March 27: Let's Shake...for Autism! (Cleveland) Come to a Family Dance Party with Grammy-Winning Dan Zanes and Friends

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Dear Friends,

Please consider attending and/or spread the word about this benefit concert, with all proceeds going toward NAA-NEO's 2009 Helping Hand Program, providing financial help for families to help pay for autism therapies and interventions.

Sincerely,

Pattison

National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio (NAA-NEO) Helping Hand Program Manager P. O. Box 221195 Beachwood, OH 44122 E-mail: apattison@... Phone (216)544-1231 Web: www.autismnortheastohio.org--- On Thu, 3/19/09, National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio <apattison@...> wrote:

From: National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio <apattison@...>Subject: Test Message - March 27: Let's Shake...for Autism! Come to a Family Dance Party with Grammy-Winning Dan Zanes and Friendsapattison@...Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 2:50 PM

The National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio Presents

Let's Shake...for Autism!

You are Invited to a Family Dance Party with Grammy-Winning Dan Zanes and FriendsBenefiting the National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio (NAA-NEO) Chapter, providing grants for therapies and other supports to children with autism and their families in Northeast Ohio

Friday, March 27

6:30pm

5:30 - Doors Open

5:30-6:30 - Raffle, Clown

6:30 - Dan Zanes and Friends Perform

Dance Party location:

Independence Middle School Auditorium

6111 Archwood, Independence, OH 44131

Cool facts about the dance party:

*this is a true family event as Dan Zanes' songs appeal to children and their parents alike

*there will be a clown and a raffle with great prizes for families and music enthusiasts!

*there will be an autism awareness booth set up for all folks to learn more about autism - you can sign up for a playdate with a special child if you want to!

*special accomodations will be made for persons with disabilities including a sensory room with bouncing and a craft/quiet area

*all of the proceeds from this benefit concert will directly fund autism treatment and therapies through NAA-NEO's 2009 Helping Hand Program and will be distributed to families this year

*all funds stay local

Click here to purchase your tickets

$32 Adults. $16 children under 12

For further assistance please contact Pattison at (216)544-1231 or e-mail apattison@...

We Thank Our Sponsors

Holly Reimann, MA CCC-SLP

Speech-language Pathologist, Owner Peak Potential Therapy

You don't know who Dan Zanes is?! Read on!

Here are two things you should know right off about Dan Zanes, two things that set him apart from the huge and festive field of people who have in the past few years begun making music for families and people of all ages in a way that is, frankly, changing the face of America, or the sound of it, at last. First, he is making homemade family music and encouraging similar behaviors in friends and neighbors. Second, he is the guy who is always interested in singing along with people, people everywhere. Which brings us to his mission, if you can call it a mission: Zanes is introducing his musical friends to his neighborhood friends and then showing everybody not just that they, yes, can play together but that they can also feel pretty good while doing so. In this sense, Zanes is a twenty-first century version of the guy who in the old days used to conduct the town band from the gazebo,

though in lieu of a gazebo he's playing places like Carnegie Hall and the Melbourne International Arts Festival, where no matter how you say it good music is good. He is a ringmaster, introducing new songs and reconnecting people to songs that have always been there, and still are— it's just that people forgot about them. Read more !

What is autism?

Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurological condition which affects as many as 1 in every 150 children born in the United States. This disorder affects boys more often than girls and it causes significant problems with social skills, behavior, and communication. Autism can affect any child, in any family, and it knows no racial, ethnic, or social boundaries.

Parents of children with autism can experience significant stressors due to the physical, psychological and financial demands of raising a child with autism. In the Cleveland area, parents are challenged to fund necessary interventions which can cost as much as $70,000 per year for one child. Insurance companies often do not pay for these interventions and some children are unable to access needed services due to a lack of financial resources.

About the National Autism Association - Northeast Ohio (NAA-NEO)

NAA-NEO is a 501 © 3 non-profit organization formed in December 2006, a local chapter to the already well established national organization called the National Autism Association (NAA). NAA-NEO's mission is to help individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families access necessary treatments for autism in Northeast Ohio.

For more information please visit our website:

www.autismnortheastohio.org.

Inquiries and tax-deductible donations can be placed online or may be sent to the National Autism Association of Northeast Ohio (NAA-NEO) at P.O. Box 221195, Beachwood, Ohio 44122 or via email to dpattison@....

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