Attention fellow educators and students,
United By Autism needs your help!
United By Autism is a registered 501c3 organization that provides educational
materials and support to families and educators on a journey with autism.
What is different about
us is that by participating in our 2010-2011 fund raising campaign your program will have the opportunity to see our work
first hand! By UNITING with us this March - April 2011 your program will benefit through the following:
ü Books for your school or local library on the subject of autism will be donated to enhance opportunities
for individuals with special needs that may be in your classrooms or in your community.
ü There will be opportunities for participating staff members to win prizes to enhance learning
in their classrooms in exchange for spreading awareness via our prize drawing for 2011.
ü The advisor that wins our “GET CREATIVE” fund raiser contest will receive a $100
gift certificate from Walmart to be used to purchase items for their classroom.
ü In addition 20% of your donations will support our “Families in Need Fund” (see our website to nominate
a family)
ü The OVERALL program that raises the most contributions will be awarded
one of the following:
v
Elementary School- a new book for each
of your schools classrooms (max retail each $15)
v Middle
School- fundraising advisor will receive $300 worth of books for their classroom.
v High School- a graduating Senior chosen by the
winning school will win a Barnes & Noble gift certificate to purchase textbooks for college in the amount of $300 for
their hard work in spreading awareness.
You can help by hosting a Teacher “Jean Day for Autism”
on March 25th or April 1st 2011. For a $5.00 donation each teacher can dress
down and will have a chance to be entered in a mass drawing for prizes.
Get your clubs/classrooms
involved in our “GET CREATIVE” fundraising contest! Submit your donation in the form of a check
payable to United By Autism with a paragraph (pictures are always wonderful) of what type of creative
fundraiser your kids put together. Remember there is prize for the advisor with the most creative idea!
Where does your money go?
Over the past few years United By Autism has donated thousands of dollars
worth of books and supplies on autism to our schools and libraries. Siblings, students,
families, and staff members have been able to find answers to their questions due to the materials provided and teachers have
enhanced learning through our classroom donations. We have provided scholarship opportunities to those
lending a hand and raising awareness in schools. 1 in 70 boys will receive an autism
diagnosis and with this topic becoming an epidemic, EVERYONE needs to understand the signs and be proactive as you
WILL know someone in your life with autism.
Over the past few years we have donated libraries of books to facilities catering
to those with autism in hopes of enhancing learning opportunities and giving our kids the gift of reading. Our
contributions for this campaign alone total over $6,000 over a two year period. We have even gone
global when we heard a need for support for a small school in Trinidad/Tobago that helps children with autism.
We reach
out to children placed in hospital and/or residential settings for the HOLIDAYS who may not have access to family during times
when we treasure ours the most.
We provide funding to programs in schools for autism. We have supported
workshops, therapists, and services by funding events and programs. This year we are excited to add our
“Families in need fund” for 2011 (please see our website www.unitedbyautism.org to learn how you could nominate a family who may need some help in your
area.
If you are interested
in joining us please email me the following information:
School Name _______________________________
School
Address ______________________________
______________________________
Contact Name ______________________________
Contact
Email ______________________________
Contact Phone#______________________________
Which event
you will participate in:
____ Jean Day on March 25th or
April 1st.
AND/OR
____ “Get Creative Contest” with students
All
donation checks and prize tickets for those involved must be received by April 22, 2011
to be included in our drawing. Everything should be sent to:
United
By Autism
PO Box 4615
Wayne,
NJ 07474-4615
Attn: School Fundraising
Winner’s
schools and names will be posted on our website by May 1, 2011. Please provide me with your email and I
will send you the template for the PRIZE TICKETS for participating staff! We hope you will join us in changing
lives!
In the time you took to decide to help,
another family heard the words “your child has autism”
Sincerely,
Jani Sblendorio
Executive Director
LSblendori@aol.com (preferred)
973-997-5127
United By Autism
www.unitedbyautism.org
EIN# 26-3603057
Winner of Autism New Jersey’s
“Community Service Provider of the Year”
Award
