One of many newsletters I have done for nonprofits.

1. "For each child with a disability living today, and for those not yet born:
may you live the life of your dreams, for your disability is irrelevant."
Author Unknown
Newsletter October 2011
In This Issue
TOPSoccer Outreach Program Hello from the Autism Family Network,
Dynavox Mayer-Johnson
We have some great things coming up in
Training - Oct 14
October and can't wait to share them with you
Halloween Party Hy-vee - Oct all. Please go ahead and take some "you" time
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right now to read up on all the wonderful and
Help AFN - Recycle ink exciting things that are going on in our
cartridges beautiful city. We hope you enjoy our new
Autism Speaks Walk - Oct 9 layout for the newsletter and hope you will
Husker Heroes - Oct 30
send us your thoughts and suggestions. Now,
let's get started.....
Annual Autism Summit - Nov
2-3
Quick Links... Walk for Autism Speaks in Lincoln
**Our Website
Sunday Oct 9th, 2011
**Autism Society of
Nebraska
**Autism Speaks
**The ARC of
Lincoln/Lancaster County
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2. TOPSoccer On Sunday, October 9th at Haymarket Park,
we are all walking to raise donations and
awareness for Autism. Some details for those
who can come out to support such a worthy
TOPSoccer (The
cause and organization: At 1:00 pm,
Outreach Program for
Registration begins and Community Resource
Soccer) is a
Fair Opens. At 2:00 pm, Opening ceremonies
community based
soccer program that is and Walk Starts and at 4:00 pm, Community
designed to meet the Resource Fair Closes. There is plenty of
needs of children with parking at the park; please follow signs and
physical and/or mental observe handicapped parking. Visit the
disabilities. Player Community Resource Fair to speak with
participation and service providers and nonprofit organizations
development are key servicing the Nebraska autism community and
elements of the purchase autism awareness merchandise. A
program as players
portion of the sales will benefit the walk. Each
are placed on teams
resource fair vendor will have information as
according to ability
and NOT by age.
well as kid-friendly activities to enjoy!
TOPSoccer is designed Come and enjoy opening ceremonies with
to improve the overall recognition of our top supporters as well as
fitness, self-esteem performances by Dawn Crow & Maddie
and social skills of Linscomb. Throughout the event, we will also
your child. have bounce houses, clowns, music, athletes,
TOPSoccer face painting and more! We have so many
things planned to make sure you and your
Brochure/Form
family have a great day!
NEW this year will be the addition of a raffle!!
Tickets will be offered at the Registration
area as well as the raffle table for only a $1.
Place your tickets in the items that you are
interested baskets, weighted blankets, gift
Dynavox Mayer-
cards, merchandise and much, much more! A
Johnson
special thank you to the many vendors who
Introduction to have donated their goods and services to make
Series 5 Software this possible. Please no pets allowed except
Training service animals as many affected children have
a fear of animals.
Donations can still be made now and even after
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3. the walk. Please click on
WalkNowForAutismSpeaks
An introduction to
for details on how to donate. A big thanks to
InterAACt, the
our Walk Co-Chairs Vicki Depenbusch and Jill
comprehensive language
Bailey and the entire Nebraska Walk Now for
framework on the V,
Vmax, Eyemax and Autism Speaks Committee for their tireless
Maestro. Attendees work in organizing this Walk event and other
will become proficient awareness and fundraising events to help
in understanding the change the future for families in Nebraska
hardware, software and and across the world as we find the missing
how to make basic pieces!! THANK YOU!!
modifications. Special
emphasis will be placed
on understanding
different
communication levels Husker Heroes
(emergent, context-
dependent, Husker Heroes is sponsored by the O.N.E.
independent). Coalition - a group of non-profit organizations
Participants will also working together to produce the greatest
learn how to implement
possible impact for individuals with disabilities
the language use, and
and their families. O.N.E. creates multiple
language structure
community events each year that foster
elements built into
InterAACT so as to community awareness, and provide individuals
better meet the needs with disabilities and their families. O.N.E.
of individual users. creates multiple community events each year
that foster community awareness, and provide
individuals with disabilities and their families
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Information resources and support. Through working
together O.N.E. is able to collaborate and
combine all of our resources in order to
maximize impact.
