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Community Events
Updated
03/05/2010
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Deaf Service Center of SW Florida
Working to empower Southwest
Florida's
deaf and hard of hearing citizens
and their families
through
education, advocacy, and community involvement
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Song and Sign 2010
When: March 6, 2010, 11:30 AM
Where: Broadway Palm Dinner Theater
1380 Colonial Blvd
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Description:
Song and Sign Celebration 2010 - “Destination... Unknown”
(Lunch, Show, and Silent Auction)
Song and Sign ticket Price: $25.00
For more info contact -
(239) 461-0334 voice
(239) 461-0438 tty
Lori@dsc.us
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Naples Deaf Kids Club
- March event
When: March 6, 2010, 11:00 AM
Where: Dinosaur Playground
4910 Tamiami Trail N. Suite 301
Naples,
FL
Description:
Jumping, playing, tumbling and bouncing… a great day for great kids!
Join us at the Dinosaur Playground in Naples for our March meeting. This
event is being sponsored by the great folks at Dinosaur Playground so
admittance is free for our members. Separate activities room and social
time will be provided for our teen members.
For more info contact -
Maria LaRocco
marialarocco@aol.com
239-776-4179
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Silent Dinners
When: First
Friday of every month, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where:
Edison Mall, 4125
Cleveland Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33901
Description:
[Click
here for flyer]
Members of the Fort Myers Deaf community gather for this informal social event
on the first . Come to the Edison Mall food court to join in the fun.
Silent Dinners are open to Deaf people, hard of hearing people, hearing
people, beginning
signers, advanced signers, parents, children, interpreters, and teachers. Everyone is welcome!
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Deaf Chat Coffee
When: Third
Friday of every month, 6:00 pm
Where:
Blackhawk Café in the Bell Tower Shops, Daniels Pkwy and U.S. 41,
Fort Myers, FL 33907
Description:
Deaf Chat Coffee get-togethers are open to Deaf people, hard of hearing people, hearing
people, beginning
signers, advanced signers, parents, children, interpreters, and teachers. Everyone is welcome!
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Southwest Florida Association of the Deaf
The SWFAD sponsors events in
the Fort Myers area - Poker Nights, Coffee Chats, and a softball team.
Check their website at
www.SWFAD.org
for more information.
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Signing Eagles ASL Club
The Signing Eagles ASL Club is a
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) organization which is open to Deaf,
hard of hearing, hearing, beginning signers, advanced signers, interpreters,
educators, and others who are interested in Deafness. Their purpose is to
integrate American Sign Language, Deaf culture, the local Deaf and hard of
hearing community, and interpreters with college students from FGCU and the
southwest Florida area. For more information, please visit
www.SigningEagles.com.
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Captioned Movies
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Captioned films
are shown locally at:
Regal
Cinemas at Gulf Coast Center
10028
Gulf Center Drive
Fort
Myers, FL 33913
454-4731
(phone)
454-0788
(fax)
www.regalcinemas.com/movies/open_cap.html
Regal Cinemas
Naples, FL
Location - TBA
DTS-CSS CINEMA SUBTITLING SYSTEM
FAQ
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InSight
Cinema is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the big
screen movie-going experience to the 30 million deaf, hard of hearing, and English as a second
language audiences in the U.S. Check
www.insightcinema.org for captioned films in theaters near you. If there are no captioned movies provided in your local theater, InSight Cinema
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DSC Sign Language Classes
The Deaf Service Center offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced
ASL classes. Please sign
up at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSCevents/ to receive new email updates about
the DSC sign language class schedule and other DSC events.
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