{"id":8947,"date":"2018-03-01T16:20:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T21:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/?p=8947"},"modified":"2022-06-20T14:11:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T18:11:02","slug":"spotlight-central-florida-speech-hearing-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/spotlight-central-florida-speech-hearing-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You wouldn\u2019t know it from looking at the unassuming facade of Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center, located in an old strip mall on the south side of Lakeland, FL\u2026 but truly amazing things happen inside. Once you (or in our case, all 30 of you&#8230; we stopped by for a visit!) walk through the doors, you\u2019re greeted by a wall of smiling people who support the Center, many of whom are very well-known in the city. It\u2019s obvious that CFSHC is a respected organization. Why? They work magic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cfshc.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cfshc.jpg\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cfshc.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cfshc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CFSHC is the region\u2019s leading provider of care for patients with communication difficulties, providing high-quality speech, language and hearing services for patients of all ages and incomes\u2014and they really mean of ALL ages. Their youngest patient is just four months old, while their oldest is 103! The Center\u2019s services are much-needed in the community, especially for the roughly 250 children they see each week for speech therapy services, 92% of whom require subsidized funding. There are still over 100 children on a waiting list, and an additional 90 visit the Center for audiology services.<\/p>\n<p>Just a little taste of the magic CFSHC works can be seen in their 2016 Child of the Year, Christopher Rollins. When he first visited the Center, he was non-verbal and communicated though a series of complex gestures. After\u00a0the Center fit him with\u00a0hearing aids and set him up with speech therapy, he was able to learn to communicate using an iPad and\u00a0gained an unbelievable amount of confidence. The photos below show the dramatic change in his attitude\u2026\u00a0he even set up that pose in the second picture himself!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8951 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-1-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" hspace=\"40\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-1-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-1.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8950 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/christopher-819x1024.jpg 819w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The services offered by the Center\u2019s staff are top-notch, being administered by highly-qualified speech therapists and audiologists. Such highly-skilled work carries a price tag higher than many non-profits are used to seeing for employee salaries because of the specialized training and schooling the Center\u2019s staff has under their belts. To raise funds for aiding clients who need subsidies, for improvements, and to keep the best of the best as employees, The Center holds two large fundraising events each year that bring in over $100,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>Up until 2017, the Center managed both fundraising events by tracking and recording votes manually in spreadsheets. The time it took was overwhelming, with contestants constantly stopping by the office to drop off cash and checks, calling and texting to see where they were in the standings, and asking whether votes had been recorded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ALL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ALL-e1519675995610.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"274\" hspace=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ALL-e1519675995610.jpg 952w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ALL-e1519675995610-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ALL-e1519675995610-768x381.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Center set up their 2017 Women of Central Florida Spring Fashion Show on Qgiv\u2019s peer-to-peer platform, went through complimentary training on the system\u2019s functionality, and then sat back and reaped the benefits of having an online system do most of the work for them!<\/p>\n<p>Implementing such a quick and easy way for supporters to go online and cast their votes made a huge difference\u2014their giving increased 300% over the prior year\u2019s fashion show!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we had not changed our setup to Qgiv\u2019s peer-to-peer platform, it would have been a nightmare to keep accurate records the old way\u2014 manually on spreadsheets. We will never do another event without Qgiv!\u201d \u2013 Debbie Burdett, Vice President of Community Engagement<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qgiv.com\/blog\/customers\/central-florida-speech-and-hearing-center-case-study\/\">Check out a case study on Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center here!<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You wouldn\u2019t know it from looking at the unassuming facade of Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center, located in an old strip mall on the south side of Lakeland, FL\u2026 but truly amazing things happen inside. 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