Donations for the Hurricane Katrina Victims

What is happening in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana is something we will never believe to have happened as Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural storm to have hit the United States. Many thousands of people have lost their homes and they are now in different shelters across the country, mostly in Texas.

You can help if you donate some money to the American Red Cross. They welcome financial assistance from you as you can go to their website American Red Cross and donate some money to help many thousands of people that have been displaced and are refugees.

For more info about deaf and hard of hearing people and victims related to the Hurricane Katrina. Click here

Los Angeles Deafestival 2005

Saturday, September 24, 2005

"***** FREE ADMISSION ***** 12-6 P.M. ***** FREE PARKING *****

Celebrating Deaf Awareness Month at Woodley Park, 6350 Woodley Blvd, Van Nuys, California

Hosted By Councilmember 6th District Tony Cardenas

Theatre performances including Majestik Element, Information Booths including WRAD, Moon Bouncer, Mobile Skate Park, Door Prizes, Rock Climbing Wall, Storytelling, Children Fingerprinting, Clowns, Magicians, and Special Appearance by the LAKER GIRLS.

Presented by Department of Cultural Affairs and CSUN's Deaf Studies Department For more information contact Bertha Velazquez or 213-473-7006 voice.

We are starting a new group called the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Professionals Happy Hour once a month on the SECOND Friday of the month to meet other professionals in any field for the purpose of exchanging information and to have a good time.

New Location will be on Friday Oct 14, 2005 from 5pm until 2am

8447 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, California

It is on Santa Monica Blvd not far from La Cienega Blvd in West Hollywood, California There are 132 Imported and Domestic Beers with 22 Beers on Tap!!!!!! It is Los Angeles's premiere fun spot with BEST burgers and chili among other selections of food in town. Good food and good fun- VERY reasonable prices. Thanks to Monica Harr for the referral. Everyone is welcome including friends of the deaf and hard of hearing. For more info about the place you can visit the website at barneysbeanery. Free wireless internet on site. See you on Friday October 14th at Barney's Beanery Click here to surf their website.

For more information about the DHH-PHH group, contact Bruce Gross at wradceo@aol.com

Greetings from the Chair of the 2006 Convention! First, I would like to thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to serve in the role of Chairperson of the 2006 U.S. Deaf Ski and SnowboardAssociation (USDSSA) convention. It is great to be chosen as Chair, especially gvien that the location ofthe convention will be Telluride. It is a town full of world class ski slopes and is located in San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado. The town is on the edge of paradise a place filled with the awesome force of natures artistry, the mountains, people filled with gentle spirits, great lifestyle with warm hearts. Telluride, once earned its livelihood as a base for mining and is now a recreation mecca filled with wintertime adventure. It is a major ski resort and in the evenings you will be able to stroll through a charming Victorian town filled with examples of its fascinating past and modernistic ammenities that actually dip into the future. I can say this because I was there and its simply a wonderfully appealing site for our ski convention. It is not too early to consider serving on the committee as it will be a great group of people working together.

Please feel free to email me at StephenHlibok@usdssa.org if you are interested in being part of this positive process and event. More details will be announced during the 2004 convention in Salt Lake City, Utah. Meanwhile, why not insert www.tellurideskiresort.com as a favorite bookmark. Afterall, it is not too early for me to say "Welcome to the Telluride, 2006 USDSSA Convention!" For more information, Click here

Courtesy by: Stephen Hilbok, Chairperson 2004 USDSSA.

Convention of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Pittsburgh, PA June 23-27, 2006

Build your bridge to the 2006 Convention with a presentation proposal designed to inform education and hearing health professionals, parents and adults with hearing loss about trends and current practices in the field of deafness and spoken language. For more information, Click here