Signing Time: Benefit Concert

Rachel Coleman, Emmy Nominated Star of Signing Time, to Perform Benefit Concert in Seattle on November 20th.

Thousands of families in the Northwest have been touched by Signing Time, the hit PBS show that introduced American Sign Language to children across the Nation.  Now, for the first time, these families will be able to come and see her perform, live.  During her stay in Seattle, Coleman will also be performing a private story-time for children who are hospitalized at Seattle Children's Hospital. 

Megan Spires, resident of North Bend and owner of Signing For Life and PDX Loves Signing's Carissa Martos are proud to announce that Emmy-nominated Rachel Coleman, host of Signing Time, will perform for children and families during this year’s premier Seattle Signing Time Foundation Community Event on November 20, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. at Northgate Community Center in Seattle. Info and tickets available at NWRachelEvents.com.  The event will be interpreted in American Sign Language.

Coleman, who co-created Signing Time as a means to teach children of all abilities how to communicate using American Sign Language (ASL), has seen firsthand the miracles that can come from using sign language. As the mother of a daughter who is deaf, and another who has cerebral palsy and spina bifida, Coleman has spent the last few years making sign language fun and accessible for all children through the Signing Time series. Whether used by a pre-verbal infant, a non-verbal child with disabilities, or a family who simply wants to learn ASL as a second language, Signing Time reaches children with diverse learning styles and encourages interaction through signing, singing, speaking and moving.

For the past seven years, Signing Time has been dedicated to proving the benefits and positive impact of sign language on children of all abilities. While most people regard sign language as something only for the Deaf community, thousands of parents are seeing that all children can accelerate their language and reading development through the unique blend of sign language, written word, song and video modeling used in Signing Time.

This event was made possible through a Community Action Project grant from the Foundation For Early Learning, generous donations from the Jorge Posada Foundation, Grand Event Rentals, The Issaquah Holiday Inn, Washington Hands and Voices and individual Donors.  Also essential are the volunteers who offered their time and energy.  All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Signing Time Foundation.  Donations made online or at the concert will also benefit the Signing Time Foundation, and will be tax-deductible.