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| Parents Corner |
Audiology Suggestions
Always open your battery door at night.
Don't store hearing aid or cochlear implant batteries in your freezer...it will drain and could destroy them!
Did you know...
Saturday, April 21st is Deaf Awareness Day for the Chicago Rush Arena Football team? The Chicago Rush and Allstate Arena are inviting all Child's Voice families, friends and supporters to purchase tickets to their Saturday, April 21st, 7:00 p.m. game at a discounted price of $6 or $14. To find out more, CLICK HERE for the order form.
Have fun!
BRR - It's Cold Outside
With the inclement weather that occurs in winter, Child's Voice has instituted new measures to aid in spreading the word about school closings, delays or early dismissals.
Please watch for:
- Updates on our website (as timely as possible once decisions are made)
- Phone call from the One-Call phone system which reaches out to all families with a recorded phone message.
- Listing on the school closing website.
- Check local TV and radio listings on WGN Radio 720AM, WBBM Radio 780AM, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX, WGN-TV or CLTV.
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Child's Voice
Golf Tournament
Monday, June 11, 2012 Royal Fox Country Club St. Charles, Ill. Child's Voice GalaSaturday, October 27, 2012 Bobak's Signature Events at Seven Bridges Woodridge, Ill. Now recruiting committee members for both events. EMAIL here to volunteer for the committee! |
How You Can Help
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Shop the NEWChild's Voice Store
Start off the new year with new apparel and accessories from the new CafePress Child's Voice Store. $1 of every purchase will benefit Child's Voice! SHOP THE STORE NOW!Stock Up on
Wrapping Needs
Child's Voice participates in an annual fundraiser with Innisbrook for our parents and families. However, everyone can support through online purchases. The company features seasonal items as well as wrapping paper throughout the year. Last fall alone, over $200 was raised through just a few online sales! Shop Innisbrook now!Be sure to choose Child's Voice!
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Happy New Year!
 Well - winter is finally here! We had such balmy weather up until the first major snowfall, I had hoped we were going to keep the 50 degree temperatures all winter!
While you're keeping warm inside, please take a moment to visit our website. Child's Voice is working to update the website content and photos throughout the site. We hope you enjoy the information and stories available there. Please send any suggestions or feedback to our marketing team by EMAIL. Thank you and enjoy snuggling up inside!
Dr. Michele Wilkins
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 What is Child's Voice?
The Foundation of our Organization
As Child's Voice approaches its 16th birthday, we wanted to take a moment and look back at where Child's Voice started and see how far it has come. Six families came together. These families didn't want to be living in two different cities, mom in one town with the child with hearing loss, dad in a different town. These families wanted their child to be able to join the mainstream, neighborhood schools. They wanted to be able to communicate with their child and for the child to communicate with grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbors and friends without the use of sign language. These families sought out a listening and spoken language alternative. To find out more of how Child's Voice was founded and the milestones in the past 16 years. CLICK HERE for the full story. |
 Alumni Feature
Meet Max - Max Savitt graduated from Child's Voice in 2007 and is now in fifth grade. Max keeps busy with Tae Kwon Do, hockey, basketball and many other activities. READ MORE about Max and his story.
Thank you so much to all the alumni that have shared their stories with us! We are so grateful for our families that keep in touch through emails, holiday cards and visits. We want to hear from all our amazing alumni and former students. Please share updates of what you're doing and what you've been up to since leaving Child's Voice!
Please CLICK HERE to email the Child's Voice team with your recent news and alumni story...you might just be our next Alumni Feature! |
Supporting Voices
Sam's Club and WalMart Stores Support Child's Voice
Thank you to the local Sam's Clubs and Wal Mart Stores that have recently supported Child's Voice. We are grateful to their generosity that has donated over $5,450 to our programs and services. These supporting stores are:
- Addison Sam's Club
- Bloomingdale Wal Mart
- Glen Ellyn Wal Mart
- Hodgkins Sam's Club
- Joliet Sam's Club
- Villa Park Wal Mart
Please be sure to say a special thank you to your local stores if they are one of the supporters!  Special thanks to VolunteersSpecial thanks to John McCortney for his recent volunteer work as a storyteller at Child's Voice as part of the Hot Chocolate Day. Volunteers are an integral part of Child's Voice and allow us to provide services to the many children in the Early Intervention and School Programs. Interested in getting involved? A great way to help is to support Child's Voice is to volunteer on one of the special event committees. We are recruiting for the annual Golf Tournament and Gala committees. Volunteers are asked to attend monthly meetings and help to recruit attendees, suggest sponsorship opportunities and secure items for raffles and auctions. We hope you can join the team! If you are interested in volunteering on a special event committee; please CLICK HERE and contact Child's Voice today! |
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Getting to Know...
Child's Voice Board Members
Barb Regnitz, CFP
Barb has known Child's Voice for over three years, but she just recently joined the Board of Directors and we're so glad to have her! Looking for a way to volunteer, Barb was referred through a number of current board members including Board President, Mark Levy.
When she's not giving back to the community, Barb is looking for ways to help others manage their monies as a Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner ™, or in her words, she's a Money Geek! Ultimately, her job is to help develop a strategy for clients that are retired so they don't have to worry about the ups and downs of the market and economy. Quite the skill set in this current economic climate.
When she's not pinching pennies, Barb can be found deep in the dirt in her own backyard. She's a huge vegetable gardener and cultivates over 36 tomato plants, 72 pepper plants, green/yellow beans, herbs, cucumbers and so much more. She's hoping to expand from her "Tomato Barb" status to growing strawberries, raspberries and melons. Yum! Barb also enjoys hiking and the outdoors and her hidden talents (aside from being the ultimate gardener) include being quite the "techie" after being in Information Technology for 16 years.
Barb has experienced a minor hearing loss since she was a child, so she is very empathetic to the challenges that our children face each day. She's excited to be part of the Board and enjoyed meeting families at the Recognition Ceremony, Walk4Hearing Kickoff and Family Reunion this year.
Barb resides in Rolling Meadows with her husband Tim. They recently celebrated 33 years of marriage! She has an adult daughter that is also a "Money Geek"...it must run in the family!
Thank you Barb for joining the Child's Voice Board of Directors and for all you are doing to make Child's Voice a success!
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