CHHA Happy Valley-Goose Bay (CHHA-HVGB)
Meet our Branch
The Happy Valley- Goose Bay Branch of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association was formed on April 25, 2007. The executive members are:
President: Cyril Peach
Vice-President: David Massie
Secretary: Kathleen Cabot
Treasurer: Fred Loxton
Before the formation of CHHA-HVGB, the Listening for Labrador Group worked towards the needs of hard of hearing people in the community. They were responsible for having the Arcturus Theatre install a sound field system to enable wearers of hearing aids to hear better. They also got the town to erect signs in appropriate areas of town alerting drivers to reduce speed because of Hard of Hearing Children in the neighbourhood. In March 2006 they started a lobby to have audiology equipment and a full-time audiologist located in the local hospital. This issue is still ongoing and the branch has lent its support to this worthy cause.
Hearing Matters - Past Articles from "The Labradorian"
Myrtle's Story...and good news I've heard
Transportation and the Hard of Hearing Traveler
Understanding Cochlear Implants
Captioning for the Hearing Impaired
Speechreading - the modern term for lipreading
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Our Branch Activities
Jan. 12 Branch meeting. Guest speaker was Alison Strong, speech pathologist.
Jan. 13 Received an e-mail from Alison Strong about who to contact regarding making the outpatients area of the hospital more accessible for the hearing impaired.
Jan. 14 E-mailed Iric Fahim about accessibility in outpatients area and he responded 2 hours later with a very positive reply.
Jan. 25 Received an e-mail from Erica Stockley of PAL saying PAL will give us one free return ticket which will be used to send a delegate to the national convention in St. John’s in May.
Jan. 27 Fred, Dave, Kathleen, and Cyril attended a Human Rights seminar.
Feb. 04 Booked the Masonic Lodge for our first ever open house.
Feb. 09 E-mailed various businesses for promotional items to put into “loot bags” for our open house.
Mar. 05 Received a Wellness Grant from Labrador Wellness Coalition which will help offset the cost of our open house.
Mar. 23 Sent annual Branch report to CHHA-national.
Mar. 30 Branch Meeting
Mar. 31 Drew the winning ticket on the Air Canada raffle. The draw was made by Sylvia Shea at Goose Airport and the winner was Karen Penusi.
Apr. 02 Photos taken by the Labradorian at Goose Airport. One photo was of Erica Stockley, PAL representative, presenting Cyril with a round trip ticket and the other was of the Branch presenting Karen Penusi with her winning Air Canada tickets.
Apr. 27 Received “Front Row To Go” sound system which we purchased to donate to the Labrador Friendship Centre. We presented it later that day. A photo was taken for the Labradorian.
May 01 We had a very successful Open House from 1-4 PM. 33 visitors.
May 02 Our treasurer, Fred Loxton, had a stroke. Our prayers are with him.
May 21-24 Dave, Hannah, Kathleen, and Cyril attended the CHHA national conference. We brought many items for the silent auction and we helped out with the auction and registration. We found the conference very informative.
May 31 Received an e-mail from Mike Kearney of Northern Cross Church wanting to know how to make the church more accessible for those with hearing loss.
2008 - Branch Activity Archives
2007 - Branch Activity
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Contact Us
If you wish to contact Cyril, you can reach him by email at cgpeach@hotmail.com or CHHA-HVGB@hotmail.com. Or you may call (709) 896-5434.