NBASLH Cares Day, 2023

by Brittani Hightower, M.A., CCC-SLP, britthightower@gmail.com

NBASLH Cares was excited to celebrate NBASLH’s 45th Convention by visiting with the students and faculty at Montgomery Blair High School on NBASLH Cares Day. There, we raised awareness of audiology and speech-language pathology, and what steps need to be taken in order to become part of these two fields. We ended the week by visiting AppleTree Early Learning Public Charter School where our NBASLH members, collectively, donated 102 school supplies.

We want to thank each and every donor for their generous contributions in supporting this year’s NBASLH Cares outreach initiative. We also want to congratulate our top donors, Jerrold Jackson and Pamela Rowe! They will receive designated seating at the 2024 Awards Gala. We would like to thank the NBASLH Cares Committee members for volunteering their time, efforts, and connections. Because of them we were able to transform our ideas into actions.

Congratulations are also due to our Committee co-chair, Nastassia Horn, as she will be stepping into the role of NBASLH Cares chair this September. This message is to our NBASLH members at-large: If supporting Black communities through outreach, and recruiting future Black speech language pathologists and audiologists are efforts you are passionate about, consider joining the NBASLH Cares Committee. We look forward to serving with you!

With Love, Brittani Hightower & Nastassia Horn, NBASLH Cares Committee Co-Chairs