ELIJA's October Newsletter

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Dear Friends & Family,

October continues to be a very busy month here at ELIJA! With the hilarious

Night of Too Many Stars, the powerful 11th Annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks and

all of our upcoming workshops and conferences

(http://elija.org/foundation/news-and-events/conferences-workshops/) , so many

of you have really shown your continued support for our school and the Autism

community - and we thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

To wrap up yet another wonderful year, we invite you to join us for our

Champions for Charity® Holiday Cocktail Reception at Theory. Since we will not

be holding our annual ELIJA gala this year, this is a great opportunity to get

everyone together for an end-of-year celebration to support ELIJA. Hosted by

Theory and Stella Spanakos, we hope that you will join us at Theory on Dec. 4

from 6-9pm for good company, cocktails, hors d' oeuvres and live jazz music -

all while getting some of your holiday shopping done. See below for more

information.

With the good news, there's always a little sad news too. Unfortunately, our

ELIJA Heirloom Discovery Day scheduled for November 7, has been postponed until

further notice. We apologize for any disappointment or inconvenience that this

may have caused! For more information, or to ensure that you are contacted when

the event is rescheduled, please email nicole@....

~ Deb

P.S. For those of you in the area, I will be at the JCC in Manhattan for the

2010 Special Needs School Fair today, Tuesday, October 19, from 5:30pm-7:30pm,

334 Amsterdam Ave. at 76th. For more info, or to register, please call

646-505-5708 or you can do so online at www.jccmanhattan.org

UPCOMING EVENTS

Champions for Charity®

Have you registered for your Champion Card yet?

The time for shopping for holiday gifts will be here before you know it and as

many of you already know, The ELIJA Foundation will again be participating in

Americana Manhasset's Champions for Charity®. From Thursday, December 2 through

Saturday, December 4, over 70 participating Americana Manhasset and Wheatley

Plaza stores will donate 25% of designated pre-tax purchases to the

participating organization(s) of the customer's choice. Purchases are not

automatically eligible; you must register for a complimentary CHAMPION CARD.

Simply designate THE ELIJA FOUNDATION as your charity of choice and present your

CHAMPION CARD when making purchases during the event. 25% will be automatically

calculated and submitted to The ELIJA Foundation.

For more information visit:

championsforcharity.org

or call 800.818.6767

Register for your Champion Card HERE

https://nt6.magma.ca/championsforcharity/register/add.asp

Don't forget to take advantage of the

Americana Manhasset's

personal shopping and pre-shopping services!

AMERICANA MANHASSET PERSONAL SHOPPING SERVICE

Enjoy the time-saving convenience of Americana Manhasset and Wheatley Plaza's

complimentary shopping service. The Americana Personal Shoppers assist customers

with gift giving and wardrobing needs. Visit stores with a Personal Shopper or

shop in the comfort of Americana's custom-designed suite, or in the privacy of

your home or office. This service is available at all times, including during

Champions for Charity®. Call le Merollo, Americana Manhasset's Director of

Personal Shopping Services, at 516.627.2277 to schedule an appointment.

PRE-SHOPPING

The Americana Personal Shopping Service can accommodate charity constituents who

would like to shop on behalf of their charity but who will be out of town during

the actual event. To pre-select items for Champions for Charity® call le

Merollo at 516.627.2277

And don't miss our ELIJA Foundation holiday reception! Since we will not be

holding our annual gala this year, this is a great opportunity to catch up with

everyone and do some holiday shopping while supporting ELIJA. The reception

will be hosted by Theory and Stella Spanakos on Saturday, December 4 from 6pm to

9pm at Theory (south side of Americana Manhasset). Please join us for cocktails,

hors d' oeuvres, live jazz music, exclusive discounts and gifts for guests of

the ELIJA Foundation, including a 10% discount for ELIJA shoppers!

Hope to see you there!

Night of Too Many Stars suprise special guest,

Robin

PAST EVENTS

A Night of Laughter

A fantastic time was had by all who joined us for Comedy Central's Night of Too

Many Stars at the Beacon Theatre on October 2. This hilarious night out, all for

a good cause, featured everyone from the comical host Jon , to Tina Fey,

Steve Carrell, Rock and even a surprise special guest appearance from the

one and only Robin ! Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets to

support ELIJA and help raise money to ease the severe shortage of effective

schools and education programs for children with Autsim. A very special THANK

YOU to ELIJA parents Yie-Hsin Hung and Farinelli, the event co-chairs,

for their generous time and efforts on behalf of the children at ELIJA.

Don't forget to tune in to Comedy Central on October 21 at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT to

watch the television premiere of the event! And for those of you out in

California, or who may know someone in California who may be interested, click

here (http://files.e2ma.net/39874/assets/docs/la_phone_bank_invitation.pdf)

to check out the information on the live celebrity phone-bank tickets or email

deb@...

To check out the celebrity auction items, or to make a donation to the Night of

Too Many Stars, click

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/doc.html?t_params=EMAIL%3Ddeena.stern%2540comedycentral.com & xrs=eml_TMS

Walk on!

The 11th Annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks held on October 3, 2010 at

Beach State Park was a great success! We would like to thank everyone who made

it out that windy day to show their support for ELIJA and the Long Island Autism

Community.

We would also like to congratulate Pinecla of Brentwood, NY, on winning

the ELIJA raffle for a free iPAD! In order to show support for his nephew,

, who is diagnosed with Autism, attended the walk and won his

iPAD merely by stopping by our table and signing up for our newsletter. Thank

you to everyone else who signed up!

Cole Cook's cousin,

ELIJA Student Liam

Cole Cook's Fundraising Page

We would like to extend a very special THANK YOU to Cole Cook, cousin of ELIJA

student Liam . Cole has so graciously set up a FirstGiving.com account

that allowed him to set up a webpage to collect donations for The ELIJA School!

Cole has almost reached his goal of helping raise $3,000 to help The ELIJA

School purchase iPads with communication applications for non verbal ELIJA

students. Liam is so lucky to have such a wonderful cousin - Thank you Cole!

To make a donation towards Cole's fundraising goal, or to view his progress,

check out his page HERE http://firstgiving.com/colecook

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