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Delta Zeta provides sisters with the opportunity to work hand in hand with both national and local community service organizations. Our positive influence can be seen throughout the community, the state, and even internationally, reaching all the way to the Middle East. Delta Zeta is involved in several national organizations: - The Sound Beginnings Program: a program that will raise awareness of the need for newborn hearing screening and the importance of starting early intervention when a hearing loss is identified before six months of age.
- The House and Ear Institute: an institute known for its medical research in the area of hearing loss; Delta Zeta provided the funds to build a Parentsí Resource Library at the facility, and also continues to donate funds for research and clinical services in the Childrenís Auditory and Research Center.
- Gallaudet University: Located in Washington, D.C., Gallaudet University is the only accredited four-year liberal arts college for the speech and hearing impaired in the world. Each year Gallaudet students are awarded over $12,000 in Delta Zeta Scholarships.
- The Painted Turtle: A camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, The Painted Turtle provides children with the opportunity to experience some of the things healthy children experience. Delta Zeta makes crafts to be used at their fun carnivals, and collects money to help alleviate expenses for the camp. We are very excited about a new development concerning The Painted Turtle: during Spring Break this year, we are going to be able to send three sisters to the camp to volunteer for a week, all expenses paid. We hope this will become an annual trip!
- The Starkey Hearing Foundation: Delta Zeta raises money to assist The Starkey Hearing Foundation in their efforts to distribute hearing aids throughout the world. To date, the foundation has provided over 78,000 individuals with hearing aids.
We also have an impact in the community through our local projects, click here to find out more.
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