The Virginia Department for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (VDDHH) and 17 partner organizations will hold an open house July 27-28 to celebrate VDDHH’s 40th year of service to Virginia’s deaf, hard-of-hearing, late-defeaned and deaf-blind communities. The open house will be held at VDDHH headquarters, 1602 Rolling Hills Dr., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 27 and from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. July 28.

Dr. Bill Hazel, Virginia’s secretary of health and human resources, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. There will also be exhibits on the latest relay services and assistive technologies, the opportunity to meet VDDHH staff and representatives from its partner organizations, and light refreshments.

Members of the public and VDDHH partners are invited to post their favorite memories of the organization on the Virginia Relay blog at http://www.varelayblog.org The .entries will be shared with guests during the open house.

The event is free and open to the public. No registration is required. For details, call 800-552-7917 (V/TTY) or visit http://www.vddhh.org