2025 Ear Community Microtia and Atresia Summer Family Picnics
Ear Community hosts picnics every year around the world helping bring Microtia and Atresia families together. This year’s picnics will take place in the United States in Idaho Falls, Idaho/ Richmond, Virginia/ Fort Lauderdale, Florida/ NYC, New York/ Atlanta, Georgia/ Nashville, Tennessee/ and Oakville, Canada! It is very exciting for many families! Everyone enjoys attending our picnics and our Ear Community picnics always offer such a wonderful opportunity for Microtia and Atresia families to come together, share experiences with each other, and maybe even make a new friend. Medical professionals such as world renown Microtia and Atresia repair surgeons, anaplastologists, ENTs, audiologists, and therapists along with the world’s leading hearing device companies all come together to mingle with us at our picnics, helping educate us on all of our options including hearing loss.
Our events are held outdoors providing a relaxed environment and so the kids can play. Sometimes an indoor location is needed when collaborating with a surgeon conference.
A special thank you to our amazing Ear Community Sponsors!
Platinum Sponsors
Cochlear Americas
Oticon Medical
MED-EL USA
*** This year’s Ear Community events are made possible thanks to our organization’s proud Sponsors, Donor Organizations and our Community Contributors! Without the continued support of our sponsors, donor organizations and community contributors, we would not be able to bring our Microtia and Atresia families together at our events as we have done for the past decade. We also would not be able to work on all of the research and studies that our organization contributes to that help benefit our community in the future. Ear Community is thankful and appreciates the continued support from all of our supporters! Your support means the world to our families, our community and to our organization! ***
We look forward to seeing everyone at our Ear Community picnics this year!
Melissa Tumblin,
Founder and Executive Director
Ear Community
Microtia and Atresia Support Group on Facebook
2025 Picnics and Events
American Cleft Palate Association
82nd Annual Meeting
Palm Springs, California
May 6th-10th, 2025
* Ear Community will be presenting at this
conference as a member of the CARE Study Team
grant working on research for microtia, atresia and
craniofacial microsomia with Seattle Children’s Hospital
and the Center for Appearance Research (UK).
Idaho Ear Community Picnic
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Saturday, June 14th, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
Virginia Ear Community Picnic
Richmond, Virginia
Date: Saturday, June 21st, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
Florida Ear Community Picnic
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Date: Saturday – TENTATIVE for June 28th, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
New York Ear Community Picnic
NYC, New York
Date: Saturday, July 12th, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
Ontario, Canada Ear Community Picnic
Oakville, Ontario
Date: Saturday – TENTATIVE, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
Georgia Ear Community Picnic
Atlanta, Georgia
Date: Saturday – TENTATIVE for July 19th, 2025
Time: 11AM to 3PM
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
Tennessee Ear Community Picnic
Nashville, Tennessee
Date: Saturday, July 26th, 2025
Time: 8AM to 12PM (conference) and 12PM to 4PM (picnic)
RSVP to Melissa at: EarCommunity@gmail.com
* This Ear Community picnic will be in collaboration with the Vanderbilt Microtia & Atresia conference that will take place at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (in the Children’s Hospital). This conference is a wonderful opportunity to learn about all of your options for Microtia & Atresia. A special thank you to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for helping host our Microtia and Atresia event.
National Microtia and Atresia Awareness Day
Every November 9th!
* Raise awareness with us throughout the United States and across
the world!
* See our home page links on when to order t-shirts and accessories
for our special day! (orders are usually during mid Sept. thru early Oct.)
