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Merry Beekman

Please help me support Organization for Autism Research (OAR) by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance Organization for Autism Research's great cause! 


WHY I RUN FOR AUTISM?
The fact that 1 in 68 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism is striking.

My inspiration to fundraise for OAR, is my niece Zoe who is on the autism spectrum, now 20, she has taught me much about love, faith and family.

Raising an autistic child is full of constant and extraordinary demands to provide a happy and healthy quality of life. I have witnessed the deepest love and persistence that my sister Kim, brother-in-law David and her siblings have given Zoe since she was diagnosed as a toddler. Our family has been blessed with an angel among us.

Here are some of the ways that OAR uses the funds raised by the RUN FOR AUTISM team:

$10 provides a Curriculum in a Box professional development set to general education teachers.
$25 provides 15 copies of A Guide to Safety to families and first responders.
$100 provides the Kit for Kids peer education resource to an entire elementary or middle school.
$150 provides 100 copies of a Life Journey through Autism guidebook sent to a community support group or military installation.
$1,000 provides a research grant for a graduate student studying autism.
$3,000 provides a scholarship for a student with autism to attend college.
$30,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.

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$1,350
raised of $1,250 goal
 

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