Our Mission
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The mission
of The Lake Drive Foundation is to support the identification,
evaluation, therapeutic intervention and education
of hearing impaired and communication impaired
infants, toddlers and children.
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The Lake Drive Foundation provides critical funding for The Sound Start Program at Lake Drive School. Since the program's inception, Sound Start has helped more than 1,000 children who are deaf and hard of hearing from Northern and Central New Jersey develop the vital communication skills they need for a lifetime of learning.
The Hansberry Family Thanks The Lake Drive Foundation From The Bottom of Their Hearts
Being born a healthy and hearing child in July 2006, our son Sean developed pneumococcal meningitis in January of 2008. He was a very sick little boy and was in hospital for 16 days. About a month after that, we started to notice Sean was not responding to sounds and voices as well as he once did, and eventually, not at all. An ABR test under sedation confirmed our fears that Sean was in fact permanently and profoundly deaf in both his ears as a result of his fight with meningitis. Then just 10 days later, Sean received bilateral cochlear implants that were later activated for him to learn to hear and speak again.
Hoop-A-Paluza December 6, 2009
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Supporters
dunked and donated to give babies with hearing loss
a shot at success Lake
Drive staff, students and families
from Sound Start enjoyed
an afternoon of hoops,
free rides, food, games
and prizes in a carnival
like atmosphere.
Lake Drive School
Principal, Trish
Filliaci, Captain of the
Lake Drive Team helped
raise more than $16,000
for the event, placing
the team as the second
largest fundraiser of
the day! The Lake
Drive Foundation
received $25,000 from
the Hoop-A-Paluza
Foundation for The Sound
Start Program.
Seeds of Hope Honoree 2009
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Lake Drive Trustee, Dr.
Laura McKirdy receives the 2009 New Jersey Seeds of Hope
Award for her dedication to children with hearing loss..
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For The Babies Gala, Thursday, May 13 2010 The Villa, Mountain Lakes
This year we will be honoring Curtis Pride, the first deaf player in the modern era of major league baseball.
The Lake Drive Programs
Sound Start students who remain in the Lake Drive Program attend Lake Drive School and then continue their education in the competitive Mountain Lakes Junior High and High School, learning side by side with their hearing peers.
