Q2 2026 GIVING PARTNER: SOUNDING Joy

My wife and I wanted to start doing something meaningful through the business by supporting organizations that are making a real impact in people’s lives. Each quarter we choose a different charity to support, and during that quarter, 10% of all rebuild service purchases are donated directly to that organization.

For Q2 of 2026, we chose Sounding Joy.

Sounding Joy is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to ignite joy by providing life changing hearing aids, accessories, and services to children whose families cannot afford them. Through their work, they help open doors to confidence, connection, communication, and lifelong success for children throughout the Tampa Bay area.

What really stood out to us was the story behind the organization and its founder, Christy Vogel.

At the age of 11, Christy learned that she was hard of hearing and had likely been living with hearing loss since birth. Without realizing it, she had taught herself how to read lips just to understand the world around her. Because she often needed extra time to process conversations by combining sound, facial expressions, and lip reading, people sometimes assumed she was slow or unintelligent.

As she grew older, and still without hearing aids because her family could not afford them, those assumptions started to affect how she viewed herself.

It wasn’t until her twenties, after already finding success in the business world despite her hearing loss, that she was finally able to purchase her first pair of hearing aids. That moment changed her life. For the first time, she could fully participate in conversations and contribute with confidence. Her career and opportunities expanded dramatically from there.

In 2021, Christy realized that her own experiences had given her a passion and purpose to help others facing the same challenges. That same year, she founded Sounding Joy to help provide hearing aids to children whose families otherwise could not afford them.

Since then, Sounding Joy has helped more than 100 children throughout the extended Tampa Bay area through partnerships with providers including Tampa Children’s ENT, USF Audiology, and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

We are honored to support an organization that is changing lives in such a direct and meaningful way.

If you would like to learn more about Sounding Joy or support their mission directly, we encourage you to visit their website and learn about the incredible work they are doing for children and families in our community.

Thank you to everyone who supports our business and helps make contributions like this possible.