The Hearing and Speech Center of Florida, Inc. (HSCF) has created the Gift of Communication Initiative to ensure that no child or adult in need of the Center’s services will ever be turned away. The annual philanthropic goal for the Initiative is $250,000, which covers essential costs that are not provided by government sources, health insurance or other restricted project funding. More than half of the children and adults who come to the Center are uninsured or under-insured, leaving HSCF to seek out adequate philanthropic funding. HSCF is committed to providing the Gift of Communication to thousands of people each year by giving people the ability to communicate through language – something so many of us simply take for granted. Fulfilling this fundamental need is at the heart and soul of the Center’s Gift of Communication Initiative.