| Donate to Actors for Autism and Help Us Continue Our Work |
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| Actors for Autism is grateful to all of the individuals that donate to our organization. Due to recent budgetary restraints and the economy, parents are having difficulty paying for services for their children. Our primary reason for fundraising is to provide scholarships to our program. Every dollar received goes directly to providing a summer camp scholarship to a child with autism. Please consider donating to Actors for Autism. Every dollar counts! Their are various ways to help AFA.
Actors for Autism is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization. We greatly appreciate donations of any amount from individuals, corporations and foundations to fulfill our mission. Thank you for considering a donation. There are a variety of ways to help Actors for Autism.
Two options are to send a check directly to Actors for Autism or call us to process a credit card transaction over the phone. Or, Donate online directly to Actors for Autism using PayPal's Secure Transaction Processing. Simply click the "Donate" button below: |
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| Donate now through paypal or through network for good |
| Both options below are secure ways to send money via the internet. The positive aspect of using network for good, is that it gives you the donor the option of absorbing the processing fee which means Actors for Autism gets the full donation. We appreciate any donation large or small to help us continue our work. |
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| Purchase an Item |
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Acting for Kids on the Autistic Spectrum, written by Alisa Wolf
This "must have" book is for any parent, educator, or clinician that wants to know how to use theatre to improve social skills in children on the autistic spectrum.
$12.95 (includes shipping) |
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Simply Animation DVD
Learn how to create your own Animated movie! Award-Winning educator Brad Koepenick will show you how in this "how to" video.
($12.95) (includes shipping)
Simply Animation Booklet
This 15 page booklet is the companion to the DVD. Includes Step-By-Step instructions on how to make your own animated movie.
(12.95) (includes shipping)
or $25.00 if you order both! |
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Allow Us To Inform, Share, Move (AUTISM) Poetry Book
This 74 page poetry book contains original poems written by individuals of all ages living on the spectrum. It includes a family and friends section where these individuals have expressed their thoughts and feelings about their loved ones....living with Autism.
Proceeds from the sale of each book go towards the summer camp scholarship fund. Makes a great gift! ($10.00) (includes shipping) |
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This Social Skills Scene Book is a great way to introduce social skills in a natural way. Parents, teachers, and therapists can use thsi book to help children with developmental social skill challenges, as well as improve their social awareness, social language and social opportunities.
This 70 page book is filled with scenes and reflection questions. $15.00 (includes shipping) |
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| Donate an Item for our ONLINE AUCTION or receive auction updates |
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Donating items to an Actors for Autism auction catalog is a great way to support our fundraising auction effort. We appreciate any items you donate as well as any items you round up and submit on behalf of other donors. |
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| The Ralph's Community Contribution Program |
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The Ralph's Community Contribution Program is another way to help out immensely. You will need your Ralph's card number for registration. If you do not have your card number call Ralph's at 800-660-9003. Enter Non-Profit Organization number 90482 when signing up online. Just click the Ralph's link here. |
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| Donate an old car to Cars for Causes |
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Cars 4 Causes® is America's most trusted and recognized choice for turning your vehicle donation into cash for charity and a tax deduction for you. We evaluate every donated vehicle in order to maximize your tax deduction value and the net proceeds available for charity. Cars 4 Causes® expertise allows us, when appropriate, to recondition and sell your donated vehicle through one of our proprietary sale locations. If your donated vehicle isn't retail worthy, we sell it through the finest wholesale auction houses or to our clean air buyers to maximize the donated vehicle sale price, meaning a greater tax deduction value for you! Click here! |
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| Register with eScrip |
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Sponsor a child for camp or acting class....
Rent our facility for parties & events. Once you have registered, you are ready to experience the many opportunities available to earn money for your children's school or youth organization. Whether you have signed up for eScrip at the store, online or through your fundraising coordinator, you play an important part of our children's education. Click here to register. |
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| Purchase Kids With Cameras |
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KIDS WITH CAMERAS is a one-hour documentary produced and directed by Alex Rotaru, following the progress and challenges of a group of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, aged eleven to nineteen, as they engage in an intensive film camp taught by national award-winning educator, Brad Koepenick and organized by foundation Actors for Autism and its founder, Alisa Wolf.
By using the techniques of Improvisation created by Viola Spolin (of Chicago’s Second City fame), and the Theater Games further developed by her son Paul Sills (with whom Brad has studied), Brad creates a playful atmosphere conducive to collaboration - a particularly difficult task with autistic children who generally experience difficulties in relating to others.
In five short, overwhelming days, Brad battles the communication challenges that these often-brilliant children face - to teach them storytelling, writing, acting, improvisation, stop animation, music cueing and voice-over techniques. At the end of the week, each student authors two short animation films; in addition, a live action, class project is shot and completed. All projects are screened for the children and their parents on the fifth day. |
| Part of the proceeds of the purchase of this DVD goes to Actors For Autism. Not only is it a great movie but it is also a great teaching tool. It has been winning critical acclaim at various film festivals and the reviews are incredible. |
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| View Our Wish List |
Wish List: Actors for Autism is growing and evolving. Our need for equipment and supplies seems to be endless. Our big push right now is developing our sound-proofed room into a television studio with a control room and sound recording studio. The TV studio and room will be used to teach our students, friends and family. We need items such as: cameras, microphones, lighting rigs, video monitors, intercom system to control room, video tape machines, video switcher device, audio mixing console, character generator, digital video effects and still frame device, waveform monitor, vectorscope, camera control units, patch panels for reconfiguring wires.
AFA intends to accomplish as much as possible using computers and software to produce our television show on local cable TV and on the internet at AFAlive However, your contribution of used, older equipment is important for production and teaching purposes. Thank You. |
