Saturday, September 15, 2007

Autism VIGIL Confirmed Locations - Updated September 15th 2007

Hello Friends
Here is a list of confirmed Autism Awareness VIGIL Locations
Stay tuned as MORE roll in daily!
Trish Kitching
Rick Bartolucci – Trish Kitching – 100 Elm St., Sudbury, Ontario
Mike Brown – Wendy McLelland – 5 Elizabeth Walk, Elliott Lake, Ontario
Mike Brown Campaign Office (Stephanie Bye’s town of Espanola)– Roxanne Belanger – 307 Albert Street & Hwy 6 (Right in Espanola)

Garfield Dunlop - Shawna Judson– 14 Coldwater Rd. W., Orillia, Ontario

Kevin Daniel Flynn – Tina Triano – 2330 Lakeshore Rd. W., Oakville, Ontario

Hon John Gerretsen – Pat Lalonde - #2, 303 Bagot St., Lasalle Mews, Kingston, Ontario
Peter Kormos – Brenda Roussel (her second time) - #103, 60 King St., Welland, Ontario
Shelley Martel – Lily Blais - #15, 5085 (Hanmer Valley Shopping Centre) Highway 69 North, Hanmer, Ontario
John Milloy – Peter and Nancy Miles - #6C, 1770 King St. E., Kitchener, Ontario
David Orazietti – Dennis Lendrum – 726 Queen St. E., Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Parsons – Andrea Quinn – don’t know address
Joseph N. Tascona – Tanya Stephenson – 36 Mulcaster St., Barrie, Ontario
Jim Wilson – Shannon Lyle - #28, 180 Parsons Road, Alliston, Ontario
Elizabeth Witmer – Contact TBA - 375 University Ave E Waterloo ON

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Poster update: Candle Light Vigil

2ndAnnual
Candlelight Vigil
Hosted by

The Alliance for
Families with Autism
Monday, October 1st
7:00 p.m – 7:30 p.m.
MPP Riding Offices in your community
(Check your phonebook to find your MPP)

MPP:

Location/Address:

October is Autism Awareness Month
Join your community for the
2nd ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT VIGIL
Monday, October 01, 2007
7:00pm to 7:30pm

Proudly organized by
The Alliance for Families with Autism (AFA)



October 1st, 2007
marks the start of Autism Awareness Month



W
hat began as an idea from a mother of a little boy with autism in Windsor, ended up as a huge event spanning from Windsor to Ottawa and from Toronto to Northern Ontario. It was the beginning of an annual event to ensure everyone in Ontario become a little more aware of the extent of the challenges we face in the world of autism.
There are more than 20,000 people affected by autism in this province!


We already have a number of locations confirmed for the event. You can contact the AFA directly at autismafa@yahoo.ca if you are interested in attending or organizing a vigil at your local MPP’s office. It only takes one person per riding to stand in front of the office with a candle.



We have chosen the MPP offices as locations for this event because it is the Ontario Government that holds such a great part of our kids (adults too) future in its hands.
You can also visit our blog at http://allianceforfamilieswithautism.blogspot.com
for updates of locations as they become available.
If we had 50 people commit then we could cover 50 ridings!


“It doesn’t matter if your child is 5 or 45, just get out there and light your candle.
Sing a song with the kids. Laugh. Cry. Cheer and wave to the passing motorists. You might even educate a few more people in your community about autism. My wife wears a t-shirt with a picture of our grandsons and the words I Love My Grandsons With Autism.” said John McVicar, Executive Member of the AFA and lead organizer of the event.


The more participation we receive the more we are able to build autism awareness. So invite your family, friends, teachers, neighbours, co-workers, etc. Let’s make this an event that the entire Autism community can be proud of!!!!!!
We look forward to hearing from you!




For those of us who remember last year’s event, it was cold and rainy. Yet everyone who participated in the first annual Candlelight Vigil truly felt that is was something very wonderful and worthwhile, and wanted to ensure another vigil would be organized this year. The vigil is not a political event. There will be no signs however there will be lots of candles across the province in your community. We want to honour all individuals and families living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), related disorders.
We want to tell the world, with our candles, that every individual with
ASD has the right to “SHINE”.


Contact our primary organizer to add your location to our blog!


John McVicar
findingnewmarkets@sympatico.ca


If you cannot make a location in your community, light a candle with your family.


The Alliance for Families with Autism (AFA)
autismafa@yahoo.ca