{"id":27754,"date":"2018-04-19T13:26:17","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/04\/19\/td-bank-foundation-helps-fund-deaf-reading-program\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:20:13","slug":"td-bank-foundation-helps-fund-deaf-reading-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/04\/19\/td-bank-foundation-helps-fund-deaf-reading-program\/","title":{"rendered":"TD Bank Foundation Helps Fund Deaf Reading Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_17567\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/04\/TD-Bank-Donation-press.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17567\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17567\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/04\/TD-Bank-Donation-press-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Left to right) Melissa Doucette of the TD Bank Charitable Foundation, Northern Essex Community College President Lane Glenn, Rosemary Desmond of TD Bank\u2019s Charitable Foundation and Todd Higgins, director Gallaudet University Regional Center.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/gallaudet\/\">Gallaudet University Regional Center<\/a> (GURC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> recently received a $5,000 grant from the TD Bank Charitable Foundation to fund, in part, its monthly Shared Reading Saturday Program (SRS).<\/p>\n<p>For the last 14 years GURC has coordinated the SRS Program. Nearly two dozen families and caregivers participate in the program. Deaf tutors work with the participants in both one-on-one and group-based settings to demonstrate how to read popular children\u2019s books in American Sign Language (ASL). They practice signing the story and receive feedback from the tutors in a supportive environment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the tutoring, the participants receive a book bag containing the book they just read, a videotaped ASL translation of the book on a CD for further practice, a bookmark with tips for reading to deaf and hard of hearing children, and a guide with activities the family can do together that relate to the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEighty-four percent of deaf and hard of hearing children have hearing parents. These parents want to read to their children but are often frustrated because they lack the skills or support,\u201d according to Todd Higgins, director of the GURC at NECC. \u201cThis program addresses this very issue. It gives family members the tools for reading to their children and encourage an interest in reading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored that the TD Bank Charitable Foundation believes the SRS Program worthy of grant funding,\u201d said Jean Poth, NECC\u2019s vice president of institutional advancement.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information on this program, contact Higgins at thiggins@necc.mass.edu.<\/p>\n<p>The TD Charitable Foundation is one of the 10 largest commercial banking organizations in the United States. 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