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Partner With Starky Foundation From: Sunil K Zachariah 


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Posted by: "Sunil K Zachariah"  <mailto:sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk?Subject=
Re%3A1285%3A%20Partner%20With%20Starky%20Foundation> sunilkzach at yahoo.co.uk
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 5:59 pm (PST) 

Partner With Starky Foundation 

In the month of February 2007, I had the pleasure of meeting a great 
humanitarian William (Bill) Austin who is the president founder of 
the Starkey Hearing Foundation who has been named as an honorary 
Rotarian by the Rotary Clubs of my District 4170 in the Mexico City 
Area. This well known entrepreneur is the majority owner of one of 
the largest hearing aid factories in the world and he shared with me 
his desire to help the needy in the world needing better hearing and 
for that reason he established the Starkey Foundation. 

Bill Austin has worked with various Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, 
Government & Private NGO's in many countries that give help to the 
disadvantaged. Bill himself accompanies the volunteers that come 
together in these missions brought together by the Starkey Foundation 
that he founded some years ago to do this good work. In Mexico on 
many occasions his contact with the governmental agency called DIF 
(the one that takes care of the disadvantaged) helps with his 
missions by helping to pay part of the expenses involved to carry out 
these humanitarian missions. 

Frederick S. Rondeau is his representative who helps coordinate these 
humanitarian missions of the Starkey Foundation and has agreed to 
inform of those locations where these humanitarian missions will be 
held where Rotary Clubs might participate to help promote the work 
that they are doing in different parts of the world. Frederick is 
the person with which Rotary Districts and Clubs can contact directly 
to receive more information.

The most important news is that after talking extensively with Bill 
Austin I made him see that the Starkey Foundation could benefit with 
added help plus the promotion of his good work worldwide in the 
almost 170 countries where over 33 thousand Rotary Clubs are 
located. I feel that Rotary Clubs in developing countries with 
their contacts can help government and private groups helping the 
disadvantaged come together to help find those that are hard of 
hearing and also help by paying whatever added costs might be 
involved. I find it most attractive to help these persons needing 
hearing aids to have one at a cost of about 50 dollars per aid ( 
remembering that these aids in the USA and other countries cost a 
minimum of 400 dollars per unit). 

This is a great opportunity for Rotary Club to help offer hearing 
aids to the many needing them and can not afford to pay 400 dollars, 
etc. To get this humanitarian program started in any developing 
country let me recommend that you contact Frederick S. Rondeau who is 
also a Rotarian from San Salvador, El Salvador in Central America 
whom I am also copying or you might click on to 

www.sotheworldmayhear.org 

or contact directly:

The Starkey Hearing Foundation

6700 Washington Ave South
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
800.769.2799 tel
952.828.6946 fax


Yours in Rotary Service,
Frank Devlyn 
Past President of Rotary International
www.frankdevlyn.org 

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