Happy 14th Birthday to the Ear Community Organization! – May 20th, 2024

May 20, 2024 By Leave a Comment
Happy 14th Birthday to Ear Community!

Happy 14th Birthday to Ear Community!

Micotia Kids Rock!

Microtia Kids Rock!

TODAY, May 20th, is Ear Community’s Birthday! Our organization is 14 years old!

Ear Community is the first parent-driven nonprofit to serve the microtia and atresia community. Our organization is proud to have paved the way for our community with genetics research, research that will improve health care for our community for both the medical professional and patient and we are proud to advocate for what our community needs in regard to insurance for hearing devices! Our organization has done so much over the years and we are so proud to be able to continue giving back to our community as we continue our mission of helping our beautiful children and adults with microtia and aural atresia!

So far this year:
– Ear Community has already donated (2) hearing devices to two children in need with a third donation in process! Since 2012, our organization has donated over 175 BAHA devices to those in need!
– Ear Community has helped 2 children with find funds for their fitting/programming fees that were denied by their insurers. We have helped 2 audiologists still be able to give the gift of hearing through our Pax’s Ear Fund program specifically meant to help with this issue. Since last year, we have helped 10 individuals receive the gift of hearing!
– Ear Community has continued to advocate on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. for Ally’s Act, H.R. 2439/S. 1135 – our Federal piece of legislation that our organization has in place that will prevent private insurers from denying Bone Anchored Hearing Devices! With passage of this bill, our children and adults will be able to have these hearing devices covered from birth to age 64!
– Since 2011, Ear Community has hosted over 125 priceless events for our community in many different countries! We are looking forward to our upcoming events that begin on June 1st in the US and in Canada for this year!
– Ear Community has awarded over 20 college scholarships too!
– Ear Community has new findings through our research that show microtia and atresia are genetic on chromosome 3!
– We also look forward to everyone embracing our National Microtia and Atresia Awareness Day this November 9th when the world recognizes our rare cause on our special day!

Our community is very important to us and we could not have our organization without our donors. Thank you to everyone who helps give back to our community through Ear Community! ❤👂

Please show us your support by helping give back to our May fundraiser, which is one of our main fundraisers during the year! So far, we only have $30 donated of our $5,000 goal and the chance to help give back ends on the last day of May! Please help us continue our mission of helping give back to our beautiful microtia and atresia community!

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Our FB fundraiser at the following link:
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