Soar Autism Awareness Walk

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Good Morning! I just wanted to quickly share with you about a project I recently worked on. A couple of weeks ago I received a request from a friend to work on a T-shirt for the Soar Autism Awareness Walk and Family Fun Day in Hammond, LA on April 2, 2011. Of course I was honored to be asked and happy to help. Mississippi Rob and I are really looking forward to the walk, and working on the T-shirt was a lot of fun :) If anyone is interested in participating, contributing or getting more information about SOAR and/or the Autism Awareness Walk here is a link to their website

http://www.soarwithautism.org/

FYI - If you  do want to contribute you can make my friends little boy very happy, by donating under  their team name - Delaney's Dinosaurs.

Here are some sketches and the final T-shirt design for the walk.

Here is the final T-shirt design.

 

Well I just wanted to share with you about this great cause that I was given the privilege to help out with. Hope you have a great Monday :)

Love,

Stephanie H.

***Update*** 

The following info was sent to me by a member of SOAR today, and i wanted to add it to give more information.

"One in 110 children is presently affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder in America.  That represents a startling increase of 600 per cent in the last twenty years.  Autism is a lifelong disability that not only impacts the person with the disability, but the entire family.  In response to the growing number of families impacted by Autism, five mothers joined with Northshore Families Helping Families to create a new initiative, soar---Strengthening Outcomes with Autism Resources.  That number quickly grew to include three additional mothers and a grandmother as the core soar group, with well over one hundred fans on Facebook in the first month.

The mission of soar is to provide the individualized services, information, resources and support needed to positively enhance the independence, productivity and inclusion of individuals with Autism to soar beyond limits.  Soar hopes to build an extensive lending library with materials and resources specific to Autism Spectrum Disorder, computer software such as visual picture systems, technological devices such as iPads and iTouches for families to utilize in our center, advocacy for Autism services, network meetings, workshops and trainings on Autism and related topics, and family to family support.

 
Soar is pleased to announce the inaugural Autism Awareness Walk and Family Fun Day to be held on the Northshore.   The event will be Saturday, April 2 at North Oak Park in Hammond from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.  We are presently seeking sponsors for the Autism Awareness Walk and Family Fun Day and welcome your support of this inaugural event.  The purpose of the event is twofold:  to raise awareness in our community about Autism Spectrum Disorder and to raise funds for the purchase of materials and resources for use by families facing the challenges of this disability."