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Friends,

Hi everyone I know I do not get to talk to you all that often as I would

like. But as most of you know I am working hard to help make things better

for all individuals with autism. I did not know if you saw this so I thought

I would pass it on to my friends. Please do not think I am soliciating but I

know these ambassadors can use all of our help, they will be going to

Washington DC April 15-19, 2002 to help all of us, please help support them

in their endeavers. See below Only one way you can help. They really are

making positive changes and have made great progress already in just a short

period of time. The President even sent a letter personially to them about

their endeavers. They are opening eyes and voices lets give them all the help

we can!

I know they are looking for more ambassadors and you can apply at:

http://autismawakeninginia.bizland.com/unitedstatesautismambassador/id2.html

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AUTISM FIRST STEPS

AUTISM DAILY NEWSLETTER

Friday March 8, 2002

SPECIAL EDITION

INDEX:

* Change online shopping to help US Autism Ambassadors and Autism Awakening

raise

money for autism

* US Autism Ambassadors Harnesses Internet to Raise Money to Help

Individuals with

Autism Through Online Charity Shopping Mall Press Release US and IA

Autism

Ambassador

* US AUTISM AMBASSADORS AND AUTISM AWAKENING RAISES NEEDED FUNDS VIA

INTERNET Press Release Grosshandler, Founder and Chief Executive

Officer

iGive.com, inc

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Change online shopping to help US Autism Ambassadors and Autism Awakening

raise money for autism

Dear Friend and Subscribers,

One or more of our supporters has listed US Autism Ambassador as the cause

they'd like to support with their everyday online shopping at iGive.com. They

didn't buy or find our name at random--thier members name the worthy causes

they'd like to support at our site. If you too would like to help or simply

see how we are doing, come take a look.

Peacefully,

LD Wedewer, US and IA Autism Ambassador

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Hi, LD here, along with iGive.com, inviting

you to change YOUR online shopping into support for a truly

worthy cause.

I'm supporting US Autism Ambassador

just by shopping online for brand-name stuff at over 339

well-known online stores. And I'm getting free gift certificates and coupons

just by being an iGive.com member.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Join to Support US Autism Ambassador

It's FREE, private, & easy.

2. Shop the Mall at iGive.com

You'll see familiar stores like Amazon.com, the Gap, JCPenney.com,

& Noble.com, and CDNow to mention just a few.

3. Watch the $$ roll in for US Autism Ambassador!

Up to 25% of EACH purchase gets donated!

4. Get involved with Six Degrees of Donation (like me)

Raise $1 for each new shopper you refer!

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Use this link to JOIN FOR FREE and begin supporting

US Autism Ambassador:

http://www.iGive.com/html/refer.cfm?memberid=267111 & causeid=20348

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GREAT STORES AT THE MALL

And just in case you're thinking, oh yeah, who wants

to buy something from Never-heard-of-it.com, here are

just a few of iGive.com's 339+ stores:

Amazon.com, CDNow, Gap, J.Crew, OldNavy,

& Noble, PETsMART, Lands' End,

Eddie Bauer, JCPenney, Office Depot, Dell,

dELiA*s, Spiegel, Drugstore.com, REI, Orvis,

Hallmark, Handspring, Chadwick's...

JOIN NOW

Use this clever link below (ugly as it may be) & join

with US Autism Ambassador

already selected as the cause you'll support.

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http://www.iGive.com/html/refer.cfm?memberid=267111 & causeid=20348

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MORE INCENTIVE

-->1ST TIME BUYER DEALS worth hundreds of dollars

-->EXCELLENT PRICES and exclusive deals for members

-->FREE SHIPPING offers from great stores

-->SIX DEGREES OF DONATION to help your cause even

more when you tell your friends to join

-->VIRTUAL KARMA from supporting YOUR favorite cause

I hope to see you at iGive.com soon! Help us help individuals with autism to

make positive direct changes to ensure their quaility of life.

LD Wedewer, US and IA Autism Ambassador

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US Autism Ambassadors Harnesses Internet to Raise Money to Help Individuals

with Autism Through Online Charity Shopping Mall

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: (LD Wedewer, US & IA Autism Ambassador)

1900 K Street SW

Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52404

PHONE NUMBER: 319-364-2687

Email: AutismAwakening@...

