ELEVEN AUDIGY GROUP staff members joined with those from the Starkey Hearing Foundation on a two-week mission to Peru during which they provided nearly 5,000 people with almost 10,000 hearing aids.
Hot on the heels of the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s “So the World May Hear” Awards Gala – an event that raised nearly $9 million for charity, and featured guests and honorees such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Forest Whitaker, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John Legend, and Derrick Coleman – Vancouver-based management company Audigy Group is once again helped to support the foundation’s mission by sending its members and employees on a two-week Peru-based mission this summer.
The mission, which took place in the cities of Iquitos and Cusco, were focused on fitting nearly 5,000 people in need with almost 10,000 hearing aids in an effort to spread the gift of better hearing across the entire world.
“I’m incredibly honored to have sponsored another Starkey Hearing Foundation mission,” said Brandon Dawson, founder and CEO of Audigy Group. “So many people on our team and in our membership are passionate about giving back – several have cited participating in these missions as personal goals, and one of my personal missions is to help those I work with to achieve their goals. It’s a dream come true to be able to offer that level of support to them, to the Starkey Hearing Foundation, and, of course, to those in need of better hearing. These folks set an example for us all to follow.”
The missions, which took place August 16 through September 6, were reflective of the Starkey Hearing Foundation’s worldwide missions filmed for “Operation Change,” a reality series featured on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network. The series follows Bill and Tani Austin and their son, Steven Sawalich, from Starkey Hearing Foundation, a global nonprofit organization that gives free hearing aids to those in need, as they are joined by celebrities and philanthropists to tackle some of the most challenging issues plaguing our world today.
The series features philanthropists joining forces, including former President Bill Clinton, Sir Richard Branson, Sir Elton John, and many others as they travel to some of the most dangerous and poverty-stricken places in the world.
Those interested in learning more should visit www.AudigyGroup.com or www.StarkeyHearingFoundation.org.
