Deaf Awareness Day 2024

Our 9th Annual Deaf Awareness Day was a great success! The event was a Sunday afternoon this year, and almost 100 people were present and enjoyed the phenomenal weather! We also set up an informational table for the general audience, so that anyone at the game could learn about the services provided by CSDHH and by DSDHH.

Two Deaf Education students from Grimsley High School signed the National Anthem, and Brian Poe threw the first pitch! Brian coaches the Thomasville High Bulldogs, and many of his team members surprised him by showing up at the game to show their support!

Two of our attendees also got to participate in some of the Grasshoppers' fun activities, and each won a prize!

We also partnered with Cynthia Poupard of Cynthia's Creations & More, and 9 lucky winners received a cup with a custom design by Cynthia. We also gave each of the National Anthem signers and Brian Poe a cup as a small token of our appreciation. Thank you, Cynthia!

We value this year and every year our partnership with the Greensboro Regional Center of the Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to plan and coordinate this event, as well as to help ensure this event is accessible and fun for all.

Thanks to everyone who attended this event, and we can't wait for our 10th annual event next year!

Deaf Awareness Day 2019

For the 5th Annual Deaf Awareness Day, we celebrated the day with some new and old traditions! Thank you to over 200 community members who braved the rain and cooler temperatures to watch Guilford County Deaf Education students sign the National Anthem, to see the first pitch by Dr. Sharon Contreras, meet the signing Frog Princess, to chat with friends, to spend Babe’s Bucks, and to enjoy live fireworks!

The CSDHH team values the collaboration of our community partners: Division of Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Greensboro Regional Center and Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of Davidson County for their planning efforts to make this event accessible and community centered. Additionally, we appreciate all of the UNC Greensboro students who volunteered their time to help ensure that all attendees had a safe and fun experience!

CSDHH would also like to recognize Reserving Royalty, located in High Point, and Sorenson Communications for making meaningful donations towards Deaf Awareness Day! Thank you for your support towards this annual community event!

See you next year!

Deaf Awareness Day at the Park! 2017

Deaf Awareness Day is quickly becoming one of best traditions of the year filled with great food, great games, and great company! See you at Deaf Awareness Day 2018!

Thank you to all the Guilford County School students who performed the national anthem, you guys rocked it!

Thank you to all the volunteer students from UNC Greensboro and Piedmont International University for your support efforts!

Thank you to all community partners including staff members at DSDHH and SDHHDC for all of your help planning this event. We appreciate Craig Blevins', President of the North Carolina Chapter of the Association of the Deaf, for his collaboration. We would also like to recognize and thank Sorenson Communications for sponsoring $1,000 towards this event!

Deaf Awareness Day with the Greensboro Grasshoppers

We had an AMAZING time at the game! We had almost 150 people in our section, all of whom came out to show their support for and increase awareness of the local Deaf community! It was the last home game of the season, and was truly a blast!

We started by having NC DSDHH Director Jan Withers throw the first pitch of the game...

Singing the National Anthem was Caldwell Academy, and we had our own group of students there as well!

Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing students from Johnson Street Global Studies and Kiser Middle School were there signing the National Anthem in beautiful ASL!

During the game, there were lots of various activities and games featuring many people from our group!

This video is of Brad Hardin helping toss out some Grasshoppers T-Shirts at the Deaf Awareness Day with the Greensboro Grasshoppers!

One of our group helps bring in the second base at the Deaf Awareness Day with the Greensboro Grasshoppers!

One of our group played a bug trivia game at the Deaf Awareness Day with the Greensboro Grasshoppers!

This video is of Frank Griffin correctly guessing the number of attendees in the Lucky for Life quiz at the Deaf Awareness Day with the Greensboro Grasshoppers!

All in all it was a great night! We hope next year is even bigger and better, and hope to see returning faces as well as new friends!