Dallas Hearing Foundation sponsors Sounds of the Season holiday party

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — Charitable organizations across the country have heard the screeching halt of corporate charitable giving for many months now. The hospitality & hotel industry, accustomed to booking much of its holiday party business in the third and fourth quarters, are hearing crickets instead of silver bells with regards to their December bookings.

Troy Dungan is the emcee for Sounds of the Season.

The board and fundraising committees of the Dallas Hearing Foundation’s Sounds of the Season gala are offering a solution to both problems by inviting companies to schedule their holiday parties at their fundraising event, scheduled for Saturday, December 19 at Union Station downtown.

“It occurred to us that many corporations and small businesses do not feel comfortable giving to non-profits like they used to in the past, especially when they are facing employee layoffs and branch closings,” said Larry Kelso, treasurer of the board. “We realized that many companies are also not having holiday parties for the same reason, so we are offering a creative solution: Companies can buy tickets or tables to attend our gala and market it internally to their clients and employees as their holiday party, and for the company, it is a tax-free deduction.”

The Sounds of the Season gala, emceed by recently-retired chief meteorologist Troy Dungan, is available to the public for the purchase price of $150 per ticket, which includes a night of dinner, dancing, and holiday cheer. The funds raised for the Dallas Hearing Foundation will “give the gift of sound” to individuals in need with hearing loss or profound deafness.

This is the first year that the DHF Fundraising Committee has decided to launch a formal gala event, after 8 years and $1 million successfully raised funds through casual family events. The fundraising committee for Sounds of the Season has developed 12 sponsor levels named after the 12 nights of the holiday season. The title sponsor level, Drummers Drumming, is $40,000, which provides a beneficiary with hearing loss one cochlear implant surgery, including all exams, surgery, rehabilitation, and therapy.

“Sounds of the Season is an event we are very proud of,” said Dr. B Robert Peters, president of the Dallas Hearing Foundation. “It is an event that DHF has needed and toward which we have been working for several years. Even during these trying economic times, we feel it is time to make the push towards a top-notch, high class event.”

The Dallas Hearing Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit charitable foundation that provides cochlear implants, hearing aids, auditory-verbal therapy, and educational support services based on financial need.