2nd Annual Puzzled Over Autism

It's April! So welcome to Autism Awareness Month!

Also, we are a mere 18 days away from our 2nd Annual Puzzled Over Autism Event. Who is ready to spend 12 hours puzzling with us???

On the last Saturday of April, we hold a 12 hour puzzle-a-thon in order to raise money and awareness for those with Autism.

This year we will be raising money for Maddy's summer speech program, which will have high co-pay costs.

Because Maddy has done so extraordinary, we are now taking applications for other families to be supported with our puzzle - a - thon. This years' "Friends of Maddy" include Chris Kincaid and Maggie Luibrand.

Chris Kincaid is a teenager who has Asperger's. I have had the privledge of knowing Chris for almost 2 years now and he is such an awesome guy! Skater and hip hopper...love him! He is in need of some educational tools to help get him through high school. He is mainstreamed and honestly he does amazing! But there are always areas that could be improved and we hope to help him.

This year we are branching out to help another girl in our community and while she does not have autism, she suffered a brain injury at birth. Maggie Luibrand has done some amazing things in her mere 2 years of life and we hope to continue to encourage her and her family to the best of our abilities. We recognize that families with ANY kind of special needs children need our help and we're asking for your help in us helping them!

So how can you help? On the sidebar, there is a link to our paypal page if you would like to sponsor Maddy in the puzzle a thon. Basically we ask for a flat rate to contribute and encourage Maddy in her puzzling. It can be any dollar amount. Just be sure to comment that it is for Maddy's Puzzled Over Autism sponsor.

Then come join us, if you are local, on April 28th from 10am to 10pm as we puzzle away! There will also be chili served from 11am to 7pm if you aren't a puzzler but would still like to join in the fun and eat some grub.

The flyer is coming soon and I will post it then. Thank you all for your continued support. Without you guys, we don't know where we would be!!! We can only hope to carry on that hope to many other families in our community!!

Much love.

If you know of a family that could use our support for next year, send us an email at maddysvoice@yahoo.com for an application for that family to be included as "Friends of Maddy".