Ear Community Kicks Off Its 2014 Microtia and Atresia Summer Family Picnics…

Hi Everyone!

2013 Chicago, Illinois Ear Community Microtia Picnic

Ear Community is proud to host seven more Microtia and Atresia family picnics this summer.  Last year, Ear Community hosted seven picnics that took place in Spain, the United Kingdom, and in the United States, helping bring almost 1,300 people together along with medical professionals and hearing device companies.  Ear Community’s picnics welcome Microtia and Atresia families including individuals born with Hemifacial Microsomia, Goldenhar Syndrome, and Treacher Collins.  When families come together at Ear Community picnics, they are given the opportunity to share experiences with each other, enjoy a Fun and FREE day, and learn about all of the options that are currently available.  Medical professionals also attend our Ear Community picnics helping families find the answers they are looking for.  The medical professionals who attend our picnics include some of the world’s best Microtia and Atresia plastic surgeon experts, ENTs, audiologists, therapists, and anaplastologists.  Our picnics are generously sponsored by many of the hearing device companies that market bone conduction hearing devices.  The hearing device organizations who participate in our events help families learn more about hearing loss and give families and individuals the chance to try on the latest hearing devices that are currently available.   Ear Community is always thankful for the help and funding that it receives, but most of all…we are thankful for the families and individuals who come together to attend our events making each picnic a memorable one and a rewarding experience.  Thank you to everyone for being a part of our amazing Ear Community Foundation (a 501c3 nonprofit organization) and helping give back to the Microtia and Atresia community.

This year’s Microtia and Atresia Summer Family Picnics will take place in:
Pleasanton, California – Saturday, June 21st, 2014
Detroit, Michigan – Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Ansonia, Connecticut – Saturday, June 28th, 2014
Broomfield, Colorado – Saturday, July 19th, 2014
Frederick, Maryland – Saturday, July 26th, 204
Atlanta, Georgia – Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
San Antonio, Texas – Saturday, August 16th, 2014

This year, one of Ear Community’s picnics will be in collaboration with a Microtia surgeon conference.
On Saturday, July 19th, Ear Community will host its 4th Annual Colorado Picnic in Broomfield.  Our picnic will be in collaboration with the Let Them Hear Foundation’s conference.  If you would like to attend these events (one or the other), you must register separately for each.  To register for our Colorado picnic, please send an e-mail to ColoradoMicrotia@Hotmail.com to receive an Evite with details and to RSVP.  If you would like to register for the Let Them Hear Foundation’s conference, you can do so by clicking on the following link:  http://www.atresiarepair.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/0-2014_LTHF_AM_Conf2.pdf  While the Microita conference will take place in Westminster, CO, our picnic is just down the road (5 minutes away) in beautiful Broomfield, CO.  Please join us and enjoy an amazing day together!

Ear Community’s picnics are sponsored by the following organizations this year:

I look forward to seeing everyone come together again at our Ear Community picnics this summer!  For a list of our picnic dates and details on how to contact a picnic host to RSVP to a picnic, please visit the following link: https://earcommunity.org/2014-picnics-and-events/  Thank you so very much to all of our amazing sponsors and attendees who come to our picnics making them so special!
Thanks.

Melissa Tumblin
Founder and Executive Director of Ear Community
Founder of the Microtia and Atresia Support Group on Facebook