Web Site: www.autismawakening.com

Support and join: http://www.iGive.com/USAutismAmbassadors

US Autism Ambassadors Harnesses Internet to Raise Money to Help Individuals

with Autism Through Online Charity Shopping Mall

Local cause proves benefits of growing e-Commerce trend

(Cedar Rapids, IA), (March 6, 2002) - US Autism Ambassadors was the initiator

of the Autism Independence Days and works yearly on Autism Legislation and

platforms in a bi-partisan effort. The Autism State Ambassadors will

distribute the Autism First Steps Autism Action Plan. The Autism First Step

Autism Action Plan breaks down each profession and gives them the first steps

they need to give their clients, patients, and students off to a critical

good first start. Included in the Autism Action plan is hand out materials

some examples are brochures, booklets, packets, and Autism Guides on CD for

use with computers. Early intervention is very important for a diagnosis of

autism. US Autism Ambassadors in conjunction with Autism Awakening have

supported new and improved programs, projects, funding, resources, and

legislation to improve the quality of life for individuals with autism.

Autism Awakening Sponsors and houses many programs and projects for autism

related issues includeing the US Autism Ambassador Project as well as helped

over 750,000 individuals monthly through the National Award Winning Autism

Awakening online web site located at: www.autismawakening.com. We have helped

these individuals take their critical autism first steps to help their

individual with autism not only get off to a great beginning but also to gain

information to directly help their individual with autism gain more

independence.

Through funds its supporters have raised by doing their everyday online

shopping through www.iGive.com, the first online charity shopping mall.

iGive.com enables individuals to shop online at hundreds of merchants and

simultaneously support any cause they wish, such as US Autism Ambassadors and

Autism Awakening. Up to 25-36 percent or more of every purchase is donated

to the selected cause at no extra cost to shoppers or causes. iGive.com

members have listed more than 10,000 causes on the site.

" We have found iGive.com to be an excellent and nearly effortless way to

raise needed funds. Many of our supporters were already shopping online.

Now with their shopping through the Mall at iGive.com, everything they buy -

from toys, CDs, books, toothpaste, major purchases, household needs to

computers - helps US State Autism Ambassadors and Autism Awakening help more

individuals with autism, " commented LD Wedewer the US and IA Autism

Ambassador. " We're excited about the continued funds this technology, and

iGive.com, will enable our supporters to raise for US Autism Ambassadors

Projects, Autism Awakening, and individuals with autism and their families.

In addition, iGive.com helps us reach and build stronger relationships with

our existing and new supporters. " We hope everyone will pass on the this

information to their friends, family, and professionals in their area and ask

that they visit, support, and join:

http://www.iGive.com/USAutismAmbassadors

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US AUTISM AMBASSADORS AND AUTISM AWAKENING RAISES NEEDED FUNDS VIA INTERNET

Grosshandler, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

iGive.com, inc., 2724 Simpson Street, ton, IL 60201

PRESS RELEASE FROM Grosshandler

US AUTISM AMBASSADORS AND AUTISM AWAKENING

RAISES NEEDED FUNDS VIA INTERNET

" iGive.com's mission is to provide a reliable, valuable, secure and

easy-to-use tool to help individuals support their favorite causes while

doing their everyday online shopping, " explained Grosshandler, founder

and chief executive officer of iGive.com. " We're delighted that US Autism

Ambassadors and Autism Awakening is utilizing iGive.com and the information

age to help individuals with autism and their families. The causes benefit

from their supporters' everyday shopping, and shoppers benefit from the

ability to help causes close to their hearts and homes. "

TODAY AUTISM IS MORE COMMON THEN DOWN SYNDROME, DIABETES, MUSCULAR

DYSTROPHY, CYSTIC FIBROSIS, AND MANY FORMS OF CHILDHOOD CANCER, BUT FEW

MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THIS COMPLEX SYNDROME; AND.

ALTHOUGH A CURE FOR AUTISM HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND, PERSONS WITH AUTISM

SPECTRUM DISORDERS CAN BE HELPED TO REACH THEIR GREATEST POTENIAL, THROUGH

ACCURATE EARLY DIAGNOSIS, APPROPRIATE EDUCATION, AND ONGOING INTERVENTIONS

THAT ARE VITAL TO THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL; AND.

