WE REALLY NEED YOU to get our 24/7 Contact Center funded!

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Dear Friend of the Autism Society:

There is less than 2 weeks left of voting for the Pepsi $250,000 grant for the Autism Society Contact Center. We are currently

ranked number 50 out of about 320 entries at this funding level. We need to be

ranked as number 1 or 2 in order to receive the grant. If awarded, the money

would go to a 24/7 National Contact Center which would be a great service to the

autism community. Voting is easy – it takes about 2 minutes to register;

then every day you can go to www.refresheverything.com/autismsource

and can cast your vote in less than 30 seconds.

We are close, but really need the support of our entire

chapter network to get this grant money - $250,000 would make such a big

difference. Please help support the Autism Society by voting and asking everyone

you know to vote for the next 13 days!Sincerely,Autism Society of Ohio1335 Dublin Rd., Suite 205-CColumbus, OH 43215(614) 487-4726fax: (614) 487-4725general email: askASO@...

personal email: ASAASOExecDir@...web: www.autismohio.org1 in 110 children born in America today will have autism. Please help by texting AUTISM to 50555 to make a $10 donation.

 

Vote to

give this idea $250K:

Set up a 24/7

support line for

those affected by

autism

Every month, Pepsi awards grants through the Refresh Project for ideas

that will have a positive impact– and you get to vote for the great

ideas that mean the most to you.

In May, the Autism Society is eligible for a grant to expand our free

nationwide support line (currently open 8 hours each weekday), to offer

confidential, one-to-one contact with a live specialist 24 hours a day, 7

days a week.

When a diagnosis is made, parents and family members often wonder what to

do next. Even where valuable treatments and support services exist,

families must negotiate a maze of agencies and providers in search of support

appropriate to their individual needs—a process that consumes time and

energy already in short supply for families affected by autism. Parents,

individuals on the spectrum, and professionals often want to talk to a

skilled professional about their situation, and many times cannot or do not

know who to call.

The Autism Society already provides this line of support to many families

and individuals, but with the help of this grant, we can expand our contact center

to make trained professionals available at any hour of the day or night, and

provide more training and support to Autism Society chapters to improve their

local outreach efforts.

The grant is given to ideas that get the highest number of votes for each

funding level in a one month period, so we need you to log on and vote every

single day in the month of May. You can vote for 10 different ideas every

day, so please use one of those votes to support our project. Your vote will

have a huge impact on helping people get support from those who really

understand. Go to www.refresheverything.com/autismsource

today to show your support of this great idea!

Please help us spread the word –

Ask others to vote

at

www.refresheverything.com/autismsource throughout

May

PLEASE VOTE EVERY

DAY!

 

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