AUDIENT - An Alliance for Accessible Hearing Care - Assistance to hearing impaired seniors, children and families, by helping them to access quality hearing aids and related hearing care at a significantly lower cost nationwide. http://www.audientalliance.org/
Hear Now - New hearing aids for hard of hearing persons with limited financial resources who permanently reside within the United States . There is an application fee per ear. http://www.sotheworldmayhear.org/hearnow/
Dogs for the Deaf - Hearing Dogs, Special Needs Dogs, Dogs for Seniors, or Career Change Dogs http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org/
Guide Dogs for the Blind - http://www.guidedogs.com/
Gales Creek Camp - for kids with diabetes http://www.galescreekcamp.org/
Camp Taloali - for deaf, hard of hearing and hearing campers of all ages http://www.taloali.us/
Northwest Christian Camp for the Deaf http://ncpad.com/programs/index.php?id=6981&country=&state=Oregon&city=Salem
Assistive Devices:
For Loan - Assistive Listening Devices free for loan to individuals or groups in Oregon for meetings or events. Contact Bentley Fink with the Oregon Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services at 503.373.7609 or 1.800.358.3117 or Bentley.Fink@state.or.us
The Blanche Fischer Foundation - Assistance for Oregon residents with physical disabilities who need financial assistance in obtaining assistive technology, 503.819.8205 www.bff.org
Used Assistive Technology for Sale and Devices for rent: Access Technologies, Inc. 1.800.677.7512 http://www.accesstechnologiesinc.org/
Hearing Resources - Assistive Technology for sale, Portland , OR 800.531.2139 , 503.774.3668 Greater Portland Area, (Phones are voice, TTY and VCO accessible) http://earlink.com/
Harris Communications - Assistive Devices for sale, (800) 825-6758 Voice, (800) 825-9187 TTY http://www.harriscomm.com/
Telecommunication Devices Access Program - contact Kelli Chrisman, 1.800.648.3458 Voice or 1.800.848.4442 TTY kelli.chrisman@state.or.us
Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service - contact Aparna Lele, 1.800.863.3003 Voice, 1.800.848.1150 TTY or aparna.lele@mail.sprint.com
CapTel Relay Service - Captioned telephone and captioned telephone service, 877.243.2823 (tolll free)
Eyeglass and Hearing Aid Assistance
Statewide: Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation 503.827.6952 or 1.800.635.4667
For callers outside the Portland Metro Area: Lions Clubs of Oregon Hotline, 503.413.8091 .
Salem Area, 503.370.2917 , answering service for the Salem area Lions Clubs.
Eugene Area, 541.484.0452 , MD-36 Lions District Office, www.lionsclubsof@earthlink.net
Medford Area, 541.779.3653 , Southern Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Center
Clark County Washington , 360.750.9157 for Sight, 360.690.4327 for Hearing
Northwest Lions Foundation, 1.800.847.5786 , info@nlfoundation.org , ( Washington and Idaho residents)
Idaho/Eastern Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, 1.800.546.6889 , www.Idaholions.org
Lions Clubs International, www.lionsclubs.org , for other out of state or out of country callers.
Find a Lions Club Near You http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/agree_locator.php
Oregon Lions District Websites:
District 36-O http://www.columbia-center.org/lions_ormd36o/
District 36-R http://www.36r-lions.com/
District 36-E http://districtelions.org/
District 36-G does not have a district website, but if you do a search for Lions District 36-G, there are several club websites that will list.
Prescription Help:
The Lions of Oregon are not able to help with prescription needs, but if you go to these websites, you can find programs that do. Lions also are unable to help with dental needs. You should contact the state Department of Health Services for information on dental programs for individuals in need.
NeedyMeds - www.needymeds.com/
RxAssist - Patient Assistance Programs - www.rxassist.org/
PPArx - Partnership for Prescription Assistance - 1.888.477.2669 www.pparx.org/
