(Carter Kinnear (seated) and his mother Tammy joins with members of the Fort Frances Lions Club and Jackie McCormick of the Enhanced Learning Centre to show of his near hearing aids)The Fort Frances Lions Club is helping an 11-year-old area boy hear many sounds for the first time.
Carter Kinnear is sporting new hearing aids, paid for in part by a two-thousand dollar donation from the club.
His mother Tammy is appreciative of the gift for her son who has a hearing defect since birth.
"It's made Carter's life completely different," says Kinnear. "His learning ability and basic skills that we take for grant, such as hearing birds chirp he's never been able to hear before; that's a new experience for him."
"It's amazing," says Carter. "I feel like I can hear everything now."
Lion's past-president Jacques Fiset says club members felt obligated to help out.
"Being that the hearing aids are needed and the Lions motto and ethics is hearing and eyesight, we decided to fill our commitment and help purchase the hearing aids for him," says Fiset.
Carter received his new hearing aids three months ago.
