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BREAKING
BUSINESS NEWS……. NEW NON-PROFIT TO PROVIDE FREE REFURBISHED HEARING AIDS“HELPING
PEOPLE HEAR AGAIN”LAUNCHING PARTY AT JENSEN’S FINEST FOODS
IN PALM DESERT WHAT: Launching party for Helping People
Hear Again. This is a new non-profit charitable organization dedicated to providing free hearing devices
to qualifying individuals in need (60-years-of-age or older) in the Coachella Valley. Hearing exams and
hearing aid fittings will be included at no cost at Better Hearing Systems. *See full story below WHEN: Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:30 p.m. WHERE: Jensen’s Finest Foods in Palm Desert
73-601 Highway 111 EVENT COST: Open to the public NON-PROFIT REP: Françoise Rhodes @ 760-409-9779 – helpingpeoplehearagain.com
QUALIFYING CONTACT: Desert Samaritans for the Elderly @ 760-837-9066 MEDIA CONTACT:
DeAnn Lubell @ 760-324-2900 MISSION STATEMENT: This non-profit charitable
organization has one simple goal in mind, to help people get back into life by being able to hear life again.
Hearing devices are very costly and regardless of the economic state of our country there are many financially challenged
people who are withdrawing from life simply because they cannot hear. Helping People Hear Again is a non-profit organization
(501 (c) 3 status pending) focused on the refurbishment of donated used hearing devices and re-fitting them for those in need
at no cost of any type to the recipients. PURPOSE: HPHA provides hearing healthcare
to people in need. SERVICES & QUALIFICATION
PROCESS: Individuals who qualify for the HPHA program will receive
all hearing health-related services at no charge. Applicants must be residents of the Coachella Valley;
60-years-of-age or older; financial criteria to be determined through the HPHA application process. Applicants must apply
through Desert Samaritans for the Elderly at 760-837-9066 to find out if they qualify. Once they have qualified, an appointment
will then be made at Better Hearing Systems for the free hearing evaluation and consultation. DONATING PROCESS: HPHA is accepting used hearing devices regardless of their condition to be recycled. Drop-boxes
are located at the customer service desk at all five valley Jensen’s Finest Foods, simply drop as many as you have in
one of the boxes. An HPHA team member, who then delivers the devices to Better Hearing Systems for refurbishment,
checks the boxes daily. At this time we are not collecting cash donations. MAIN SPONSORS: Traveling with Françoise,
Better Hearing Systems, Desert Samaritans for the Elderly and Jensen’s Finest Foods BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Founder/CEO/President
Françoise Rhodes; Vice President/Chief Legal Counsel Ronald Gene Grant; Treasurer/CFO Scott McBride; Secretary Gene
Stroud; Director Helen Work. PARTNERS: R&R Broadcasting; AIM Mail Center; and DeAnn Lubell PARTICIPATING DOCTOR:
Dr. Judy Marquess-Lara with Better Hearing Systems *Palm Desert, CA – A few months ago, top travel
and charity radio personality, Françoise Rhodes, was inspired by a conversation with a nurse at Better Hearing
Systems who was taking care of a hard-to-hear individual in need of a hearing device. Rhodes was amazed
to learn how little coverage insurance companies provided people with hearing loss and even more amazed to learn how expensive
hearing aids can run – up to thousands of dollars. “The costs for these devices are so high,” said Rhodes, “that uncountable numbers of people are unable
to pay for them and therefore are denied the opportunity and quality of hearing which often leads to withdrawal from every-day
life.” Rhodes
also discovered that there are millions of unused hearing devices tucked away in drawers in private homes and senior facilities
that can be collected, recycled, refurbished and donated to individuals who fall below a certain financial bracket.
It was then when the seed was planted and the idea for a non-profit charitable organization was born. “This non-profit organization has one simple goal in mind, to help people
get back into life by being able to hear life again,” Rhodes points out the mission of the newly formed Helping
People Hear Again. “Hearing devices are very costly and regardless of the economic state of
our country there are many financially challenged people who are withdrawing from life simply because they cannot hear.”
Helping People Hear Again is a non-profit organization (501 ©3 status pending) focused on the refurbishment of donated used hearing devices
and re-fitting them for those in need at no cost of any type to the recipients. Currently, the organization
is focusing on people 60-years-of-age or older who are financially challenged. Recipients must register
for the devices through Desert Samaritans for the Elderly, once the criteria is confirmed recipients are contacted
by Better Hearing Systems for hearing tests, and fittings. The Board of Directors for Helping People Hear Again consists of Founder/CEO/President Francoise Rhodes, Vice President/Chief
Legal Counsel Ronald Gene Grant, Treasurer/CFO Scott McBride, Secretary Gene Stroud, and Director Helen
Work. The consulting doctor for the organization is Dr. Judy Marquess-Lara with Better Hearing Systems.
The main sponsors are Traveling with Françoise, Better Hearing Systems, Desert Samaritans for
the Elderly and Jensen’s Finest Foods. The organization’s partners are R&R Broadcasting; AIM
Mail Center; and DeAnn Lubell. HPHA is accepting
used hearing devices regardless of their condition to be recycled. Drop-boxes are located at the customer
service desk at all five valley Jensen’s Finest Foods, simply drop as many as you have in one of the boxes. An HPHA
team member, who then delivers the devices to Better Hearing Systems for refurbishment, checks the boxes daily.
A special launch party with take place on
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.at Jensen’s Finest Foods on 73-601 Highway 111 in Palm Desert at 12:30 p.m. in the
customer service area and is open to the public. For more information about the organization, please call
Françoise Rhodes @ 760-409-9779 or go to helpingpeoplehearagain.com. Desert Samaritans for the Elderly
is also available to help with referrals at 760-837-9066. “My ultimate goal is to provide refurbished hearing devices for those in need of all ages,” states Rhodes,
“and perhaps one day, HPHA will grow into a global organization helping people world-wide to hear again.” # # #DeAnn
Lubell
Non-Profit Development Director
Public
Relations Consultant
Independent Writer
37 Santo Domingo Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
Off:
760-324-2900
Fax: 760-324-9901
Cell: 760-831-3090
Lulubell24@aol.com
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