “Spin City,” and “Desperate Housewives,” NBC’s “ER” and CBS’s “Judging Amy” and CSI: New York.” Matlin currently has a recurring role on NBC’s “My Name is Earl” and has joined the cast of Showtime’s “The L Word.” She is also the author of two children’s novels entitled “Deaf Child Crossing”: and “Nobody’s Perfect.” Matlin makes her home in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband, law enforcement officer Kevin Grandalski, and their four children.

The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center began in 1978 as The Corpus Christi Area Council for the Deaf, Inc., when a group of passionate people came together to provide services for people with hearing loss in the Coastal Bend. The agency is a full service, non-profit 502(c) (3) organization providing a wide variety of client services as needed. With your help we can continue to accomplish our mission to alleviate communication barriers and strive for equal access for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center has valuable resources for all individuals who have hearing loss and their families. Our services include parent and family support, a HUH (Help Us Hear) Group, Assistive Listening Devices and STAP program, Job Training and Placement program, Case work service, and Educational Programs including sign language classes, baby sign classes, literacy classes, and sign language camp for kids. Moreover, we provide weekly education and recreational events with a “Silver Silent Seniors” program, recreation services for all ages year-round with North of the Border Games for the Deaf, Deaf Awareness Week and Summer Voyage, a camp for students with hearing loss. Our Communiquè Cafè offers a work training program at an in-house snack bar. We provide video rely services booths, information and referral, communication services like interpreter services, note-takers and CART transcription, and substance abuse group services free of charge.
We want to add your name to our list of sponsors to help provide these invaluable services to 23 counties in South Texas. More than 77,000 can benefit from you donation. Sign up today by emailing [email protected]

Lina Weikel
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 361-993-1154 v/tty