Buffalo, NY (September 9, 2010) Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center Foundation has received a grant for $10,750 from the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. Through this grant, Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center (BHSC) will provide transportation scholarships for 30 students, ages 6-16, to attend its highly successful and national Language to Literacy Program.

“This grant money will ensure the children who are low or non-readers in Western New York can safely be transported to our Language to Literacy Program each day directly from their school,” commented Joseph J. Cozzo, President/CEO of Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center.  “We are grateful to the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo for supporting this project,” said Cozzo.

For more information on the Language to Literacy Program visit www.askbhc.org.

Buffalo Hearing & Speech Center, a not for profit organization, is a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment center for children and adults with speech-language and hearing problems.  The Center employs more than 300 staff members, including full and part time licensed Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, Occupational and Physical Therapists, Teachers and Teacher Aides.