| SAFEEars! began in 2003 as Sertoma’s National Service Project. In its inaugural year, 115 of our club’s participated, educating more than 250,000 individuals about the prevention of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). Today there are over 200 clubs participating in the project, and many families are receiving information on how to protect their hearing.
How did our clubs do it? Some took the banner and the give-away kits to a health fair, set up a booth and spoke to individuals about hearing care. Other clubs took the program to elementary schools where they were doing hearing screenings. While doing the screenings, someone would talk with them about hearing care, do some of the activities in the manual, and send them home with the give-aways. Other places you can do this project are at car races or air shows. The possibilities are endless, and are only limited by your imagination. May is recognized nationally as Better Hearing and Speech Month. A perfect time for our club’s to present the SAFEEars! program. The program was produced in collaboration with WISE EARS!, a Coalition established by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). SAFEEars! was developed to provide a national identity in order to spread our mission and attract new members. Out of this need, with minimal financial outlay and time commitments, SERTOMA SAFEEars!© was developed. This project can help in fundraising and membership recruitment!
To order the club kit and give-away packets, just click on the order form. Please see the link below for a order from. You must print it out, fill it in and either fax it (816)333-4320 or mail it to: Sertoma, 1912 E. Meyer Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64132. All clubs are required to purchase the club kit before ordering give-aways. All new clubs ordering the club kit for the first time will receive 150 free give-away packets. For media production to WVII-TV Fox 22 in Bangor, Maine and special thanks to Sertoman Bob Farrow. For more information regarding this program, please contact Sertoma Headquarters at infosertoma@sertomahq.org
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