2006

(Last Update: 1 October 2006)

If have a question or an event you want posted please send email to : ialmeetings@larynxlink.com

Is your local club interested in hosting an IAL Annual Meeting and Voice
Institute?  If so, CLICK HERE for further details

January:  14-15,  Dr. Eric Blom Seminar

February:  24-26, Texas Laryngectomee Association Annual Meeting
                           Sofitel Hotel in Houston, Texas

March:  11-12, Dr. Eric Blom Seminar

April:     21-22 April;  28th Annual North Dakota
            Speech Seminar for Laryngectomees
               Hilton Garden Inn, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Point of Contact: Fay McPhail, MA, CCC-SLP
Email: fmcphail@altru.org
Telephone: 701-780-2449

                28-29 April; Stanford University TEP Course
Guest faculty includes Dr. Yvonne Edels from Charing Cross Hospital in London, Dr. Frans Hilgers from the Netherlands, Dr. Donna Graville SLP at OHSU, Dr. Mark Singer from UCSF, and Dr. Minnie Graham from SFSU. Local faculty will include Dr. Ed Damrose, Margaret Coffey, Trish Woo Cavanaugh, Mary Ellen Rogers, Dr. Kris Izdebski, and Lillian Shiiba, PA
Point of Contact: Ann Kearney
                                  Stanford University
                                  Department of Otolaryngology
                                 (650) 736-0469
                                 AKearney@ohns.stanford.edu

            28-29 April; Midwest Laryngectomee Conference
                          St. Joseph's Health Center, KC, Mo.
For additional information or to participate please e-mail  CW Moreland @ dmoreland4@comcast.net or go to our web site:  www.nu-voice.org.

May:  6  Laryngectomee Club Of Montgomery County & The  New Voice Club
            Of Northern Virginia Presents: "Laryngectomee Visitation Training"
            Click here for more information, and here for an application form.

             6-7, Dr. Eric Blom Seminar

            21  The Second Annual Connecticut Laryngectomee Support Group
               Luncheon and Meeting
               May 21, 2006 - Noon to 3
               Southern Connecticut State University
               Click here for more information

June:  1-12, Annual WebWhispers Tour/Cruise (Alaska)
                       1-5, Fairbanks, Denali, Mt. McKinley Train/Land Tours
                               5-12, Cruise - Whittier to Vancouver via the Inner Passage
                                    On the Princess Cruise Line's "Island Princess"

                23-24 Tri-State Laryngectomee Conference
                   Sponsored by: University of Michigan
                   Kensington Court Hotel
                        610 Hilton Blvd
                       Ann Arbor, MI  48108
                       For additional information contact:
                       Teresa Lyden, MA, CCC-SLP
                       734 763-4003 
                      lyden@umich.edu

                   

July:   15-16,  Dr. Eric Blom Seminar
            19-22,  IAL Annual Meeting and Voice Institute, Schaumburg, IL
                          Hyatt Regency Woodfield, 1800 East Golf Road, Schaumburg, IL
                                                   12 Miles from Chicago O'Hare Airport

August:      

September:   16-17, Dr. Eric Blom Seminar

October:    7-8  2nd Annual Midwest Laryngectomee Conference
                          Sheraton Plaza Tower - Westport Plaza, St. Louis, MO
                                 Sponsored by the Nu Voice Club of Greater St. Louis
                                 Point of Contact:  Richard Humphries:  Email:  rmh75@earthlink.net
                                 Click HERE for registration/schedule details (.pdf information file)

                       7-8  2006 Florida Laryngectomee Association (FLA) Meeting
                                Sheraton Studio City, Orlando, FL
                                For more information, Email Carl Kilmer at                                                       carlkilmer@comcast.net  

                  14  Dr. Eric Blom Seminar, "Presentation for Laryngectomees and Families"
                             Complimentary event sponsored by InHealth Technologies
                             Toronto Marriott - Downtown Eaton Center
                             525 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                             3:30-5:00 PM, Friday, October 14, 2005
                             Informational/Registration Brochure accessible HERE.

Nov. 4, 2006 - ANNUAL YARD-DRIVEWAY SALE
Sponsored by the Inland Empire Nu Voices Assoc.
7 a.m. to 4 p.m. 152 Locust Street, Riverside, CA

We are now looking for donations of usable items to help us continue funding free services for survivors of head and neck cancer and related diseases and to help these survivors continue to live as part of our community and learn new ways to communicate. Please check out our website at http://www.throatcancercare.com/ click enter, then click laryncotherapy to see the many outreach services these donations have made possible for over 25 years.

DONATIONS NEEDED NOW: working kitchen appliances, TVs, Stereos, DVDs, VCRs, toys, games, tableware, tools, lamps, jewelry and small furniture items. All donations are tax deductible.

For information on where to drop off items before Nov. 2nd, call Don Layton at (951) 686-8840, Bud Barnes at (951) 485-1662 or Kim Hunt at (909) 872-0292.
 

November:  11-12, Dr. Eric Blom Seminar

 

December: