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Thursday, April 2, 2009

Autism Awareness Day!

Welcome everyone to my first ever Autism Awareness Fundraiser!

Click HERE to purchase one of the many unique handmade items.
100% proceeds go toward Autism Research!
Thank you for joining me today in learning and spreading awareness of autism. Many of you already know that I have a 7 year old nephew, Brock, who is autistic. It is in his honor that I am dedicating this event to on my blog. Today is Autism Awareness Day all over the world. Later today I am attending a presentation at Brock's class. I will report on that later. I've found a lot of information on autism that I would like to share with you in following posts. Another part of this blog event is to raise funds for Autism research. I am participating in Walk Now for Autism on May 2nd and am collecting monetary donations for that event. It is to this event that your donations / payments will go to directly. Several great friends of mine have generously donated items for this purpose. I am truly touched by your quick responses to help.
Of course you don't have to purchase something to help, you may donate any amount you wish by following the same instructions.
Anyone who donates at least $10 will get a free bookmark and a free table runner pattern from me. Please email me your mailing address so I can send you the thank you gift.
Again, thanks so much for your participation. Whether you are reading the info I've compiled, donating an item to be sold, purchasing a donated item or kindly donating funds to the cause, you are helping those who have autism and those who love and care for someone who is autistic.
If you've read this post in it's entirety, please leave a comment to be entered into a drawing. Winner announced April 3rd.
There are more posts in this blog event, scroll down to gather all the info!

8 comments:

Casdok said...

Hope your presentation goes well!

Carla said...

I also hope it all goes well for you.

Jane's Fabrics and Quilts said...

I will look to see how it goes for you today at school.

Kaaren said...

Will be watching for your followups Mel. Good luck today!

Dawn said...

I hope things go well today too!!

Nanette Merrill said...

Thanks for your sweet prize. I got some dotty goodness. I read today they are thinking Autism is reversible! I had never heard that before. Wow. You've been so busy for such a great cause. Thanks again.

Julie L. said...

Thanks for visiting my blog the other day. : )Good luck on your presentation. Your cute little nephew is lucky to have such a great aunt.le

Anonymous said...

I hope that today goes well for you. thanks for putting out the awareness out there for Autism. This is close to mt heart right now because my daughter is being tested for autism right now. keep up your great work