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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Perry Brown
(718) 7-AUTISM [728-8476], ext. 16.
AUTISM AWARENESS DAY AT SHEA STADIUM
On Sunday afternoon April 27, 2003 the New York Mets will be joining with
thirteen New York City and Long Island autism service agencies to promote
National Autism Awareness Month.
Autism Awareness Day at Shea Stadium will be an opportunity for families,
friends, and the local autism community to band together to raise the
public's knowledge of this expanding epidemic. Several thousand people are
expected to attend the event.
Volunteers will be staffing information tables at the stadium, answering
questions related to autism and the services that are available, and
distributing information on who they can contact in order to receive the
help
they need right away.
The autism agencies that are sponsoring this event include Eden II from
Staten Island; QSAC, the Autism Society of America Queens Chapter and Tender
Care Human Services from Queens; ANGELS from The Bronx; NSSA the
Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of ASA LIJ Autism Center and ASCENT from Nassau; and
AMAC, DDI from Suffolk and the Elija Foundation from Manhattan.
Anyone interested in attending this event or helping to organize it can call
(718) 7-AUTISM (728-8476), ext. 16, or visit our website at
www.AUTISMAWARENESS.qsac.com.
Sponsors for this event receive tickets to the
game, tickets to the VIP Reception, name recognition on promotional
materials, and the chance to advertise their company or business on Diamond
Vision, for sponsorship information please call 718-7-AUTISM, ext. 16.
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