Education United States Project #8317

Hearing Care for Needy Children

by KEX Kids Fund

Project Report | Jan 14, 2020
Hearing - KEX Kids Fund

By Vicki Linnman | Hearing - KEX Kids Fund

Hearing Care Activity for calendar year 2019

Dear Donors,

Thanks to our GlobalGiving donors for their generous support so we can continue to provide vision and hearing care for all eligible children requesting our help.

Our annual Thanksgiving Radio-A-Thon was held Thanksgiving Weekend on KEX 1190 AM radio station. See https://1190kex.iheart.com and search for KEX Kids Fund On Air Pledge Drive.

Our funds are kept in one account and are used for both of our Hearing and Vision Care programs.

For the year 2019, we received a total of $190,503 – this includes the following: grants, GlobalGiving donations, and $159,589 in donor contributions from our Thanksgiving Pledge Drive.

In 2019 we received and processed 45 hearing applications for children in need in 9 Oregon counties and 1 Washington county. Our hearing care expenses for the year were $32,822.

Glenda Smith-Fowler and Ilia Fong, ESD audiologists from the Salem area, joined our board and they have recruited audiology providers to provide services to children to bridge some of the gaps from Oregon ESD funding cuts. We currently partner with 13 audiologists for our hearing program. We have 10 hearing aid loaners in our Hearing Aid Bank/Loaner Program.

Stories:

We recently helped a young child with cancer. The chemotherapy treatment caused the child’s hearing loss and KEX Kids Fund was able to help the family at a critical moment.

"I am teacher in a self-contained deaf classroom. Last year, I had a deaf student who has Microtia Atresia of the ear. Microtia is a congenital deformity affecting the outer ear where the ear does not fully develop. A Microtia ear is smaller in size and has a peanut shaped appearance (only has a small nub of the lobe present). She had difficulties seeing and needed glasses, but her ears were not able to hold up glasses comfortably. Her insurance did not cover enough to pay for contacts, so I reached out to KEX for support. KEX provided funds for contacts for up to two years! The family was extremely thankful for this donation. Now she is able to watch her ASL interpreter with ease. Thank you, KEX, for your donation and thank you to the community members out there for your contributions. KEX has been supporting our program for many years and we are very grateful! This is a season of giving, and helping a child see or hear is a great way to give back! Thank you, KEX, for all that you are doing for our kids!" --S.O., Columbia Regional Program, Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services

Thank you again for helping us reach children who need hearing assistance in Oregon and SW Washington!

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Oct 21, 2019
Hearing Care Activity for January 2019 to October

By Vicki Linnman | KEX Kids Fund Executive Director

Dear Donors,

Our funds are kept in one account and are used for both of our Hearing and Vision Care programs.

As of 9/30/2019 we have received $34,027.49. Our hearing care expenses for so far this year were $24,301.02

for hearing care for 33 children (around $650/child). These children received services valued at over $37,000. (4x our expenses)

We also added four counties in Oregon and Washington to our vision and hearing programs: Crook County in Oregon to Vision Care and Lane County in Oregon to Hearing Care; Klickitat and Walla Walla Counties in Washington to Hearing Care so that we now serve children in 24 counties in Oregon and SW Washington.

Our board member, Sherry Brown, is keeping the KEX Board updated on state funding changes and suggesting ways that the KEX Kids Fund can continue to serve children in need of hearing care services. Glenda is helping us consider options for providing hearing care to needy children outside our current 24 county service area. We currently have 26 audiologists in 13 locations supporting our hearing program.

Throughout the year we receive thank you notes and photos from our hearing care children. We attach copies of these items to our reports. Thank you again for helping us to bring sound to needy children in Oregon and SW Washington.

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Jul 26, 2019
Hearing Care Activity for January - June 2019

By Vicki Linnman | Executive Director

Dear Donors,

Thank you Global Giving donors for your generous support this year! Several donors have set up recurring donations and we appreciate this ongoing support. Thank you, too, for helping us to continue to provide vision and hearing care for all eligible children requesting our help! We scheduled two fundraising events in 2018. Our third annual Vision Fun Run took place on May 20, 2018 in NW Portland. See www.visionfunrun.comfor additional information. We partnered in a Golf Tournament with the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation at Langdon Farms in September. See the OLSHF website for additional information www.olshf.org. Our annual Thanksgiving Radio-A-Thon was held Thanksgiving Weekend on KEX 1190 AM radio station. See https://1190kex.iheart.comand search for KEX Kids Fund On Air Pledge Drive.

In 2018 your support helped us raise $233,416.11 to provide both hearing and vision care for needy children in Oregon and SW Washington. Most of our operating expenses for 2019 were pledged and collected during our annual Thanksgiving Fundraiser. Funds will be used for our $160,000 budget for 2019. . We are very pleased with this support as the radio time for the fundraiser was less than previous years. The KEX Kids Fund drive was on the air this year on Thursday and Friday from 6 a.m. through 9 a.m. and then Monday and Tuesday during the Mark Mason show from 12 p.m. through 3 p.m. Our funds are kept in one account and are used for both of our Hearing and Vision Care programs.

As of 6/30/2019 we have received $31,755.97 including $24,874.00 from our Thanksgiving Pledge Drive. Our hearing care expenses for so far this year were $21,404.19 for hearing care for 25 children (around $856/child). These children received services valued at over $85,000. (4x our expenses)

Our board member, Sherry Brown, is keeping the KEX Board updated on state funding changes and suggesting ways that the KEX Kids Fund can continue to serve children in need of hearing care services. Sherry encouraged another ESD audiologist from the Salem area, Glenda Smith-Fowler to join our board and they have recruited additional audiology providers to provide services to our children to bridge some of the gaps from Oregon ESD funding cuts. Sherry and Glenda are helping us consider options for providing hearing care to needy children outside our current 24 county service area. We currently have 26 audiologists supporting our hearing program.

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