The CCB selected the Foundation for the Callier Center and Communication Disorders to receive $997,996 to benefit Callier’s Pediatric Special Connections Project. “The Crystal Charity Committee clearly understands the difference that Callier makes in the community, and we are thrilled to partner, once again, with such an outstanding beneficiary.” Ola Fojtasek, Crystal Charity Ball charity selection researcher“It is a privilege to advocate for the Callier Center and this compelling project that will give children who cannot speak a voice,” said Emilynn Wilson, president of the Foundation for the Callier Center. “On behalf of the trustees, I extend our deepest gratitude to Crystal Charity.”The Crystal Charity Ball grant is the largest gift Callier has received since the establishment of the Lena Callier Trust, through which Callier was founded in 1963. “The Crystal Charity Committee clearly understands the difference that Callier makes in the community, and we are thrilled to partner, once again, with such an outstanding beneficiary,” said Ola Fojtasek, Crystal Charity Ball charity selection researcher, who championed Callier’s project. In 1967, the Crystal Charity Ball funded Callier for the first time, prompting an enduring relationship with the center that, with this grant, will result in $3,346,376 of total support.