Autism Speaks has a proud tradition of supporting grassroots initiatives to raise awareness and funds. You can join that proud tradition by hosting an event in your community. Event ideas include dinners, auctions, poker runs and dine-to-donate nights as well as smaller scale events such as car washes and dress down days.
- Organize a puzzle piece campaign in your community
- Create your own event - ideas include dinners, car washes, dine/shop to donate events
- Participate in or start a local Student Club
- Start an online fundraising campaign
- Enter into a Third-Party Letter of Agreement
- Partner with Autism Speaks for an event. Typically these events are on a national basis and raise over $250,000. For the partner events, a commercial co-venture agreement is necessary.
Before you start, please contact us so that we may assist you in your efforts:
Disclaimer: Autism Speaks assumes no liability or costs associated with third-party events. If you have questions about tax, insurance, or legal issues please consult the appropriate advisors.
We appreciate your interest and your efforts and look forward to working with you
Students Raising Awareness
My name is Alicia Moshier and I am a member of the Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) at Palmdale High School. My group came up with the idea because HOSA's national service project is Autism Speaks. We wanted to inform ourselves on what autism was, and in doing so we ran across the “Autism: The Musical” website and decided that this would help not only educate ourselves but also be a great way to inform the community about autism in a creative way.
We then needed to find a venue that would hold our audience and show our movie with no budget. After months of searching the local community college was brought to our attention and it was the perfect fit. We advertised in the local paper, which led to a full page story. Fliers were hung around town and passed out and the high school district sent a mass mailing to encourage student participation.
The event was a great success! We had someone from a local school for autism come and speak and that went well. We also showed the short version of “Autism Every Day,” which contrasted nicely with “Autism the Musical” and the audience loved both of them. We were able to raise the awareness of autism in our community and some money for Autism Speaks as well.
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