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Just2 Moms is the recipient of a generous donation from the JT Foundation, another non-profit organization from Ocean County that promotes Autism Awareness through cycling, running and tri-athalons. With this funding from The JT Foundation, we worked diligently to provide all 272 Elementary, Middle and High Schools in both Ocean and Monmouth County with an "Autism Awareness Kit", complete with our own, "Autism: The 411" DVD. The kits were sent out in the beginning of October 2009. We have heard many positive responses from school officials and parents who have seen them! To read more about this donation please click here. We are just two local Moms of two Autistic boys who wanted to provide education and awareness about Autism at one local elementary school. We made a video with a borrowed camcorder, thirteen 5th Graders & the desire to dispel fears about Autism in a kid-friendly, informative manner. To accompany this DVD, we also did grade-level assemblies with an audio CD and a hands-on format. All five senses were addressed through both our DVD & interactive portions of the program to give the viewer a clear understanding of the challenges a person with Autism might have. We also helped our student council make Autism Awareness Pins for each of our students and staff. It quickly became obvious that many parents & teachers appreciated our program enough for us to perform our assembly at other schools & locations. Therefore, we formed a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization called "Just 2 Moms" so we can personally perform the assembly or you can purchase the DVD, assembly & pin-making materials. For more information, please contact us by clicking here! |
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