| Name | Position | Department |
|---|---|---|
Alexandra Lewis, M.Ed. |
Teacher of the Deaf | |
Amy Hardie, M.Ed. |
Director of Education | Director of Education, Teacher of the Deaf |
Caitlin McCaslin MS, CCC-SLP |
Speech Language Pathologist | Speech Language Pathologist |
Danette Driscoll, M.Ed. |
Executive Director | Executive Director |
Kim Schafer |
Development Director | Development Director |
Stacey Cahill |
Instructional Assistant | Classroom Support |
“When Finn was two, he began losing his hearing. Of all the fears you have as a parent, deafness was not one we were prepared for.”
— Finn’s mom Christine
#GivingTuesday. An annual day uniting philanthropic hearts in supporting charities near and dear to each of us. Please consider choosing #SpokaneHOPE.
Look at those precious faces. Don’t they melt your hearts? They melt ours! Every dollar makes a difference in the futures of local children like Scarlett, Wren, and Quinn. Children who are deaf or hard of hearing on their journey to maximize their communication skills. Most of the children served through HOPE’s programs head off to kindergarten able to speak for themselves.
In its 16th year, Spokane HOPE remains the only specialized program across the Birth to 5 continuum and the sole listening and spoken language program in our region. Don’t you agree that every child deserves to understand and to be understood?
Thank you for joining us in our belief that every child should have the opportunity to thrive in all aspects of life.
Kim Schafer
Outreach & Development Director, Spokane HOPE
“We were flooded with emotions as we struggled to process what we were being told. Our child who had entered this world just days before, with focus and awareness in his eyes, had never heard our voices.”
— Chris, parent of HOPE preschooler
November 28, 2018
Dear Spokane HOPE Supporter,
Imagine being a new parent and learning that your baby is deaf. Imagine the fear of not knowing anything about raising a child with hearing loss.
Because of you, Spokane HOPE is the lifeline for these parents.
Starting at diagnosis, HOPE offers families easy-to-understand information about hearing loss, training to develop language with their baby, and guidance through a web of medical appointments during the initial months of uncertainty.
Your support makes it happen! HOPE delivers comprehensive early intervention services to children with hearing loss from birth to age five. During this time of rapid brain development, HOPE builds and strengthens children’s listening and speaking skills so they can be ready for kindergarten, learning alongside their hearing peers. With oral language, children with hearing loss are no longer isolated.
Chris and Janelle are grateful for your generosity. “Our son has consistently achieved milestones that we never thought possible. His first words were mama, ball, and ho-ho-ho! Now, at age three, he talks nonstop. We can’t begin to express our sincere gratitude for giving our child HOPE.”
Thank you for giving language to the local children served by HOPE.
Donate Now
Or mail your gift to 502 E. Fifth Ave, Ste A, Spokane, WA 99202
Sincerely,
Danette Driscoll
Executive Director
“Because of HOPE, children with hearing loss will be able to develop the gifts they were given. I didn’t have HOPE when I was growing up deaf, and I missed out on so much of life.”
— HOPE’s friend Rachel, reading with one of our preschoolers
Dear Spokane HOPE Supporter,
A childhood diagnosis of hearing loss brings immediate risk for developmental and language delay and social isolation. When Rachel was a child, she did not have access to HOPE’s specialized Listening and Spoken Language services to help overcome these barriers.
She shared with us recently, “I was not connected to people, and I felt lonely, even in school. My life would have been so much different with HOPE. I would have been successful and had a real career. Instead, I was isolated, and I didn’t even know what my gifts were.”
Because her life was deeply affected by not accessing crucial services in her earliest years of learning language, Rachel is a great supporter of our programs. She knows first-hand the value of HOPE, especially with fully accessing hearing after receiving a cochlear implant at 49.
Your financial gift makes all the difference for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who need the services available at HOPE. Because of you, our Teachers of the Deaf can help children like Rachel communicate with their families for the first time, connect with their friends, and achieve their dreams.
The children and families who depend on HOPE are grateful that you believe in them. And so are we!
Donate Now
Or mail your gift to 502 E. Fifth Ave, Ste A, Spokane, WA 99202
Sincerely,
Danette Driscoll
Executive Director
“After visiting HOPE’s preschool and seeing and hearing the children at HOPE, we felt it is important to support this program. We understand the impact of learning to listen and speak early in these children’s lives. We have committed to giving monthly so that HOPE can plan, long term, to have funds coming in to continue this life-changing service to deaf and hard of hearing youth. We know that unless these children receive hearing and speech therapy early in their lives, they face an adulthood of limited potential.”
— Bill & Pat Trout, Retired
