Celebrity guests included GRAMMY winner Sam Moore and his wife Joyce, recording artist Lucy Walsh, NFL Legends Carl Eller, Jacob Green, Nesby Glasgow, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Chuck Foreman and Eric Wright, and Extreme Makeover Home Edition producer Herb Ankrom were on hand to witness and encourage these Phoenix area children as they were fitted with hearing instruments and began hearing clearly for the first time.
The celebration of hearing continued during Super Bowl Week at the Annual Taste of the NFL party where Bill Austin was presented with the first ever Taste of the NFL's Good Neighbor Award for his humanitarian service So the World May Hear! Sam Moore made the award presentation to Bill Austin and the award will continue to be passed on to deserving humanitarians each consecutive year of Super Bowl's Taste of the NFL annual celebrations as "The William F. Austin Taste of the NFL Good Neighbor Award".
More information about the Starkey Hearing Foundation can be found at www.sotheworldmayhear.org or the Starkey Web Channel on Audiology Online at www.audiologyonline.com/channels/starkey.asp
