Walk 4 Hearing Kickoff

Montclair State Audiology Hosts Walk 4 Hearing Kick-Off

Dr. Marietta Morrissey, Dean of  Montclair State University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences, welcomes this year’s attendees to this year’s Walk 4 Hearing Kick-Off Event. This is the third year that the Audiology Program has sponsored the official kick-off to the Garden State-NJ Walk 4 Hearing.
The event, which took place September 12, 2010, at the Center for Audiology and Speech Pathology, marks the official start of fundraising efforts by the Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey for the upcoming Garden State-NJ Walk 4 Hearing.

At the event, the Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey presented college scholarships to three New Jersey residents with hearing loss: Max Mandel, Lauren Payne and Amanda Hamlin. In addition, the Audiology Doctoral Students Ann Marie DePierro and David Cooper were presented Recognition Awards for their efforts in support of the Garden-State-NJ Walk 4 Hearing during the past three years.

Since the first Garden State-NJ Walk 4 Hearing in 2008, more than $100,000 has been raised by the Hearing Loss Association of New Jersey to help end the stigma associated with hearing loss, provide support to those who have been touched by hearing loss, and build awareness for hearing loss prevention.
This year’s Walk 4 Hearing is taking place October 16th at Mercer County Park West, West Windsor, N.J.