Category: HVNY-Events
Rochester Playground Meetup (Rochester, NY) 2024 What a beautiful day we had on Sunday, September 8th! Families were able to come together at The Lilac Adventure Zone in Rochester to play and connect! This was a wonderful all natural playground that was fun for all ages. There were so many connections made between the children…
Fall Apple Picking (Albany, NY) 2024 We had another great fall event at Indian Ladder Apple Farm, 72 people in all including 16 families with deaf/HH children. The weather was perfect! A big thank you to Indian Ladder Apple Farms for providing the refreshments, we enjoyed the cider doughnuts and apple cider! Apple picking sponsored…
Deaf Awareness Day Six Flags Great Escape (Lake George, NY) 2024 We had an amazing time at Deaf Awareness Day during Boo Fest at Six Flags Great Escape on October 12th! Huge thanks to Hands and Voices organizers Karen and Steve Engel, New York State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention program (NY EHDI), and RIT/NTID…
Fall Apple Picking (Highland, NY) 2024 On the morning of Saturday, October 12th, eleven families gathered for apple picking at Dubois Farm in Highland, New York. Event organizer Kit Fraser began by welcoming the group and introducing Torri Ann, a guest from the University of Connecticut’s HELLO Lab. HELLO Lab created educational content for the…
International Day of Sign Language (Bronx, NY) 2024 The authors of the storybook app “Deaf Gain What” hosted a read aloud at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf on September 23, the International Day of Sign Languages. The release of the bilingual storybook app on Deaf Gain developed by Gallaudet University was a great opportunity for…
Hudson Valley Summer BBQ (Highland, NY) 2024 Families with deaf and hard of hearing children and their siblings met on Saturday July 20th at Tony Williams Park in Highland, NY. This event was sponsored by Hands and Voices and NY EHDI. The families enjoyed meeting as a group at Tony Williams Park in Highland to…
Playdate and Petting Zoo (Kingston, NY) 2024 Families with deaf and hard of hearing children and their siblings met on Sunday, March 24th at Play Haven in Kingston, NY. The families enjoyed refreshments and a petting zoo set up by Hope Animal Rescue. Some of the animals families could meet included a pony, bunnies, chinchillas,…
Winter Event Signed Story Time (Albany, NY) 2024 Our “Signed Story Time” winter event was a success! We had over 30 people attend. The children enjoyed the stories (read and signed in ASL) , arts and crafts and several sensory stations. Our theme was “Early Literacy” and we had handouts for families and lots of…
Hudson Valley Winter Event Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum (Poughkeepsie, NY) 2024 Families with deaf and hard of hearing children and their siblings met on the morning of Saturday, January 27 at the Mid Hudson Discovery Museum to explore the museum and mingle. Admission to the museum for the families was sponsored by Hands and Voices and…
Santa Greetings (Albany, NY) 2023 On December 16, Hands and Voices of New York hosted holiday event at Bring On The Spectrum. Sixty-four people in attendance including more than 30 children! We had a “signing Santa” who had gifts for all the children. Also, Kim Dergosits taught holiday “signs” and a Christmas Carol! Kim used…
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