Community Relations
Thank You…
To the Christmas Party for Special Children who recently donated $5,000 from the proceeds of their 2006 event. Autism SA will again be a beneficiary in 2007.
To Anne Pearce and her committed group of horse riders who recently raised $6,500 for Autism SA through their ‘Dartmoor to Dartmoor’ horse ride.
To the Bank SA Staff & Chartable Fund for their annual donation of $1,500.
To property consultants McIntytre Robertson Scarborough for their commitment to our work through a kind gift of $2,000.
To the Liquor Industry Charity Golf Day Committee who donated $3,000 for the purchase of white goods at the new Southern Variety Respite House.
Many thanks to the Soroptimist International Club of Torrens for their gift of $1,500 for Autism SA's girl's group program.
Thank you also to the Tyndale Primary School whose children have raised $2,000 for the group.
To the Australian Bike Friday Club whose annual ride raised $4,500.
To the Fay Fuller Foundation for their kind gift of $12,000 towards a playground at the Southern Respite House
To the Rotary Club of Adelaide who have chosen the Autism SA sothern respite house as their major project for 2007-08.
To the Baiada Poultry Childrens Charity Nest for their recent gifts of $4,000 for speech pathology assesment tools, and $7,000 towards the completion of the new 'What is Autism' video resource.
To Community Benefit SA for their grant of $35,000 to support the employment of a Community Relations Coordinator.
To the Golden Gully Quilters for their kind donation of weighted quilts. Children in Autism SA’s Early Development Program have been delighted with them and use them daily. Families have also benefited from short term loans at home. Many, many thanks go to Diane and the Golden Gully Quilters. P.S. Diane knows first hand the value of weighted quilts for children with autism as she is the proud grandmother of a little boy who has been through the Program.
