The Southern Delaware Founders' Campaign

The Autism Delaware Southern Delaware Founders' Campaign Interest Meeting that was originally scheduled for July 28 has been rescheduled for August 18 at 6:30 at Dover Downs. Please RSVP to Kim Siegel at 302-224-6020.

     To become a truly statewide organization, Autism Delaware is calling on people with autism and their friends and families to support the Southern Delaware Founders’ Campaign, a three-year effort to raise the money needed to establish a permanent, full-time office downstate. This office will bring programs and services currently offered mainly in New Castle County to Kent and Sussex families, including:

• parent mentoring and support

• educational opportunities for families and professionals

• information and referral services to local providers and resources

• family and individual recreation

• social skills education

• adult vocational services

• a presence and advocacy in school

     The Founders’ Campaign gives the local community a way to make this happen. Donors to the Campaign (“Founders”) make a minimum pledge of $100 a year for three years. Founders can have an even greater impact by joining the Founders’ Circle whose members commit to recruit other Founders, provide technical advice or other resources in an advisory role to the Board of Directors, and make a minimum donation of $250.

     The Bank of America Client Foundation will match what Autism Delaware raises for the southern office up to $25,000 in 2009, $20,000 in 2010, and $15,000 in 2011. Because Campaign proceeds will be part of our demonstration that we have raised enough to earn the match, your gift could have double the impact!

     For more information on the Campaign and the Circle, please review the brochures or call Kim Siegel at 302-224-6020. If you’re ready to contribute, thank you! Please complete the form in the Campaign or Circle brochure according to your chosen commitment, and mail it to the Newark office with your payment; if you prefer to use a credit card, please complete our online donation form and put “Founders’ Campaign” or “Founders’ Circle” in the Gift Notes Section. Using the online system will also allow you to pay your pledge in smaller monthly installments.