Singing Out
Volume 8 Issue 1
What's been happening at H4S?
We continue to receive many requests for financial assistance, primarily for projects associated with children's' programs. We are pleased that we were able to fund scholarships this year to seven out-of-province students studying in the United States in speech/language pathology.
Our funding to the end of 2007 totals almost $158,000.00 to 46 projects with many more projects being considered for future funding.
Living Memorials
Edward "Ted" Ott Douglas Durant Ray Atkinson
Lorraine Buchan Dorothy Bauslaugh Ernie Newell
Sam Gray Lewis Adam Johnston Della Fife
Bruce Doran Reginald Joseph Hannigan Les McDermott
Al Hooper Ruth Sunley Wood Mary Cromey
Sarah "Sally" Lang Murray Linden Charles Rachar
Irene Harris George Harris Mel Webb
Robert "Bob" Holden George Pollard John Milloy
A Tip of the Hat to.......
...... the following chapters in Ontario District which reached significant milestones in their total chapter donations to the Harmonize For Speech Fund during 2007:
East York surpassed $350,000.00 for a total of $367,110.57.
Barrie surpassed $200,000.00 for a total of $201,011.99.
Scarborough surpassed $150,000.00 for a total of $162,562.48.
Oshawa surpassed $100,000.00 for a total of $100,821.42.
Simcoe surpassed $75,000.00 for a total of $81,644.06.
These five chapters have donated an amazing total in excess of $913,000.00 to our fund.
...... the following quartets, octets and seniors' choruses which donated at least $1,000.00 during the year 2007 to Harmonize For Speech:
Play It Again Quartet (Ottawa) - $1,600.00
Barons of Barbershop (Scarborough) - $1,545.00
Back In Time Quartet (St. Thomas) - $1,375.00
Second Career Octet (Kitchener/Waterloo) - $1,140.00
Vocal Maturity Seniors' Chorus (Barrie) - $1,000.00
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Our Funding At Work
The following message was received from the Georgian College recipient of the Harmonize For Speech Graduate Award for 2007.
Thank you very much for your sponsorship for the Harmonize For Speech Graduate Award. I valued the opportunity to chat with you about your organization and all the amazing contributions made to the field of communication disorders.
I have visited the Harmonize For Speech web site and I have learned a great deal. I hope to pursue a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology and organizations such as Harmonize For Speech are so important in the pursuit of this goal.
I enjoyed the CDA program at Georgian College and I was honoured to have been chosen to receive this academic award. Thank you again.
Rebecca Pitcher, CDA Class of 2007
Rebecca Pitcher receiving her award from trustee Bruce Dibble at the Georgian College convocation in Orillia.
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One Kids Place - North Bay, Ontario.
Thank you so much for your generous donation. The children receiving speech therapy at One Kids Place certainly benefit from the use of the
VISIPITCH IV. We look forward to a continued partnership with Harmonize For Speech.Darlene Laferriere, Manager of Client Services, One Kids Place.
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Early Expressions Speech and Language Preschool Services - Kingston, Ontario.
On behalf of the Early Expressions Preschool Speech and Language Program, and the families we serve, I'd like to extend a heartfelt thank you for your generous donation.
Thanks to you, we purchased twenty "More Than Words" parent handbooks which we will give to families who participated in our "More Than Words" Program (Hanen).
We sincerely appreciate your commitment to helping young children with speech, language and social communication difficulties.
With much gratitude
Natasha Harry, Speech-Language Pathologist, KFL&A Health Unit
"More Than Words" class at Early Expressions
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Amy Sled - Syracuse University student in Speech-Language Pathology
Thank you for allowing me to speak at the Scarborough Dukes of Harmony award night. I had a most enjoyable evening and it was great to share a little about the field of speech pathology and all about Harmonize For Speech. Everyone was so receptive, asked lots of questions, and seemed to really appreciate that I spoke. I think it was good for them to see where their funds are being used. I was also serenaded. Overall, it was a great evening.
Harmonize For Speech has been so generous and I greatly appreciate all you've done for me and the field of speech-language pathology. My scholarship was used for both text books and tuition. My second year at Syracuse University was exciting with many wonderful experiences.
Amy Sled
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Did You Know.....
...that there are 33 chapters in Ontario of the Barbershop Singing Society comprising about 1400 members from Sarnia to Ottawa and North Bay to Toronto?
...that there are many quartets in Ontario District who would love to sing for your group or organization? All you have to do is ask. Search out a chapter near you in our menu on the main page under "About Us" Then click on Chapter Contacts.
...that you can make a donation online to the Harmonize For Speech Fund on our secure website through our association with CanadaHelps.org which is a not-for-profit organization set up to collect donations for virtually every Canadian charity at a very small cost to the charity. Tax receipts are issued immediately on line after the transaction is completed. See the link in our menu on the main page under Donations. If you wish to make a donation directly to the Harmonize For Speech Fund, a PDF form can be downloaded from the same location on our website. Just click on the PDF donation.
Please send information of your event to info@harmonize4speech.org for inclusion in the next issue.