Mission Mexico

Mission Synopsis: LOCAL HEARING AID SPECIALIST AND THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 836 HEARING AIDS TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN IN HERMOSILLO, SENORA, MEXICO

Boca Raton, FL – 10/27/06 Craig Drucker, BC-HIS, Hearing Aid Specialist, owner and operator of West Boca Hearing Center, today announced the successful completion of a three-day hearing aid mission trip to Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico that resulted in 418 adults and children receiving 836 hearing aids. The mission trip was completed in conjunction with the Starkey Hearing Foundation in an effort to fulfill the Foundation’s commitment to helping the world to hear.

Hearing aid mission trips are paid for by donations to the Starkey Hearing Foundation. Every year at the Foundation’s annual “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala, Gala attendees have an opportunity to bid during a live auction to fund a mission trip. Perry Giordanelli in conjunction with his partners Stephanie Fiorella of Better Hearing-World of Sounds Hearing Aids in Ft. Lauderdale, Craig Drucker of West Boca Hearing Center in Boca Raton and Javier Benitez of Hear Center in North Miami bid $40,000 to help fund the Mexico mission, which took place September 24 – 27.

Mission Synopsis: SUPERBOWL MISSIONLOCAL HEARING AID SPECIALIST AND THE STARKEY HEARING FOUNDATION GIVE 660 HEARING AIDS TO BROWARD AND DADE CHILDREN DURING SUPERBOWL MISSION

BROWARD COUNTY FLORIDA, 2/5/2007 – Craig Drucker, BC-HIS, Hearing Aid Specialist, owner and operator of West Boca Hearing Center, today announced the successful completion of a two day hearing aid mission at the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Florida that resulted in 330 children and adults receiving 660 hearing aids. The mission was completed in conjunction with The Starkey Hearing Foundation, the National Football League and Samsung Electronics America in an effort to fulfill the foundation’s commitment to helping the world to hear.

On “So the World May Hear Day”, the first day of the mission, West Boca Hearing Center joined such celebrities as Leslie Nielsen, Marion Ross, Paul Williams, ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Editions Eduardo Xol and former Miss America, Heather Whitestone.

This was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life ~ Craig Drucker.

About the Starkey Hearing Foundation
Since 1973, Starkey has been giving the gift of hearing to the world’s underprivileged—especially children—through its internationally recognized mission program and its domestic program, Hear Now. Since 2000, the Starkey Hearing Foundation has provided nearly 200,000 hearing aids to those in need around the world. Visit www.sotheworldmayhear.org to learn more.