UNITED STATES AND STATE AUTISM AMBASSADORS ARE COMMITED AND DEDICATED TO

THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH LEGISLATORS IN A STATE TO STATE

BI-PARTISIEN EFFORT FOR NEW, IMPROVED, AND AMENDED, AUTISM LEGISLATION FOR

BETTER, SERVICES,

PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, RESPITE, ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT, THERAPY, DIAGNOSTIC

TESTING, TRAINING, AND EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE QUIALTY OF LIFE

FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SECTRUM DISORDERS; AND.

UNITED STATES AND STATE AUTISM AMBASSADORS WORKING AS A LIASON TO ALL

LEGISLATIVE BODY, SECONDARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS

AS WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO IMPLEMENT THE AUTISM FIRST STEPS AUTISM

ACTION PLAN, ALLOWING EACH PROFESSIONAL CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

THEY NEED TO HELP THEIR CLIENTS, PATIENTS, STUDENTS, AND CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

SPECTRUM DISORDERS, ALLOWING THE INDIVIDUAL WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS TO

GET OFF TO AN IMPORTANT CRITICIAL FIRST START; AND.

THESE INDIVIDUALS REMAIN COMMITTED TO THEIR CAUSE IN SETTING A PRECEDENCE OF

EXCELLENCE THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL LEAVE NO CHILD OR INDIVIDUAL WITH

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS BEHIND; AND.

IT TAKES ONE PERSON TO LEAD, ONE PERSON TO SEND A MESSAGE OF UNITY, OF

AWARENESS FOR OUR INDIVIDUALS, AND THE EVER INCREASING PANDEMIC WIDE SPREAD

EPIDEMIC OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS. A MESSAGE OF ONE, TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE

POSITIVE COST EFFECTIVE CHANGE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM

DISORDERS. IN THIS EFFORT THE AMBASSADORS HAVE WROTE OVER 87-100 PLATFORM

STATEMENTS AND ARE WORKING ON AUTISM LEGISLATION NOW.

CURRENTLY IN THE UNITED STATES THERE ARE OVER 80 US AND STATE AUTISM

AMBASSADORS LEADING THE WAY IN A STATE BY STATE EFFORT IN YOUR HOMELAND IN

CONJUNCTION WITH AUTISM AWAKENING. AUTISM AWAKENING IN IOWA AND TODAY HAS

GROWN TO ONE OF THE LARGEST NATIONWIDE ORGANIZATION SERVING OVER 750,000

INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM. AUTISM AWAKENING IS LOCATED AT 1900 K STREET SW,

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA 52404, SINCE LATE 1999. YOU MAY WISH TO VISIT THERE MORE

THEN 16,000 LINKED PAGE WEB SITE LOCATED AT: www.autismawakening.com

iGive.com is the Internet's first venture for turning online shopping into a

vehicle for charitable giving. In addition to supporting any cause they

wish, users can also track, directly on the site, their individual donations

to their causes and the total amount their causes have raised. iGive.com

also offers shoppers a choice of more online merchants than any other online

charity mall.

Since its debut three years ago, iGive.com has raised more than $730,000 for

thousands of nonprofit organizations and worthy causes, ranging from animal

shelters, school marching bands, medical research foundations to women's

shelters and missing children's advocacy groups. For more information or to

register with iGive.com, visit http://www.iGive.com/USAutismAmbassadors

To help support the US Autism Ambassadors and Autism Awakening go

to: http://www.iGive.com/USAutismAmbassadors

If only 500 people tell only 10 people to support the US Autism Ambassadors

through igive.com

Then in one year you will help the US Autism Ambassadors and Autism Awakening

raise $55,555,510.00 to help us help individuals with autism and their

families.

See Chart Below:

Here´s how your Six Degrees of Donation potential adds up.

You join and shop 1 $10.00

1. Your friends join and shop 500 $500.00

2. Their friends join and shop 5000 $5,000.00

3. Three Degrees of Donation 50000 $50,000.00

4. Four Degrees of Donation 500000 $500,000.00

5. Five Degrees of Donation 5000000 $5,000,000.00

6. Six Degrees of Donation 50000000 $50,000,000.00

Total: 55555501 $55,555,510.00

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