Gluten Free
Halloween
Party Williamsburg
Hy-Vee 40th &
Cheney Rd.
Sunday, October 9th,
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4. 2011 at 2:00pm. Join
your Williamsburg
Hy-Vee dietitian,
Marcia, and Health
Market Manager,
Cynthia, for this all-
ages event.
Husker Heroes will be held on Sunday October
30th, 2011 from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at Hawks
Indoor Field on the UNL Campus. There will be
approximately 155 student athletes from
We will be creating a
almost all of the UNL sports teams. These
witch's cape and hand
athletes will have stations set up with
decorating Halloween
activities for everyone to participate in. They
cookies and cupcakes
will also be signing autographs as well as
and sampling a
handing out small goodies.
Halloween brew. All
gluten free and most
dairy free. Pre- When you arrive at the Hawks Field you will
register and prepay check-in by the last name of the person you
in customer service registered for the event. That person will then
at 402-421-2462 be given a name tag and a goodie bag. Inside
$5 person or $12 the goodie bag you will find information from
family all participating groups of O.N.E. as well as an
Free samples of autograph sheet that can be used that night.
gluten free products.
Door prizes will also be awarded that evening.
When your name is called (the sound system
isn't the best so please be paying attention)
Help Support the you will have 10 minutes to claim your prize or
another name will be drawn. We have
Autism Family
approximately 80 door prizes to be handed
Network out.
Contribute your
Please feel free to bring your camera and it is
empty HP, Dell, or optional to dress in your Husker gear.
Lexmark to AFN
to help reduce the
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5. cost of office Volunteers will be all over the Hawks Field in
supplies. Each Safety Yellow shirts if you need assistance.
cartridge equates
$3 towards the ***Due to the popularity of this event and the
Autism Family limited number of participants we can
Network's accommodate some people are placed on a
mission: waiting list. If you are unable to attend the
event, but have reserved a spot please let us
know so that we can allow someone on the
waiting list to attend.
"The mission of Please be on the lookout for future emails and
AFN is simply to information from the O.N.E. Coalition.
create meaningful
relationships Thank you and we hope you have a great time.
among the parents We are so glad that you signed up to be part
of this amazing event.
and children with
Autism. The
Autism Family The O.N.E. Coalition
Network provides
a safe place for huskerheroes@gmail.com
families to share
their smiles and onecoalition@gmail.com
stories and shed
their tears with 402-421-8866
those who truly
understand - to
This Participation Waiver must be filled out
know they are not
alone and find help
City Campus Parking Map
amidst
frustration."
AFN Email:
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6. afnlincoln@aol.com
Autism Action Partnership
presents the
"I wish they could Annual Autism Summit
only take me as I
am."
November 2-3, 2011
Vincent Van Gogh
Carol Gray to Present at Autism Action
Partnership's Annual Autism Summit. Ms.
"Treat people as if Gray is the keynote speaker at our Annual
Autism Summit that will be held on
they were what
Wednesday, November 2 and Thursday
they ought to be November 3, 2011 at the Scott Conference
and you help them Center in Omaha, NE. Carol will be presenting
to become what on "Creating Opportunities for Friendships and
they are capable Decreasing Bullying".
of being."
Johann von Carol Gray is the Director of The Gray Center
Goethe for Social Learning and Understanding in
Grand Rapids, Michigan. She has completed
over 22 years of employment with Jenison
Public Schools in Jenison, Michigan, initially
with ASD in inclusive educational programs. In
1991, Carol developed Social Stories and Comic
Strip Conversations strategies that are used
worldwide with children, adolescents, and
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7. adults with ASD, She has published several
"A child can never resources on topics related to children and
be better than adults with ASD, including articles on bullying,
what his parents death and dying, and how to teach social
understanding.
think of him."
Marcelene Cox
The second day of the conference will host a
variety of informative breakout sessions and
presentations. Topics covered on November
3rd will inlcude social skills, vocational
information, Rethink Autism, the medical
component of autism, insurance reform,
alternative reform, alternative and
augmentative communication, and more!!
Click here for registration form
Sincerely,
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