Osmonds To Hold Concert, Marathon For Hearing Assistance
POSTED: 5:14 pm MST February 22, 2011UPDATED: 1:08 pm MST February 23, 2011IDAHO FALLS, Idaho -- Two local families stand in need and are getting help from a very famous family, and you can help, too.Four people in the two families live in a silent world. They need hearing aids to make their surroundings come alive, and those don't come cheaply.Enter Justin Osmond, founder of the Olive Osmond Perpetual Hearing Fund.Justin Osmond goes all over the world to raise money and fit children with hearing devices.His father, Merrill, who many know from The Osmonds, is kicking off his worldwide benefit concert tour in Idaho Falls."Then all of a sudden you put these little hearing aids or these little devices on these little kids and they just light up like a Christmas tree,” Justin Osmond said. “They hear their mom's voice for the very first time. I mean it is so life-changing and when you see the change that is wrought in their life, it brings a change to yours, and that's why I'm doing this.”The benefit concert is May 12 at the Colonial Theater in Idaho Falls and it will feature Merrill Osmond.Also a marathon is May 14. There will be a half marathon, a 10k and a 5k.To register, visit the MadMarathon.com.
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