For most of us, being able to hear is something we take for
granted. We don’t understand the
struggles the hearing impaired have to deal with on a daily basis. We don’t know what it’s like to not hear your
mother’s voice or the sound of your child’s laughter. These are things we don’t think about but
these are things the Osmond family has thought about and had to deal with. Justin Osmond, the only 2nd
generation Osmond who inherited the deaf gene, started the Olive Osmond Hearing
Fund in honor of his late grandmother Olive.
Olive Osmond’s two oldest children, Virl and Tom, were deaf. They were born during a time when there was
little help for the parents of deaf children, and hearing aids and batteries
were very expensive. In order to raise
money to purchase hearing aids for Virl and Tom, Olive’s four oldest sons, that
had no hearing loss, formed a barbershop quartet and traveled to county fairs
and other events before becoming famous.
"My dream was to one day have a foundation that would donate all
its time and resources to help the deaf."
~ Olive Osmond
The Olive Osmond Hearing Fund’s mission is to promote
hearing-health awareness by providing educational resources and accommodating
the needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
They focus on bringing the gift of better hearing to children living
with hearing impairments both domestically and around the world. They are committed to raising funds that will
help the local communities where the funds were raised as well as supporting programs
that benefit children worldwide.
The Olive Osmond Hearing Fund uses Email Contact to send out
quarterly newsletters to inform their supporters of all their past, present and
future activities as well as to show their supporters where their financial
contributions are going and who is benefiting.
If you would like to learn more about this inspiring
organization or make a donation to help a hearing impaired child, check out
their website or ‘like’ them on Facebook.
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