Fairmount Early Childhood Center Registration The Fairmount Early Childhood Center is a private, district-sponsored learning center, offering a full school-year calendar as well as a summer preschool camp. Preschool and Camp Free Hearing Aids Free Hearing Aids for Holocaust Survivors who are hearing impaired and in financial distress More than 38 million Americans of all ages have a hearing impairment that often leads to living in a silent world. Many hearing-impaired individuals have the ability to hear again with the help of a hearing aid but continue to live with their hearing impairment because they lack the financial resources to obtain a hearing device that can cost thousands of dollars. Hearing Missions Foundation, a non-profit affiliate of Centers for Hearing Care, along with the Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland (JFSA), is now seeking local hearing-impaired Holocaust survivors, in financial distress, to receive free hearing aids. Potential candidates must contact either the JFSA or the Hearing Missions Foundation. To qualify for this local hearing mission you must be a Holocaust survivor and meet certain financial eligibility requirements. Candidates will be thoroughly screened to ensure they have a hearing impairment that can be improved with a hearing device. Each recipient must be available for a hearing screening on December 21 and the fitting of their new hearing aid on January 25. Once selected, patients will receive audiological testing, their own custom-made and fitted hearing aids, a limited supply of batteries, along with education and instruction on the proper operation and care of their new hearing devices. The Hearing Missions Foundation has transformed the quality of life for many hearing-impaired individuals around the world and now wants to help Holocaust survivors here, in the Cleveland area. “It’s not enough for patients to simply receive new hearing aids. Each recipient must know how to use and care for their device,” explains Dr. Sheryl Figliano, doctor of Audiology at the Centers for Hearing Care and co-founder of the Hearing Missions Foundation. The main focus of this mission is to change the lives of those who could otherwise not afford hearing aids. “We help these patients to attain their full hearing potential,” explains Dr. Figliano. “We have helped numerous patients with various hearing impairments, including those who have been unable to hear well for years to patients who were born deaf and can now hear. It’s amazing to witness the life-altering moment when we fit the patient with their new hearing aids and they are able to hear for the first time! This is why we do what we do.” If you know a Holocaust survivor who is hearing impaired and in financial distress, you may contact Jillian Spencer at the JFSA, 216.378.3438 or Hearing Missions Foundation at 330.779.8090. Preschool/Camp Parent Information Night Thursday, January 12, 2017 • 7 p.m. The Fairmount Early Childhood Center Non-Categorical (Special Education) Preschool is seeking typical peers (role models) for the 2017-2018 school year. This program offers four mornings per week at significantly reduced rates. Preschool and Camp Registration Residents Wednesday, January 18, 2017 • 3:30 p.m. Open Enrollment Wednesday, January 25, 2016 • 3:30 p.m. Popular Young 5's Class 5 days per week • 9 am - 3 pm Must be 5 years old by Dec. 31, 2017 Call Karen Leeds today for more information, 216-292-2344. Learn how Fairmount Preschool will prepare your child for Kindergarten and Ohio's new 3rd Grade Reading Guarantee. Attention Beachwood Artists The Beachwood Arts Council is looking for residents to design an original piece of artwork, in any medium, to be installed on the entranceway wall of the Beachwood Community Center. It should represent the Beachwood Arts Council and its activities in our community. Please submit one design per artist, not to exceed 36” x 18”. Email your design to Leah Gilbert, executive director, at leahgilbert@ sbcglobal.net. For details, call her at 216.752.0752. The deadline is February 1, 2017. Don’t miss this opportunity to have your art displayed in the Beachwood Community Center. Fairmount Early Childhood Center • 24601 Fairmount Blvd. www.beachwoodschools.org/fairmount.aspx 16 Beachwood Buzz n December 2016