Minnesota Lions Hearing Foundation – D-Feet Hearing Loss Walk

The Minnesota Lions Hearing Foundation, First City Lions of Bemidji, and the Bemidji Lions Club will hold this year’s D-Feet Hearing Loss Walk on Saturday, June 6. This walk raises funds for the Lions’ partner University of Minnesota to be used for research, services, and outreach about hearing.

Registration is available at the Hearing Foundation’s website of 5mhf.org for $25, with children under 12 free.  The walk is from Bemidji’s Diamond Point Park to the Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox statue and back, about two miles.  The walk begins at 9:45 am with lunch included, as well as children’s games and prizes, and live music by the Empty Cooler Band.  Walkers can also register in person beginning at 8:30 am at Diamond Point Park.

Hearing impairment affects 1 in 10 people in the US from newborns to seniors hindering their speech, learning, and socialization.  Minnesota Lions have raised more than $7 Million to support research and programs that include Newborn Hearing Screening, a Children’s Hearing and ENT Clinic, Temporal Bone Lab, Voice Clinic, and an Affordable Hearing Aid Program.