MAY 2009 (In observation of Hearing Loss Awareness and Better Speech and Hearing Month)

 

• May 6 - The Rhode Island School for the Deaf Alumni Forum will be held from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf cafeteria. For more information, please contact Jeannie Desmarais-Valdez, Alumni Rep on Strategic Planning committee (SPC) for RISDeaf at jemdvaldez@aol.com or Travis Zellner, Chairperson of SPC, at tzellner@rideaf.net, or Nancy Fuller, President of the Alumni Association of the RISDeaf at nfuller@rideaf.net. The flyer can be found here (click please).
  
• May 8 - The Senior Class of 2009 at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf hosts the annual MAY BREAKFAST from 6:30AM to 8:30AM at the RISD cafeteria. $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. For more information, please contact Andrew Knight, Senior Class Advisor, by emailing at aknight@rideaf.net.
  
• May 13 - The Newport Accessibility Advisory Committee, in conjunction with Looking Upwards, will be holding its second Persons with Disabilities Awareness Day from 10 AM to 3 PM. This year’s theme is Barriers and Solutions. For more information, please contact Annette Bourbonniere at 401-846-1960 or e-mail her at Access-ability@verizon.net. Please click here for its Press Release.
  
• May 14 - The Rhode Island Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss Association of Rhode Island, Adaptive Telephone Equipment Loan, and Rhode Island Hamilton Relay collaboratively host the Hearing Loss Awareness EXPO at the Atrium of the Departement of Administration building from 1:00PM to 4:00PM. The Hearing Loss Awareness is to promote the health of hearing loss and to recognize the resources that help enhancing the quality of life through education, technology, and advocacy. For more information, please contact RICDHH staff by e-mailing at cdhh@cdhh.ri.gov.

• May 16 - The GREG and THE CREW host Pajamas Bash at American Postal Worker Union, 1192 Plainfield Street, Johnston, RI 02919 from 6:00pm to 1:00am. With Pj's - $8.00 and Without Pj's - $10.00. Funding will proceed toward the Providence softball team for softball tournament in Ft. Lauderade, Florida in the late summer. For more information, please contact Greg at corliss_greg@yahoo.com or videphone at 401-354-7516.
  
• May 27 - The captioned movie, GOING MY WAY, will be shown on the first floor conference room at the Chancery building (One Cathedral Square, Providence, RI). It will starts at 6:30pm. It is about young priest who is assigned to a poor city parish. Bing Cosby plays the role of the young priest. It is FREE and there will be refreshment served.
  

JUNE 2009

• June 7 - The Rhode Island Deaf Senior Citizens is having its 25th Anniversary dinner at Johnson & Wales hotel in Seekonk, MA at 12pm. For more information or questions, please contact Ray Niford by e-mailing rwniford@comcast.net or VP at 508-761-5606.
  
• June 18-21 - The Hearing Loss Association of America is hosting its annual convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, click here to go to HLAA's convention website.
  
• June 19-28 - The Deaf Seniors of America is hosting its annual convention at Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tenn. For more information, click here to go to DSA's convention website.
  
• June 20 - The Rhode Island Chapter of Alexander Graham Bell Association (RI AGBELL) is having a Walk on Saturday, June 20th at 9am-12pm at Johnston Memorial Park in Rhode Island. Please click here for the official flyer and click here for the sponsor forms. For more information, click here to go to AGBell's website. (www.riagbell.org).
  
• June 21-28 - The Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week is celebrated each year during the last week of June, in recognition of Helen Keller's birthday, June 27th.

 

JULY 2009

• July 11 - The Alumni Association of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf is having a Cookout from 10am to 5pm at Colt State Park in Bristol, Rhode Island. Please RSVP by July 3, 2009 to Roberta Greene at 34 Maribeth Drive, Johnston, RI 02919 or email her at emeraldgreene@cox.net. Admission: $10.00.
  
• July 18- The Rhode Island Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RIRID)'s general meeting is held at the Warwick Public Library in Warwick from 9:30am to 11:30am.

 

AUGUST 2009

• August 4 - The Friends of the Rhode Island School for the Deaf is hosting its 35th Annual Fundraising Deaf Open Golf at the Pawtucket Country Club in Pawtucket, RI. This is to benefit the Rhode Island School for the Deaf Athletic Program. The deadline to register is July 1, 2009. Please click here for the flyer about the Deaf Open on August 4th. For further inquiries, please contact Todd Murano at TMurano@rideaf.net.
  
• July 17-19- The Silent Camp is held in Charleston, RI. We are accepting applications and you can download the application forms from its website, www.rhodeislandsilentcamp.com. If you have questions or need more information, please go to its website.
  
  

SEPTEMBER 2009

• September 12 - The Corliss Institute, Inc. is hosting its 2nd Annual 5K Benefit Walk in Warren, Rhode Island. The 5K Walk will take place rain or shine. Corliss Institute, Inc. is very pleased to recognize Steve Florio, Executive Director of the RI Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, as the 2009 Walk Honorary Chair. Steve's view of the Walk is "Corliss Center is truly a Rhode Island tradition for over 27 years and is clearly a great model to be emulated by similar service providers in other states! Corliss has created a very unique and advanced envirnoment where its Members enjoy their precious linguistic, human, and civic rights to live and to experience in the larger society. Without Corliss' commitment to its Members, the Members would not be given the opportunity to enjoy their lives and to contribute in the Rhode Island community to their maximum!". For more information about Corliss' 2nd Annual 5K Benefit Walk, call Cindy at 401-245-3609 (voice) or e-mail cindy@corliss.org.
  
• September 12 - The Rhode Island School for the Deaf Alumni Reunion will be held at Radission Hotel in Warwick, RI. More information will be available soon.
  
• September 28-October 3 - The Deaf Awareness Week is celebrated and observed. More details will be posted once more information become available.
  
  

OCTOBER 2009

• October 2-3 - The Rhode Island Association of the Deaf is hosting its 16th Biennial Convention in Warwick, RI. The Convention theme is "ASL: Language for ALL".
  
  October 2nd (Friday) - TBA including RIAD general meeting - 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
  
  October 3rd (Saturday) - The convention is held at Sheraton Hotel, Newport Meeting Room in Warwick, RI from 7:30am to 11:30pm.
  
  For more information, click here for the flyer. Please click here for registration information and click here for registration form.
  
• October 17 - The Rhode Island Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RIRID)'s general meeting is held at the Warwick Public Library in Warwick from 9:30am to 11:30am.
  
  

APRIL 2010

• April 9 - 11 - New England Deaf Senior Citizens is hosting its 3rd Biennial Conference, "Together, We Can Make A Difference!" arranged by the Rhode Island Deaf Senior Citizens. The Conference will be held at Newport Marriott Hotel, 25 America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840. For more information, contact Ray Niford at rwniford@comcast.net or Patti Litif at Shamrock4849@comcast.net.