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Regatta raises $10G for group that helps the deaf
The Mill Neck Family of Organizations hosts "Sail the Sound for Deafness," a fundraiser to benefit people who are deaf or have other communication needs Videojournalist: Brittany Wait (Aug., 9, 2012) (August 10, 2012 4:02 PM)
Kathleen Clark-Wasil has been hearing-impaired since before she could remember.
Her mother had an emergency C-section, so minutes after her birth she was put in an incubator. Doctors said that because she was born prematurely she had significant nerve damage, causing her deafness.
From age 2 to 16, she attended the Mill Neck School for the Deaf and now as an adult wanted to give back.
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