Official Site of the Hearing Improvement Kids Endowment Fund, Inc.

Welcome to our website! Every child deserves the chance to hear and we are here to help! It is our joy to provide hearing devices for children with hearing losses between the ages of newborn and twenty years whose parents are unable to meet this special need financially. Our application provides additional information and details. We look forward to serving you.

Thank you for your support in fundraising for these worthy children!

Because of generous donations totaling over $6.4 MILLION dollars since 1985, we have given over 2,900 children a grant to support their needs for hearing. The HIKE Fund, Inc. was created by Emma Tedrick and Charles Terrill as the philanthropic project of Job’s Daughters International, a girls leadership organization, to give the members a specific and unique charity to which they were able to devote their energies.

HIKE For The Treasure 5K

We have launched our spring virtual 5K with the goal of raising $15,000. Registration is open now through the end of May. Complete the 5K in your hometown, with your Bethel, with your run group, or neighbors and family anytime between April 1st and May 31st! We are hoping for another East Coast – Midwest – West Coast rivalry! Sign-up by the end of March – let’s go!!

Register Today: https://runsignup.com/Race/IA/CouncilBluffs/HIKEfortheTreasure5K
Also, we have started an opportunity for the HIKE Fund Athlete Champion Program. Join our team! The HIKE Fund Athlete Champion Program welcomes all runners, walkers, and fitness enthusiasts to promote The HIKE Fund, Inc. at community events and races. As a part of this program, you will be an ambassador and help spread the word about the great work that The HIKE Fund does. The Athlete Champion Program registration fee of $75 includes the HIKE for Treasure Virtual 5K registration and a swag box with a performance shirt, hat, car magnet, and nutrition goodies!  Sign-up by April 30th and receive your swag box in July!

Join the Team: https://runsignup.com/Race/IA/CouncilBluffs/2022HIKEFundAthleteChampionProgram

Thank you for your dedicated support and see you out on the run!

ReOPENED FOR APPLICATIONS

We are reopened for applications – www.thehikefund.org!! Thank you to all of our amazing donors, especially our Job’s Daughters International supporters, who have allowed us to receive new applications after nine months of fundraising. Please continue to do what you can to help amazing children across the nation to afford and access hearing aids and other assistive hearing devices!

IT’s #GIVINGTUESDAY2021

Will you unleash your generosity today for The HIKE Fund? Any amount gets us closer to helping children with the gift of hearing! There are six ways you can support us today and over the next week.

  1. Order a HIKE Shirt!
  2. Make a donation online via PayPal.
  3. Support a current Facebook Fundraiser: JenniferChrisMelanieIanNevaAmy, and John.
  4. Host a Facebook or Instagram Fundraiser.
  5. Join The HIKE Fund Running Team and run with us at the 2022 Grandma’s Marathon and GB Half Marathon.
  6. Buy some yummy cookies from Laura Jo’s Cookies for Kids (make sure to select The HIKE Fund for your order).

#GIVINGTUESDAY2021

The annual day that follows Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday – Giving Tuesday! It’s fascinating that it bookends the flurry of consumerism and seemingly endless deals and discounts. This year’s theme for Giving Tuesday is Unleash Generosity.

As a HIKE Fund supporter and champion, you know we had to discontinue processing grant applications in May 2021 due to decreased funds available to give. We are a lean nonprofit organization where only 2% of our income goes to overhead expenses like insurance, accounting, and legal costs to stay compliant as an organization. Everything else goes to eligible children and their families who are waiting to improve their hearing through aids and other assistive devices.

It is a life-giving and life-changing work, and we do not take for granted the amazing donations and generosity of so many people each year, especially the members of Job’s Daughters International. In a typical year, we give 70 grants ranging from $1,000-$5,000. We deeply want to re-open applications again in 2022. We are working hard to maximize our donations with matching gifts and unique ways to fundraise.

Will you unleash your generosity for Giving Tuesday 2021 to The HIKE Fund? Any amount gets us closer to helping children with the gift of hearing! There are six ways you can support us over the next week:

  1. Order a HIKE Shirt!
  2. Make a donation online via PayPal.
  3. Support a current Facebook Fundraiser: Jennifer, Chris, Melanie, Ian, Neva, Amy, and John.
  4. Host a Facebook or Instagram Fundraiser.
  5. Join The HIKE Fund Running Team and run with us at the 2022 Grandma’s Marathon and GB Half Marathon.
  6. Buy some yummy cookies from Laura Jo’s Cookies for Kids (make sure to select The HIKE Fund for your order).
“…that every child with joy may hear…” – Blake

RUn with the hike fund

We have been granted 10 charity bibs to run the famous Grandma’s Marathon and Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth, MN on June 18, 2022.

We are recruiting four runners for the marathon (26.2 miles) and five runners for the half marathon (13.1 miles).

Fundraising is required for the charity bibs: $3,000 minimum for the marathon, and $1,500 for the half marathon. Each runner will have support with fundraising and guidance for achieving their goals.

We are looking to host the team together in MN over the weekend of the races and each runner will be provided with a HIKE Fund running tank, hat, and other essentials.

If you are interested in being a member of the HIKE Fund Marathon/Half Marathon Team, complete this survey by November 30th: https://forms.gle/nX64BJr3gaAnA6nF7.

If you have any questions, please email Leslie @ thehikefund1985@gmail.com.

Happy fall from the hike fund!

We are so excited for the fall weather to sweep across the country. Grab those HIKE Fund hoodies and sweatshirts and promote the great work we do because of you! Our applications still remain closed at this time, but we are very excited and hopeful that fundraising this fall will get us back to re-opening. You are always welcome to send in a donation or make one online: https://thehikefund.org/donate/.


Be DRIVEN! Our September fundraiser through Driven Coffee Roasters comes to an end on Thursday, September 30th. It’s not too late to get some warm, yummy coffee, tea, or cocoa. Makes for a perfect gift for the upcoming holidays – help us get back to funding applications! Click here to support the fundraiser: https://www.drivencoffeefundraising.com/ref/the-hike-fund-inc/


Online Auction! Starting on Friday, October 1st, we will kick off an online auction of 12 generously donated items. Auction will close on Saturday, October 16th. Check out the items and sign-up to bid online today: https://app.bidbeacon.com/activity/#YSCUWM. If you have items you’d like to donate to a future auction, please let us know.


RUN for HIKE! We have been granted 10 charity bibs to run the famous Grandma’s Marathon and Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon in Duluth, MN on June 18, 2022. We are recruiting for five runners for the marathon (26.2 miles) and five runners for the half marathon (13.1 miles). Fundraising is required for the charity bibs: $3,000 minimum for the marathon, and $1,500 for the half marathon. Each runner will have support with fundraising and guidance for achieving their goals. We are looking to host the team together in MN over the weekend of the races and each runner will be provided with a HIKE Fund running tank, hat, and other essentials. If you are interested in being a member of the HIKE Fund Marathon/Half Marathon Team, complete this survey by November 30th: https://forms.gle/nX64BJr3gaAnA6nF7.

The HIKE Fund is DRIVEN

Welcome, September! The month of cooler temps and a nice cup of coffee, tea, or cocoa. The HIKE Fund has partnered with Driven Coffee Roasters for a month-long fundraiser. From each purchase, we will receive 30%.

Every bit helps as we work to restore our application funding for deserving children and their families—to fulfill our mission in giving the gift of hearing!

Driven Coffee Roasters offers beverages, snacks, and coffee gear galore! We’d love to have your support this month: https://www.drivencoffeefundraising.com/ref/the-hike-fund-inc/. Online sales open Wednesday, September 1st, and close on Thursday, September 30th!